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Atlantic City Neighborhood Evacuated When ATV Rider Hit Gas Meter, Police Say Atlantic City Neighborhood Evacuated When ATV Rider Hit Gas Meter, Police Say
Atlantic City Neighborhood Evacuated When ATV Rider Hit Gas Meter, Police Say An ATV rider was accused of crashing into a gas meter, forcing residents to evacuate from an Atlantic City neighborhood, authorities said. Laron Wright of Atlantic City was charged with recklessly creating the risk of widespread injury/damage and disorderly conduct, the city's police department said in a news release on Wednesday, Aug. 28. Officers responded to the crash on the 100 block of North Morris Avenue at around 7:49 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 26. Police began evacuating the neighborhood due to a natural gas odor. Investigators said Wright was driving an ATV when he entered an …

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