22-Year-Old Killed In Motorcycle Crash Tuesday Morning In North Jersey

MORRIS COUNTY, NJ — A motorcyclist is dead following an early-morning crash in a Morris County suburb on Tuesday, officials said.

Around 2:30 a.m., police were called to the intersection of Route 23 and Newark Pompton Turnpike in the Pompton Plains section of Pequannock Township on reports of a single-vehicle crash.

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Authorities found that a 22-year-old woman riding a motorcycle had crashed and was pronounced dead at the scene, officials confirmed with Patch. It's not clear if she was the driver or a passenger at this time, but no other injuries were reported.

The crash prompted a road closure in the area early Tuesday morning. The area reopened just after 7 a.m.

The crash is under investigation by the Pequannock Township Police Department's traffic bureau, the Morris County Sheriff's Office, and the Morris County Prosecutor's Office.