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January 12, 2017

New Jersey has some of the toughest drunk driving laws in the country. That’s why it is imperative that anyone who has been accused of Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) or Driving Under the Influence (DUI) understand their rights and have a qualified DWI defense attorney on their side. In New Jersey, police officers typically administer three types of field sobriety tests to motorists suspected of drunk driving: Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN) test: This test is more commonly known as the “pen test because the officer will hold up a pen light and ask you to follow the light with…

January 5, 2017

Many NJ and NY residents love wintertime because it means skiing, snowboarding, and other fun-filled activities on the slopes. However, before you pack up your gear and head to Mountain Creek Mountain House or Campgaw Mountain, you should make sure that you are aware of the safety risks involved. More importantly, you should take a moment to ensure that you are prepared because a little bit of preparation will go a long way toward protecting you against serious injury. Every year, nearly a quarter-million people in the United States need to visit hospitals in order to get medical treatment for…

December 1, 2016

Two young girls sustained injuries after they were struck by a car while attempting to cross a roadway in Edison Township, New Jersey. The pedestrian accident occurred a short time before 3:00 p.m., possibly around the time that the girls were headed home from school. According to authorities, the girls were hit by the motor vehicle when they walked across New Dover Road in Edison, NJ. Witnesses later told authorities that the girls crossed the road just in front of a crosswalk. The car, an Audi, was headed west on the road and approaching the intersection of New Dover…

November 3, 2016

Middlesex County prosecutors recently filed criminal charges against an Edison NJ man who allegedly caused a fatal truck accident on a township road.The tragic auto accident occurred on July 25, 2016. The Edison resident was driving a 2007 Dodge Ram pickup truck on Route 27 in Edison NJ and traveling northbound as he approached Peterson Avenue. When the truck driver reached the intersection, he allegedly crashed into a 1995 BMW sedan being driven by a 93-year-old motorist who was in the process of making a left turn from the opposite side of the highway. The violent collision destroyed the…

October 26, 2016

Law enforcement is trying to determine exactly what happened in two recent fatal car accidents on the New Jersey Turnpike in Middlesex County. The first auto accident occurred early in the morning during rush hour, just before 7:00 a.m. A motorist died when his car overturned on the outer part of the highway around milepost 89.8 in Woodbridge, NJ. It is unclear at this time why the driver, who was traveling northbound on the New Jersey Turnpike, lost control of the car. In addition to the driver tragically dying as a result of the accident, two other people inside…

October 20, 2016

A child was tragically killed after being struck by a bus on a road in Jersey City, NJ.The fatal bus accident occurred a short time before 8:30 a.m. on Kennedy Boulevard in Jersey City, New Jersey. The victim was an 11-year-old boy who actually resided Kennedy Boulevard. He was in the process of walking across the road at the intersection with Neptune Avenue when a commuter bus hit him. Afterwards, the bus stopped and numerous people dialed 911 to call for help from local law enforcement. An ambulance quickly arrived at the scene and transported the victim to the…

October 13, 2016

Two people were tragically killed in a pedestrian accident on a Bridgewater NJ highway in September 2016, but authorities have yet to charge the driver in connection with the fatal crash. The tragic auto accident occurred on Route 22 in Bridgewater around 3:15 a.m. According to law enforcement officials, the pedestrians were in the process of crossing the highway when a 2004 Toyota Sienna crashed into them. We have offices by appointment in Elizabeth-New Brunswick-West New York-Plainfield-Edison-Perth Amboy-Newark-Jersey City-Orange-Westfield-and Summit New Jersey Bridgewater patrol officers responded to the scene and found the two victims lying on the pavement.

October 4, 2016

A head-on collision on a roadway in Plainsboro NJ resulted in significant physical injuries to one of the motorists. The car accident occurred around 8:30 a.m. on Scudders Mill Road, near the Bristol-Meyers Squibb campus in Plainsboro, New Jersey. A 49-year-old local woman was driving her vehicle when she suddenly lost control and swerved across a grassy median and into oncoming traffic. The car eventually collided with another motor vehicle, resulting in one of the cars being thrown off the road and overturning in a nearby field. The driver who lost control of her car is from Plainsboro, NJ.

September 30, 2016

A horrifying NJ Transit train accident at the Hoboken Terminal in Hudson County NJ resulted in significant injuries to more than 100 people, one tragic death, and catastrophic damage to the train station. The train that crashed was traveling on the Pascack Valley Line, having left Spring Valley NY approximately one hour earlier. As the train came to the end of a 17-stop route and entered the Hoboken train station, it reportedly failed to slow down. The train subsequently went past its stopping point, which is approximately 20 feet in front of a bumper block. The train ultimately hit…

September 27, 2016

A worker at a Jersey City rail and shipping facility died after a crane collapsed, causing a container to crush the machine on which he was working. The tragic industrial accident occurred around 1:30 p.m. at the Norfolk Southern Facility, which is located at 125 County Road in Jersey City, New Jersey. According to witnesses, the victim was in the process of using a motorized container handler to lift a massive storage container high above the ground when something went terribly wrong. The container reportedly fell directly on top of the victim’s cab, crushing the machine and the victim.