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A 28-year-old man from Freehold Township died in the crash on Tuesday, July 9, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said in a news release on Thursday, July 11. The wreck happened at the intersection of Fort Plains Road and Jerry’s Lane at around 4:53 p.m.
Investigators said the man was riding a Honda GL 1100L motorcycle north on Fort Plains when he tried to go around a curve in the road. The rider fell and slid with his motorcycle across the road into oncoming traffic.
A Honda Odyssey crashed head-on with the man and his motorcycle. The rider was rushed to a hospital and pronounced dead at 5:37 p.m.
The 54-year-old Howell Township man who drove the minivan wasn't injured and stayed at the crash scene. No charges or summonses have been issued.
Howell police said Fort Plains was closed between Bergerville Road and Arrowwood Court in the Wyckoff Mills section of the township. The road reopened by 8:30 p.m.
The investigation remains ongoing, prosecutors said. Anyone with information about the crash should call the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office at 800-533-7443 or Howell Township Police Department at 732-938-4111.
State police fatal crash data said this was Howell's fourth deadly crash in 2024. A 54-year-old woman from Ontario, Canada, died when her SUV crashed into a concrete mixer truck on Route 33 on Tuesday, Apr. 2.
Three-year-old Kylie Williams was killed when a truck crashed head-on into the SUV she was riding in on Route 34 on Saturday, Jan. 13. The truck driver, 31-year-old Samantha Bonora of Howell, was facing charges after she was accused of driving under the influence of several drugs.
A driver was killed in another crash on Route 34 at around 7:47 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 2.
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