Second Child Dies In Route 80 Crash: Police

August 18, 2015 |

13-year-old Michael LaVecchia III was riding the car’s front seat when it slammed into the back of a dump truck Saturday, police said. Submitted by New Jersey Dump Truck Accident Attorney, Jeffrey Hark. The second juvenile passenger in a car crash that killed another boy and the 37-year-old driver died Sunday, New Jersey State Police…

Overturned fuel tanker clean-up shuts down Route 287 ramp

August 17, 2015 |

Submitted by New Jersey Truck Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. HANOVER – A ramp onto Route 287 in Morris County is expected to be closed for the next several hours Sunday to allow for crews to clean up the aftermath of a fuel tanker accident. Around 9 a.m. Sunday, the truck’s driver failed to negotiate the curve on…

More Than A Dozen Injured When School Bus Collides With SUV In Irvington, NJ

August 13, 2015 |

Submitted by New Jersey School Bus Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark IRVINGTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – More than a dozen people, including children, were treated when a school bus collided with an SUV and then slammed into a building in Irvington Thursday morning. The accident took place around 8:15 a.m. at the intersection of Springfield Avenue and Sanford…

Three injured in multi-vehicle crash on Rt. 80 in Paterson

August 12, 2015 |

Submitted by New Jersey motor vehicle accident lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. PATERSON — Three people were taken to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a one-vehicle accident on Route 80 westbound, authorities said. The vehicle, a white van registered in New York, struck a barrier in the fast lane and rolled over, landing in…

Tracy Morgan Crash Largely Result of Truck Driver’s Fatigue, Regulators Say

August 12, 2015 |

Submitted by New Jersey Truck Crash Attorney, Jeffrey Hark. Federal transportation regulators on Tuesday cited a Walmart truck driver’s fatigue as the chief cause of a crash last year that killed the comedian James McNair and critically injured Tracy Morgan, a star of the television series “30 Rock.” National Transportation Safety Board investigators, presenting their…

UPDATE: Dump Truck Driver Identified In Fiery NJ Turnpike Crash

August 11, 2015 |

The dump truck driver killed in a New Jersey Turnpike accident last week has been identified. Submitted by New Jersey Dump Truck Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. The dump truck driver killed in a New Jersey Turnpike accident last week has been identified as 62-year-old Allen Michael Yuhasz of the Hopelawn section of Woodbridge. Police say…

No Reaching into the Glove Compartment

August 10, 2015 |

Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Legality of an Officer Entering a Vehicle without Permission State v. Keaton, decided August 3, 2015 by the N.J. Supreme Court touches on the following issue that may be important to readers. Does an officer have a right to enter your vehicle for the supposed purpose of…

NJ Turnpike undamaged by fiery truck crash, officials say

August 6, 2015 |

Submitted by New Jersey Dump Truck Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. A fiery fatal dump truck accident that brought the state’s busiest toll road to a standstill for hours on Tuesday did not damage the overpass that the truck hit or the pavement underneath it. “There is no damage to the overpasses or the road surface…

2 injured when 2 school buses collide

August 6, 2015 |

Submitted by New Jersey Bus Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP – A school bus driver and a bus aide were injured when a school bus collided with another on Route 130 Wednesday afternoon, Bordentown Township police said. No students were on either bus during the 3:15 p.m. crash, police said. Police said a smaller bus…

Woman killed in I-95 rollover crash while returning from American Idol auditions

August 3, 2015 |

Submitted by New Jersey Motor Vehicle Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. LOWER MAKEFIELD, Pa. — Police say one woman was killed and five others were injured in a one-vehicle crash on Interstate 95 in suburban Philadelphia. The crash occurred shortly before 7 p.m. Sunday in Lower Makefield Township. Police say the woman, identified as Natasha Bellott…