Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. The 3-3 split in State v. Shannon on Aug. 19 means an Appellate Division ruling that evidence seized after an arrest based on an invalid arrest warrant must be suppressed is affirmed. Justice LaVecchia stated specifically opposing the Attorney General’s position in their brief, “We decline to carve out…
Submitted by New Jersey Truck Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. BRANCHBURG — Two passengers were killed in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Route 22 and Route 28 Wednesday morning. Herminia Santos, 76, of Somerville, and Apolonia Viri, 62, of Raritan were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, Branchburg police Capt. Bill Haldeman said.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…