2 Airlifted After Another Motorcycle-Car Crash In Manchester: Police

MANCHESTER, NJ — Two people were airlifted with serious injuries after they were thrown from the motorcycle they were riding during a collision with a car on Route 571 at Route 70 Monday night, Manchester police said Tuesday.

Brandon Richardson, 23, of Burlington, and Jazzelle Queen-Richardson, 37, of Bordentown were taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center after the crash, which happened shortly before 7 p.m. Monday, Manchester Capt. Todd Malland said. They were listed in serious but stable condition late Monday night, he said.

It was the second day in a row where two people were thrown from a motorcycle and seriously injured. On Sunday evening two people were hospitalized following a motorcycle-car crashat the intersection of Route 539 south and Route 530 at the Wawa Plaza, police said.

Richardson, who was driving the motorcycle, a 2015 Suzuki GSXR, and Queen-Richardson, his passenger, were headed west on Route 571 when the Suzuki collided with a silver 2015 Nissan Sentra driven by Alexander Andrade, 29, of Lakewood, that was turning left on Route 70 east, Malland said.

The impact threw both riders from the motorcycle onto the road, Malland said, and the motorcycle overturned and slid under the front end of a black 2014 Hyundai Elantra, where it became wedged, he said.

Brandon Richardson suffered injuries to his arms and legs, and Jazzelle Queen-Richardson sustained serious injuries to her head, neck, and back, Malland said.

Neither Andrade nor the driver of the Hyundai, 44-year-old Rebecca Calicchio of Whiting, were injured in the crash, Malland said.

The road was closed for several hours while the investigation was conducted and the scene was being cleaned up, he said.

Assisting at the scene were members of the Ridgeway Volunteer Fire Department, as well as detectives from the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department’s Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) Unit and the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office. Also assisting were EMTs from Quality Medical Transport and paramedics from MONOC.

Patrolman Ian Bole of the Manchester Township Police Traffic Safety Unit is investigating.

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