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UPDATE: Motorcyclist Injured in Wrong-Way Crash in Elizabeth

Elizabeth

Police are investigating a two-vehicle crash on a street in Elizabeth Wednesday night. 

According to Elizabeth City Spokeswoman Ruby Contreras, at approximately 8 p.m., police responded to reports of a crash with injuries on Christine Street. 

Upon arrival, Spokeswoman Contreras said police found a motorcyclist suffering a non-life threatening head injury at that location. He was transported to University Hopsital in Newark and was last listed in stable condition. 

According to Spokeswoman Contreras, the motorcyclist traveled at a high rate of speed, going the wrong way on Christine when the driver of a car could not stop in time to avoid colliding with the biker. 

The m motorcyclist is expected to survive. 

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