Truck Accidents
UPS driver from Bayonne loses leg when he is pinned in crash, report says
Submitted by New Jersey Truck Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. A United Parcel Service driver from Bayonne was badly injured in accident in Staten Island when he was pinned against his truck Monday morning, the Staten Island Advance reported. The newspaper identified the UPS driver as Tom Ryan, 40, and reported that witnesses said Ryan’s one…
Read MoreWATCH: Tractor-trailer crash on New Jersey Turnpike in Hamilton
Submitted by New Jersey Truck Accident Attorney, Jeffrey Hark https://www.criminalcivillawyer.com/truck-accidents/ HAMILTON — A tractor-trailer crash on the New Jersey Turnpike Monday afternoon between exits 7 and 7A has snarled traffic in the area and injured the the truck driver, officials said. The 1:30 p.m. crash on the northbound lanes at mile marker 57 temporarily shut…
Read MoreTeen Girl Killed in NJ Tractor-Trailer Crash
Submitted by truck accident attorney, Jeffrey Hark After crashing into a guard rail on Interstate 295 Sunday night, a teenage girl stepped out of her car and was then killed when a tractor trailer struck her on the roadway. Lyric Smith, 18, of Burlington, N.J., was driving a 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt, north on I-295 in…
Read MoreNew Jersey Man Killed In Crash Triggered By Tire That Fell Off Pickup
Submitted by New Jersey Truck Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark DENVILLE, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) – Police say a tire came off a pickup truck and triggered a multi-vehicle accident that claimed the life of a New Jersey man on Interstate 80. State Police say 77-year-old Sheldon Lefkowitz of Englewood Cliffs was heading west in Denville Thursday night when…
Read MoreMan killed by bus in Port Authority bus terminal, causing extensive delays
Submitted by bus accident attorney, Jeffrey Hark A 67-year-old man was struck and killed by a bus inside the Port Authority Bus terminal at the height of the rush hour, which caused extensive delays at the height of the commute home, Thursday night. The man, whose identity is being withheld until his family can be…
Read MoreTruck accident delays traffic on Turnpike north in Edison
Submitted by truck crash lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. EDISON — A jackknifed tractor-trailer blocked all the outer lanes on the New Jersey Turnpike headed north Thursday afternoon, according to the state. 511nj.org reported that the accident occurred south of exit 10. Just before 6 p.m., the accident was causing at least four-mile delays, stretching south into…
Read MoreTurnpike turned deadly in an instant on night of chain reaction crash, state report details
Submitted by New Jersey truck crash lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. After her supervisor warned her that the lanes of the New Jersey Turnpike south had suddenly turned icy and told her to begin salting, a tractor-trailer sped past plow operator Elizabeth Crosby’s salt truck and jackknifed. That crash was followed quickly by several other accidents. Crosby’s…
Read MoreSeveral People Injured In 3-Vehicle Crash On New Jersey Turnpike
Submitted by truck crash attorney, Jeffrey Hark CARTERET, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Several people were injured Wednesday evening in a multi-vehicle crash on the New Jersey Turnpike in Carteret. Three vehicles – a box truck, a car and a van were involved in the crash on the southbound turnpike between exits 11 and 12 around 6:30…
Read MoreOff-duty police in fatal wrong-way crash had left strip club
Submitted by truck accident lawyer, Jeffrey Hark A car carrying three off-duty New Jersey police officers from a visit to a strip club drove the wrong way down a New York City highway and crashed head-on into a tractor-trailer early Friday, killing an officer and a civilian and critically injuring two other policemen. LINDEN, N.J.…
Read MoreChildren of comedian killed in NJ crash involving Tracy Morgan awarded $10 million
Submitted by New Jersey Truck Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Court papers show that the children of the comedian who was killed in the crash that injured Tracy Morgan won a $10 million settlement from Wal-Mart. The amount was disclosed in documents filed in New York’s Westchester County, where comedian James McNair…
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