Morristown, New Jersey Personal Injury Law Blog

Authorities in Clifton have reported a fatal accident that claimed the life of an unknown person. New Jersey police have confirmed that a pedestrian is dead after a collision. As with most fatal motor vehicle accidents, this one is still under investigation, and no charges have yet been filed.

Very little information is available about the specifics of the fatal collision, but it has been confirmed that the crash occurred on Route 3 the morning of Sept. 22. No details about the lead-up to the crash were presented in the report. However, the pedestrian (who has not been named publicly by police at this time, pending notification of next of kin) was pronounced dead after the accident.

Rainy weather is being considered a potential contributing factor to a serious crash that saw a passenger bus overturn, according to local sources. The bus reportedly crashed on the New Jersey Turnpike, sending over a dozen people to local hospitals. As with most motor vehicle accidents, this one is still being investigated by authorities, and so far, the driver of the bus is not facing criminal charges.

According to the accident report, the bus was returning from a picnic late on the afternoon of Aug. 11 when the accident occurred. Around 5:25 p.m., the bus was headed northbound on the New Jersey Turnpike when the bus somehow overturned onto its side, coming to rest straddling the barrier between the truck and car lanes in the northbound lanes. The bus was carrying multiple families, totalling 42 people. Of those, 36 were taken to local hospitals, including 19 adults and 17 children under the age of 18.

The amount of damage a drunk driver can do to a person or vehicle is unpredictable. No matter what vehicle they drive, they pose a major threat to the thousands of New Jersey citizens sharing the highways with them. If there is a crash in the middle of a busy highway, the other drivers have to react quickly to avoid any other accidents on the scene.

Unfortunately, some accidents are so severe that a chain reaction of crashes is nearly unavoidable. This was demonstrated on the night of August 3 when a drunk water truck tank driver overturned their vehicle and caused another accident to occur behind him.

A woman is dead and her boyfriend has been badly hurt after a multiple-vehicle accident in Camden County, according to authorities. The crash took place on Route 42 around 12:50 p.m. the afternoon of July 11. As with most serious motor vehicle accidents, this case is still under investigation, and New Jersey police say they have not yet filed any charges in connection with the accident. 

According to the report, a 26-year-old man was headed southbound near Exit 55 on Route 42 in a sedan with his 24-year-old female passenger, the driver's girlfriend. Their vehicle struck the driver's side of another car before rear-ending a tractor-trailer. The force of the impact lodged their car underneath the larger vehicle. The force of the impact killed the female passenger, who was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.