Prosecutors: Motorcyclist dead, another injured in Route 1 multivehicle crash in Edison

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A person on a motorcycle was killed and another person was seriously injured Sunday in a multivehicle crash on Route 1 in Edison, Middlesex County prosecutors said. The crash happened around 8:13 p.m. on Route 1 north and Old Post Road. Police say the two people were on two different motorcycles and crashed into the back of a BMW SUV. The driver of the SUV was not injured. Authorities say 44-year-old Alexander Teshima Chong, of Belleville, who was operating a motorcycle at the time of the collision, died. The other motorcyclist, a 44-year-old man, who was not identified by authorities, was transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital with severe injuries. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information or surveillance footage is asked to call Detective Stephen Nappe of the Edison Police Department at 732-609-9332 or Detective James Alleva of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at 732-745-4011. "