Posts Tagged ‘fatal accident’
Man, going 100+ mph, and 9-year-old son killed in Route 78 crash, cops say
Submitted by New Jersey Motor Vehicle Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark WARREN TOWNSHIP — A 9-year-old boy and his father both died in the Route 78 crash that brought traffic to a standstill for hours Saturday night, after the father sped along the highway at more than 100 mph, state police said. Stephen Weekes, 34, of Bethlehem, Pa., and his son…
Read MoreMan, woman, baby killed in Route 80 crash in Rockaway Township
Submitted by New Jersey Motor Vehicle Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP — A Mountain Lakes man was arrested Saturday morning for allegedly causing a chain reaction crash on Route 80 that killed a man, a woman and a baby, State Police said. Bhavuk Uppal, 22, of Mountain Lakes, was charged with three counts of…
Read MoreTruck driver ticketed in fatal New Jersey crash
Submitted by New Jersey Truck Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Police have issued four tickets to a truck driver who hit an overpass in northern New Jersey, dropping the trailer on a car and killing a motorist. Fifty-year-old Ali Mutakabbir of Clifton was headed west of Route 3 when the container hit…
Read MoreCrossing guard: Truck driver shouted ‘Oh my God’ as boy was fatally struck
Submitted by New Jersey Truck Accident Attorney, Jeffrey Hark CRESSKILL — At first, it looked like the tractor-trailer couldn’t make the turn onto the quiet suburban road. Then, there was screaming. “Oh my God, oh my God,” a nearby crossing guard heard the driver scream. The truck had struck 13-year-old Young Rok Lee, who had been riding his bicycle down Grant…
Read More31 Hurt When NJ Transit Bus Bumps Tour Bus Carrying Students in Lincoln Tunnel: Officials
Submitted by New Jersey Bus Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark A New Jersey Transit bus rear-ended a private bus carrying more than two dozen students in the Lincoln Tunnel Wednesday, leaving 31 people with minor injuries, authorities said. The private bus, operated by Toronto, Canada-based Denny’s Bus Lines, was carrying 26 students and two staff members,…
Read MorePedestrian killed on NJ Transit tracks near Metropark in Edison, report says
Submitted by New Jersey Transit Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark EDISON – NJ Transit riders are facing delays following an early morning train accident Friday that killed a pedestrian on the tracks, according to Edison officials and N.J. Transit. The accident occurred about 5 a.m. a short distance west of the Metropark station when a train…
Read More3 dead after tractor-trailer smashes tour bus on I-380; bus driver identified
Runaway tractor-trailer hits tour bus head-on, killing bus driver, 2 passengers Submitted by bus accident lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Three people died in a crash involving a tour bus and two tractor-trailers on Interstate 380 North on Wednesday morning at mile marker 4.2, state police at Swiftwater said. It happened at 10:07 a.m., about one mile…
Read MoreTotowa man killed in crash on Route 3 eastbound in East Rutherford
Submitted by motor vehicle accident attorney, Jeffrey Hark. EAST RUTHERFORD – A 44-year-old Totowa man was killed in a motorcycle crash on Route 3 Friday morning. Joseph Frederick was pronounced dead at 7:41 a.m., Chief Larry Minda said in a statement. Frederick’s motorcycle appears to have struck the highway’s eastbound guardrail near the Route 120…
Read MoreDriver in crash that killed John Nash had only been a cabbie for 2 weeks, report says
Submitted by New Jersey Motor Vehicle Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark The taxi driver who lost control of his vehicle — causing the crash that killed famed mathematician John Nash Jr. and wife Alicia — had only been on the job for two weeks, the New York Post reports. It quotes cab driver Tarek Girgis’s 19-year-old…
Read MoreMan found, but fatal 295 crash probe continues
Submitted by New Jersey Motor Vehicle Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. If you have any legal issues or concerns regarding this accident, please contact us immediately. Police have located a man thought to be involved in the deadly accident on Interstate 295 in Mount Laurel this week but his role in the crash remains undetermined. New…
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