Crime & Safety
Somerset Man Killed In Rt. 18 Motorcycle Crash On Labor Day
A Somerset man was killed while riding his motorcycle on Rt. 18 Monday night in the city of New Brunswick.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — A man was killed while driving a motorcycle on Rt. 18 Monday night in the city of New Brunswick, according to city officials.
The fatal motorcycle crash happened at 6:56 p.m. Monday, Labor Day, said a New Brunswick city spokesman.
The motorcyclist killed was Andrew Nowakowski, 36, of the Somerset section of Franklin, NJ.com reported. They report he was driving the motorbike south near the Rt. 1 ramp when he lost control rounding a curve and crashed.
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Nowakowski was found in the grassy median.
Nowakowski was a lifelong resident of Somerset and one of his favorite pastimes was riding his motorcycle, according to his obituary. He worked as an MRI tech at Hunterdon Medical Center.
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— With reporting by Carly Baldwin
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