{"id":168679,"date":"2026-04-17T16:45:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/168679\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T16:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:45:07","slug":"philadelphia-corrections-officer-dies-in-motorcycle-crash-in-holmesburg-while-on-way-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/168679\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia corrections officer dies in motorcycle crash in Holmesburg while on way to work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) &#8212; A Philadelphia corrections officer died Friday in a motorcycle crash in the city&#8217;s Holmesburg section.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The union representing correctional officers, AFSCME District Council 33, Local 159B, identified the motorcyclist as 40-year-old Sgt. Devon Williams, who was a 12-year member of the force.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The crash happened around 6:45 a.m. in the 4300 block of Cottman Avenue. Williams was taken to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital, where he later died.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Union President Eric Desiderio said Williams was on his way to work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Other corrections officers who use the same route to work saw the accident and rushed to his aid, he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Philadelphia Police Department&#8217;s Crash Investigation Division remains on the scene to determine the cause of the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">No further details regarding other vehicles involved or potential charges were immediately available.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) &#8212; A Philadelphia corrections officer died Friday in a motorcycle crash in the city&#8217;s Holmesburg section.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[75938,69,71,70],"class_list":{"0":"post-168679","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-75938","9":"tag-philadelphia","10":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","11":"tag-philadelphia-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}