A 20-year-old motorcyclist was arrested when he crashed into a police car after eluding an officer who attempted to stop him Wednesday on Route 1 in South Brunswick, authorities said.

Anthony Bennett (South Brunswick police)

Anthony Bennett, of Newportville, Pennsylvania, was riding south on Route 1 without a visible license plate when an officer tried to pull him over at 5:04 p.m., South Brunswick police said in a statement.

The officer gave chase onto New Road, but called off the pursuit after Bennett accelerated to a speed of more than 80 mph, according to police.

Bennett drove around for 10 more minutes before police located him headed on east on New Road back toward Route 1, police said.

He struck a patrol car as the officer pulled his vehicle out of the Kendall Park Rescue Squad near the intersection of New Road and Aldrich Road, Chief Raymond Hayducka said.

Bennett was charged with eluding a police officer and issued several motor vehicle summonses. He was treated for minor injuries at Princeton Medical Center in Plainsboro and then brought to the Middlesex County jail in North Brunswick.

Bennett, who was driving with a suspended license, bought the unregistered, uninsured motorcycle earlier in the day in Perth Amboy, police said.

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