Linden police said the driver of a BMW motorcycle heading south on the ramp from Route 278 hit a Ford F-150 pickup in the turnaround at Phillips 66 to head north around 11:30 p.m.
Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said the truck carrying nearly a dozen different chemicals clipped an NJ Transit bus sending it into a sound barrier.
Linden is grappling with allegations that school hiring practices aimed to exclude Hasidic Jewish applicants. A former administrator says the mayor is trying to intimidate and silence opponents.