The accident happened at about 11:50 p.m. at the intersection of Route 1 and Morses Mill Road in Linden.
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Police say 34-year-old Waldemar Aguilar and 34-year-old Samuel Hernandez, both of Brooklyn, were riding with a group of motorcycles when they entered a turn and lost control.
Aguilar's motorcycle collided with a Honda Accord while it was stopped at the light. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital a short time later.
Hernandez's motorcycle was also involved in the accident. He was taken to Newark University Hospital in serious but stable condition.
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No one in the Accord was hurt.
Parts of I-278 westbound and Route 1 south were closed during the investigation, but have since been reopened.
The crash remains under investigation by the Linden Police Traffic Bureau.