Man Dies In Woodbridge Motorcycle Crash Wednesday

WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A 24-year-old Elizabeth man was killed when he drove his motorcycle into the back of an SUV Wednesday night on St. Georges, said police.

The fatal accident happened at 7 p.m. Wednesday on St. Georges Avenue at North Hill Road on the Avenel/Colonia border, according to Sgt. Philip Agosta of the Woodbridge police.

An Avenel woman, 47, was driving a 2020 Ford Explorer in the center lane, waiting to make a left-hand turn into the McDonald's there.

Police say the man driving the 2020 Ducati motorcycle was also in that turn lane and drove into the back of her SUV.

He was identified as Samuel Naranjo-Perez, 24, of Elizabeth.

Naranjo-Perez was critically injured and was flown by State Police helicopter to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick; the chopper took off from Avenel Middle School.

However, he was pronounced dead when the helicopter made it to the hospital.

The Avenel woman also sustained minor injuries and there are no charges pending against her.