By Barbara A. Preston | March 23, 2026 (2:33 pm)
A 32-year-old Harley Davidson motorcycle rider is in serious condition after colliding with a pickup truck on East Mountain Road in Montgomery Township on Friday, March 20.
Emergency crews in Montgomery Township responded to the crash on East Mountain Road at about 2:23 pm. They set up a medevac landing zone on Lubas Field off Route 601, Montgomery police said. The motorcycle rider was not conscious and not breathing at the time, according to the Somerset County dispatch audio.
Montgomery police determined that Fernando L. Alves, 57, of Newark was operating a 2017 Toyota Tacoma east on East Mountain Road when he collided with Ryan J. Amaral, 32, of Bridgewater, who was operating a 1998 Harley Davidson 1200 Motorcycle west on East Mountain Road.
An investigation, led by the Montgomery Police Traffic Bureau with assistance from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Collision Analysis Reconstruction Team, is ongoing.
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Montgomery EMS along with Robert Wood Johnson Paramedics provided on-scene medical care to Amaral, who was transported by NorthSTAR helicopter to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick. Amaral sustained serious injuries as a result of the collision. Alves was uninjured.
Anyone with information that may assist with the investigation is asked to contact Officer Chris Parlow at 908.359.3222. East Mountain Road was closed for several hours during the investigation.
