HAMMONTON — Family, friends and firefighters lined Bellevue Avenue on Thursday evening to pay their last respects to David Gulig Jr., who died Monday morning after a car accident in town.

Rows of red fire trucks parked outside Landolfi Funeral Home, and many more rolled through the downtown to honor the 18-year-old who was a member of the Hammonton Independent Volunteer Fire Company No. 2.

One truck had an American flag hanging from its outstretched ladder, waving in.....Continue Reading 

HAMMONTON - David Gulig Jr. had plans.

The 18-year-old became a volunteer firefighter midway through high school. He also started training years ago to be a machinist, and the apprentice had a goal to make that his career.

But those plans he made early in his life ended abruptly Monday morning, when he died from injuries suffered in an.....Continue Reading 

David Gulig Jr., of the 800 block of 13th Street, was driving south on 13th Street when his car hit a patch of ice and drove into a telephone pole at about 6 p.m., Hammonton police said.

Gulig, the only occupant of the vehicle, was taken to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Campus, where he was pronounced dead at 1:19 a.m.

The accident is still under investigation by Officer Jason Rigby, but Sgt. Sam Mavilla said no illegality was involved.

"There was no drunk driving, no other cars involved," Mavilla said. "It's just an unfortunate accident."

Gulig had been a member of Hammonton Fire Co. 2 since 2010. Company president Joe Caruso said that Gulig "was a new member, but he was a different kind of kid."

"He wasn't a rebellious kid, he was a respectable kid," Caruso said. "He'd do anything for anybody around here - or anyone anyplace."

Contact Steven Lemongello at 609-272-7275