MANCHESTER – A 28-year-old New York man died after crashing his dirt bike at Heritage Minerals, police said.
Just before noon on Saturday, police responded to the site where Joseph W. Maffia of Brooklyn, NY was unresponsive, lying face down on the ground with other dirt bike riders performing life-saving measures.
According to police, Maffia was riding a Yamaha dirt bike when he encountered the crest of a hill which led to a steep 10-foot drop. He was ejected from the bike and collided face-first with a sand embankment. Maffia was wearing a DOT-approved helmet at the time of the collision, police said.
Maffia was transported to Community Medical Center in Toms River by Manchester EMS, where he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead.
“The Manchester Township Police Department would like to remind the public that the Heritage Minerals or ‘ASARCO’ site is private property. It is closed for recreational and/or other use and it is a criminal offense to enter or remain on the property. In the interest of public safety, the Manchester Township Police urges everyone to obey the ‘No Trespassing’ signs posted at the site. Trespassers are subject to substantial fines and penalties up to and including incarceration for being on the property,” police said.
Assisting at the scene were emergency medical technicians from the Manchester Township Division of Emergency Services, paramedics from Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, the Manchester Volunteer Fire Department, the Ridgeway Volunteer Fire Department, the Whiting Volunteer Fire Department, Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit and Priced Rite Towing.
The crash is being investigated by Ptl. Brendan Brush of the department’s Traffic Safety Unit.
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