Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Motorcyclist Still in Surgical ICU
And no further information is available on the accident.
A Brooklyn man is still in the surgical intensive care unit at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital after a motorcycle accident on Route 287 Sunday evening.
Edwin Rivera, 42, is still at the hospital, according to a representative from Robert Wood Johnson, after he suffered critical injuries to his extremities in the accident that occurred at about 7:30 p.m.
According to New Jersey State Trooper Christopher Kay, there is no further information about the cause of the accident itself.
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What is known at this point, Kay said, is that Rivera was driving his motorcycle at speeds exceeding the speed limit when a white Hyundai entered his lane. Kay said Rivera lost control of his motorcycle and struck a metal guardrail.
The investigation into the accident is still continuing, Kay said.
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