PARSIPPANY — On Sunday, September 25 at 11:11 a.m., Netcong Station personnel responded to a double fatal motorcycle accident that occurred on Interstate 287 Southbound at milepost 41.2, approximately half mile south of Route 80.
A 1994 Kawasaki motorcycle was traveling southbound on I-287 when it ran off the road to the right, struck a guardrail, and ejected both riders.
The driver, James Ruggiero Jr., 56, and the passenger, Denise Hannon, 53, both of Hamburg, suffered fatal injuries.
Parisppany Police Department and Parsippany Volunteer Fire Department District 6 were on scene assisting with the partial lane closures of the local lanes for approximately three hours.