The driver of a RAV4 rear-ended a Mercedes, sending the Mercedes into a nearby Suzuki on Route 31 in western New Jersey. The three-car rear-end crash set off each vehicles airbags and sent all three drivers to the hospital with injuries. The driver of the RAV4 was...
Thirty-two drivers under 21 were killed in New Jersey car accidents last year. In an attempt to further protect teen drivers from themselves as well as protect others on the roads from the mistakes of novice drivers, the New Jersey legislature passed a bill requiring...
A head-on two-car accident in Elmwood Park sent one car onto the nearby train tracks and both drivers to the hospital, complaining of neck injuries. Witnesses reported seeing smoke coming from the engines of each car. One Good Samaritan who tried to help the drivers...
Herman Chandler, of Jersey City, caused a two-car fatal car accident that killed a passenger in the other car and a pedestrian on the sidewalk. In a black GMC Envoy, Chandler was high on drugs and speeding through Jersey City when he slammed into the back of a taxi,...
A female driver from Southern New Jersey had to be Med-Evaced after a car accident resulted in a head injury. She collided with another car at an intersection, causing the crash, and was cited for failing to yield the right-of-way and not wearing a seat belt. New...
Eastbound Route 80 in Hackensack has reopened after a fatal motor vehicle crash in the early hours of the morning closed the interstate for four hours. At about 3 am, a Honda Accord and Ford Econoline Van crashed and one vehicle ignited into a firey blaze near Exit...
Preliminary statistics from the New Jersey State Police report that 54 fatal motor vehicle accidents occurred in Middlesex County in 2011, more than any other county in New Jersey. Fifty-six people died as a result of the crashes, including drivers, passengers and...
According to United States Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, distracted driving is "a deadly epidemic". Distracted driving involves any activity that takes a driver's attention from the task at hand - safely driving the vehicle. There are numerous activities that...
A survey by Fairleigh Dickinson University and the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety found that more drivers are texting than ever in New Jersey. 56 percent of drivers under age 30 admit that they have sent a text while behind the wheel, and though younger...
Some people look forward to nice weather because it allows them to take their motorcycles out of storage and have some fun riding around. Unfortunately, New Jersey seems to have been struck by a plague of motorcycle fatalities this summer. The New Jersey area saw at...
