22-year-old motorcyclist charged with eluding police during traffic stop

CHESTER TOWNSHIP — A 22-year-old man is facing an eluding charge after police say he and another motorcyclist were driving erratically on North Road and refused to pull over during a traffic stop.

Chester Township police responded to North Road Thursday evening after receiving reports of two motorcycles driving erratically toward Randolph, Lt. Edward Noonan said in a news release.

When the responding officer tried to pull over the motorcycles, the motorcyclists attempted to elude him and drove away recklessly at a high rate of speed, Noonan said.

As they fled, the motorcycles were forced to slow down due to traffic. One of the drivers tried to pass slowed traffic and ended up pulling off to the side to avoid an oncoming vehicle.

The driver who stopped — Tyler Poissant, 22, of Succasunna — was unharmed and came to a complete stop on the soft shoulder. The other motorcyclist passed the traffic and fled the area.

Poissant was arrested and charged with eluding/failure to stop. He was remanded to Morris County Correctional Facility in lieu of $25,000 bail.

Earlier this month, Pequannock police arrested a motorcyclist who eluded police during a pursuit in December. They were able to apprehend him after a helmet-mounted video of the chase surfaced online.

In Passaic County, two serious crashes involving motorcycles also occurred on Thursday — one of which was fatal. A motorcyclist, whose identity was not released, was killed in a crash on Route 21, and a 63-year-old man was seriously injured when he collided with a Plymouth Voyager in West Milford.

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22-year-old motorcyclist charged with eluding police during traffic stop