MORRIS COUNTY, NJ — A motorcyclist has died following a crash in Morris County this week.
On Monday, around 9:30 p.m., police responded to US Highway 206 in the Flanders section of Mount Olive on reports of a crash.
Authorities discovered that the crash victim was a 23-year-old motorcyclist who was riding Route 206 North between Oakwood Village and the intersection of Chestnut Way, police said.
Investigators say the biker veered off the roadway and crashed into a wooded area. The driver, a Crestco, Pennsylvania man, sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities added.
The crash is being investigated by the Mount Olive Police Investigations Unit, the Mount Olive Police Traffic Unit, and the Morris County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigative Section.
Anyone with additional information regarding the crash or the events leading up to it is asked to contact the Mount Olive Police Department Traffic Unit at 973-691-0850 x 7555.
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