RAHWAY — A 24-year-old Linden man was killed Saturday after being ejected from his motorcycle during a crash in Rahway, authorities said.

John Hudak was riding a 2013 Yamaha motorcycle north on St. Georges Avenue around 2:30 p.m. when a Nissan van, heading south, turned left to enter the shell gas station near West Grand Avenue. The motorcycle struck the passenger side of the van, and Hudak was thrown from his bike, according to Rahway police.

The motorcycle then struck a 2009 Toyota, which was behind the Nissan in the left turn lane, and slid to a stop on St. Georges Avenue.

Hudak suffered injuries to his head and body, and was rushed to Robert Wood Johnson hospital in Rahway, where he died as a result of his injuries, police said.

The driver of the Nissan, 35-year-old Rafael Lopez, Jr. of Rahway, was not injured in the crash, but his passenger Jennifer Mel Echevarria, 22, of Lancaster, Pa., was taken to Robert Wood with injuries to her right arm and right side. The Toyota's driver was not injured.

No charges are pending in the crash at this time, Rahway police said.

A page on the crowdfunding website GoFundMe.com was set up for Hudak by friends to help pay the family's funeral costs, and as of this afternoon it had raised more than $1,500.

"Words cannot convey how we feel about the passing of our good friend Hudak," wrote Selwyn Delgado, who created the page today.

"For those of you who knew John Hudak, he was a great friend, and a brother to a few, but in the end we have lost a loved one. He was always there to lend a helping hand, or to crack a joke to make us smile," the memorial read.

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