Ryan M. McMullen, 37, was released pending a Sept. 18 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Tuesday.
McMullen “was using a handheld mobile device when he struck the 35-year-old motorcyclist from behind and then struck a third vehicle” around 4:45 p.m. Friday, the prosecutor said.
The motorcyclist, who was ejected, was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, where he remained in stable condition, Musella said.
The arrest followed an investigation by the prosecutor’s Fatal Accident Investigations Unit and Mahwah police, he said.
McMullen also received summonses for reckless driving and using a handheld mobile device while driving.
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