GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP - An Atlantic City firefighter was killed in a one-car crash late Monday night, police said.
Kevin Evans, 39, was behind the wheel of a 1998 Dodge Durango that was heading east on Route 30 near Frankfort Avenue at 11:51 p.m. when police said it went off the road.
It was not immediately clear why the vehicle left the road. The weather was dry and clear and the vehicle sustained head-on damage, police said in a release. Evans was not wearing a seatbelt.
The crash closed the roadway for 2 ½ hours, police said, while the roadway was cleared and crews from Atlantic City Electric repaired the damage pole and restored power.
Evans is a fifth-generation firefighter and brother of former Atlantic City Mayor Scott Evans, himself a firefighter. Kevin Evans was sworn into the force in June 2007.