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Matthew McCloskey
December 28, 2014 · Franklinville, Gloucester County
Details as recorded
Every value below is shown exactly as Fatal Encounters recorded it.[1]
- Name as recorded
- Matthew McCloskey
- Age as recorded
- 10
- Gender as recorded
- Male
- Race as reported
- European-American/White
- Date of the injury resulting in death
- December 28, 2014
- Location as recorded
- Franklinville, Gloucester CountyDelsea Dr & Paul St Franklinville NJ 08322 Gloucester
- Highest level of force as recorded
- Vehicle
Where the dataset places it
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Agencies as recorded
Agency or agencies involved, as recorded: Franklin Township Police Department
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The source's account
Fatal Encounters' description of the incident, verbatim. This is the source project's own third-party narrative, not this site's reporting.
Matthew McCloskey, 10, was crossing Delsea Drive in Franklin Township on his way to a sleepover with two friends, when he was struck by a Franklin Township patrol car speeding to a non emergency call without lights or sirens. Police officer was not charged, family sued police officer and city.
Source reported by Fatal Encounters: https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/south-jersey/2015/06/22/franklin-mom-sues-matthew-mccloskey/29135987/ (external link, as recorded in the dataset).
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This is one of 19 New Jersey records the dataset dates to 2014, and one of 14 it holds for Gloucester County across 2000 to 2021. Browse every New Jersey Fatal Encounters record by year.
Records from the same county and year
- William Z. Schickel (2014) September 22, 2014
Questions and answers
What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?
Fatal Encounters records that Matthew McCloskey died on December 28, 2014 in Franklinville, Gloucester County, with "Vehicle" as the highest level of force. Fatal Encounters is an independent, crowdsourced dataset of deaths that occurred during police encounters of any kind; a record is not a finding of fault or misconduct.
Which agency or agencies were recorded as involved?
The record's agency field reads "Franklin Township Police Department". Presence in that field means the agency appears in the record as reported, nothing more; it is not a claim of fault or responsibility by any officer or agency.
Where did this happen?
The record places the death in Franklinville, Gloucester County, on December 28, 2014. The address as recorded is Delsea Dr & Paul St Franklinville NJ 08322 Gloucester.
Sources
- [1]Fatal Encounters, New Jersey subset. Fatal Encounters (fatalencounters.org). Row 12783. Derived from the public Fatal Encounters national dataset (coverage 2000-2021; collection ended December 2021), https://fatalencounters.org/. Retrieved July 10, 2026. ↩