Highway Patrol: Garbage Bag In Roadway Causes Motorcycle Crash

JOHNSTON COUNTY — A Goldsboro motorcyclist was injured Thursday evening after striking a garbage bag in the roadway on Interstate 42 near Clayton.

The single-vehicle crash was reported around 7:23 p.m.

According to the N.C. State Highway Patrol, 23-year-old Zion James was traveling west on a Kawasaki motorcycle when he struck a garbage bag.

The impact caused James to lay the motorcycle down, and he was thrown from the bike.

James was transported to WakeMed in Raleigh with non-life threatening injuries.

Troopers said James was riding with a group of motorcyclists when the crash occurred.

No charges were filed.