Motorcycle Driver Crashes Into Cargo Van, Dies In Central Jersey

A Monmouth County man was killed when his motorcycle crashed into a cargo van, authorities said.

Route 35 in Shrewsbury, NJ, just south of the intersection with Sycamore Avenue.
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04/10/2024 12:25 p.m.

William Eckert III, 54, of Eatontown, died in the crash on Monday, Apr. 8, according to a Shrewsbury police spokesperson. It happened at around 2:05 p.m. on Route 35, about 300 feet south of Sycamore Avenue.

Eckert was driving a 2016 black motorcycle when he crashed into an unoccupied 2019 cargo van. Paramedics rushed him to Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank.

Police were investigating the cause of the crash.

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