A motorcyclist was airlifted to New Brunswick after a collision with a car on the 600 block of East Second Street near Berckman Street in Plainfield.
According to TAPinto, emergency crews loaded the rider into an ambulance at the scene. The outlet did not identify the motorcyclist or describe his condition.
Helicopter Waits at Plainfield High School
The ambulance took the motorcyclist to Plainfield High School, where a New Jersey State Police helicopter was waiting, according to the same account. He was transferred to the aircraft for the flight to New Brunswick.
The helicopter took off at 8:51 p.m. and landed in New Brunswick eight minutes later, TAPinto reported.
Dented Door, Instructions for a Report
TAPinto also reported a large dent on the rear passenger door of a nearby parked vehicle. Police gave a driver instructions for obtaining an incident report in the coming days, but the account does not clarify whether that was the driver of the car involved in the collision. It does not say what caused the crash or whether anyone was cited.
Not the First Plainfield Street to See an Airlift
East Second Street is not the only Plainfield roadway where a two-wheeled rider has needed a helicopter ride to New Brunswick this year. In April, 20-year-old Zahair White was seriously injured when the dirt bike he was driving hit a vehicle already stopped at the intersection of West 4th Street and Liberty Street, according to Patch. White was airlifted to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, where police said he was in serious condition. Plainfield Police said that crash remained under investigation and asked anyone with information to contact Traffic Officer E. Groething. The circumstances of that incident are separate from the East Second Street crash, and nothing in the available reporting ties the two together beyond their shared destination hospital.
What state data and the airlift program show
A NJDOT-sponsored Rowan University analysis of New Jersey motorcycle crash data from 2001 to 2007 found that 72.7% of crashes occurred in or near an intersection. That historical statewide figure describes crash locations; it does not establish a trend or explain this crash. The New Jersey Department of Health says JEMSTAR, a joint program with the New Jersey State Police, provides rapid emergency transport and care for trauma patients statewide.
