Police: Truck got caught in gates before Long Branch train crash

Submitted by Truck Crash Attorney, Jeffrey Hark. LONG BRANCH – The New Jersey Coast Line faced several delays Wednesday morning after a tractor trailer got stuck between the railroad gates and was struck by a train, police said. The truck, driven by Nelson Menendez of Springfield, Massachusetts, was on its way to drop off grocery…

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Crossing 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…

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Glassboro man killed when tractor-trailer overturns in Quinton

Submitted by New Jersey Truck Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark QUINTON TWP. — A Glassboro man was killed when he apparently lost control of the tractor-trailer he was driving and the vehicle overturned early Monday morning, state police said. The accident occurred around 6:39 a.m. on Telegraph Road, also known as County Route 540, between Cool…

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I-287 Reopens After Tractor-Trailer Accident

Submitted by New Jersey Truck Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark Interstate 287 has reopened in Mahwah after an overturned tractor-trailer shut down lanes and created a miles-long backup during the evening rush. Firefighters and emergency responders had to extract the driver of the tractor-trailer near mile marker 67, just south of the New York border. All…

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Fiery truck crash slows traffic on New Jersey Turnpike in Bordentown

Submitted by New Jersey Truck Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. BORDENTOWN, N.J. (WPVI) — A fiery crash involving a tractor-trailer is slowing traffic on the New Jersey Turnpike in Bordentown. It happened before 5:00 a.m. Thursday in the outer southbound lanes (designated for both cars and trucks) approaching exit 7. State police tell Action News the…

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3 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…

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Readington bicyclist in critical condition after Clinton Township truck crash

Submitted by New Jersey Truck Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark If you have any legal issues or concerns regarding this accident, please contact us immediately. CLINTON TWP. – A tractor trailer truck cut off and struck a 25-year-old bicyclist Tuesday, sending the bicyclist to a hospital with serious injuries. A 2015 Peterbuilt tractor trailer operated by…

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Wrong-way driver killed in fiery crash on I-95

New Jersey Truck Crash Lawyer, Jeffery Hark A wrong-way driver was killed early Thursday in a fiery crash with a tractor-trailer on I-95 near Newark, state police said. The name of the driver, whose 2006 Chevrolet Impala was headed south in northbound lanes, is being withheld until his family is notified, Master Cpl. Jeffrey R.…

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DiGerolamo v. Gale | Personal Injury from Tractor-Trailer Accident

TORTS | MOTOR VEHICLES – submitted by truck crash attorney, Jeffrey Hark. 36-7-3005 DiGerolamo v. Gale , Dist. Ct. (Kugler, U.S.D.J.) (12 pp.) In this personal injury action arising out of a collision between the vehicle driven by plaintiff and the tractor-trailer driven by defendant Gale, defendant Cheyenne’s Pilot Cars Inc., which contracted with the tractor-trailer’s owner…

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