Crime & Safety
Motorcyclist Seriously Injured In Toms River Crash: Police
Breaking: The motorcyclist was airlifted from the accident, police said; 2 motorcyclists have died locally in crashes since Thursday night.
TOMS RIVER, NJ — One person was seriously injured Sunday evening in a collision between a motorcycle and a minivan in Toms River, the second serious motorcycle crash in the township in three days, police said.
The accident happened about 5:30 p.m., when the minivan, which was westbound on Indian Head Road, turned left onto Oak Ridge Parkway in front of a motorcycle that was eastbound on Indian Head Road, said Ralph Stocco, spokesman for the Toms River Police Department.
The motorcyclist was airlifted to a trauma center, Stocco said. Traffic was backed up with several detours around the scene, Stocco said. Further information was not immediately available.
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It is the second serious motorcycle crash in Toms River in three days and the third this weekend in Monmouth and Ocean counties. A 26-year-old Toms River man died early Friday morning from injuries in a crash late Thursday night, and a 19-year-old Manalapan man was killed Friday night in a Howell crash, police said.
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