Submitted by New Jersey Truck Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark KEARNY – A 64-year-old security guard was fatally struck by a switch truck last week, marking the 11th person to die on Hudson County roads in just two months. Shazam Amin was crossing Jacobus Avenue — an industrial section just outside of Jersey City — just…
Submitted by New Jersey Truck Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark SOUTHAMPTON TWP., N.J. (WPVI) — First responders are on the scene of crash involving an overturned tanker truck in Southampton Township, Burlington County. It happened early Monday morning on Route 70 at Route 206/Red Lion Circle. Police tell Action News the truck crashed and overturned, and…
Submitted by New Jersey Tractor Trailer Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. BERKELEY HEIGHTS — Two people in a minivan were hurt after their vehicle struck debris from a tractor-trailer that struck the center divider on Interstate 78 and burst into flames Tuesday morning, officials said. The eastbound tractor-trailer hit the divider near milepost 45.5, sending concrete into lanes on…
Submitted by New Jersey Truck Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. UPPER DEERFIELD TWP. — A woman who was seriously hurt when her boyfriend struck another vehicle head-on in Cumberland County has been awarded a $1.3 million, a report says. Brittany Dean, 37, was a passenger in a pickup truck driven by her boyfriend, David Uhland, when the…
Submitted by New Jersey Truck Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark NJ Turnpike closed by overturned tanker, fire BORDENTOWN — An overturned truck and fire shutdown a section of the New Jersey Turnpike on Sunday. (Thomas via Twitter @sebastian13v) A photo submitted by a New Jersey 101.5 listener showed thick black smoke billowing into the air from…
Submitted by New Jersey Truck Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark A tractor-trailer crashed into the top of a Route 618 railroad underpass in Union Township on July 18, 2017. (Rich Maxwell | for NJ Advance Media) UNION TWP. – A tractor-trailer crashed into the top of a Route 614 railroad underpass on Monday afternoon. The accident was…
Submitted by New Jersey Dump Truck Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark NEW COLUMBIA — A New Jersey truck driver was killed during an accident Tuesday morning along Interstate 80 in Union County. This morning, State Police said Ruben Montalvo, 50, of Elizabeth, N.J. died from injuries suffered in a crash involving a dump truck and a…
Submitted by New Jersey Truck Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark NJ Advance Media for NJ.com SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A tractor-trailer crash and fuel spill has closed a busy road near the New Jersey Turnpike in Middlesex County, and is expected to cause backups on Monday afternoon. The truck and a car collided at 1:13 p.m. on Ridge Road…
Submitted by New Jersey Truck Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. A 26-year-old Pomona man was killed in a fiery crash in New Jersey on Sunday after slamming into the back of a Mack truck, according to the New Jersey State Police. Frankley Gutierrez was killed when his Toyota Camry struck the rear of the trailer of the…
Submitted by New Jersey Truck Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. JACKSON — A woman was killed and four others were injured in a head-on crash Friday evening, police said. The collision between a 1993 Chevrolet 1500 pickup truck and a Chrysler Town & County minivan occurred around 6:40 p.m. near the intersection of South Hope Chapel Road…
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New Jersey Survivors Justice Act: Sentencing Reform for Abuse Victims
Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark In January 2026, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law a pair of bills known as the Survivors Justice Act (S-4870/A-5968 and S-4871/A-5969). This landmark legislation, championed by Senator Angela V. McKnight, Senator M. Teresa Ruiz, and other lawmakers, amends the state’s criminal code to allow courts…