A Lanoka Harbor man, 61, died after he was struck by a drunk driver on Nov. 10. According to reports, the pedestrian was carried on the hit-and-run driver's windshield for approximately a mile until the vehicle was stopped by police. The 33-year-old Ocean County...
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Multi-vehicle semitrailer crash kills 1
A crash on the New Jersey Turnpike resulted in death for one of the truckers involved when three semitrailers collided and caught fire the evening of Nov. 18. Although no charges or citations have been issued as of this report, a New Jersey State Police representative...
2 pedestrians seriously injured in New Jersey hit-and-run
New Jersey police say that two brothers were struck by a vehicle while they were walking home from a movie theater on Nov. 14 at about 9:50 p.m. The hit-and-run accident occurred in North Bergen between 31st Street and 32nd Street near Kennedy Boulevard. Police are...
What do you do after getting injured at work?
New Jersey workers who are injured on the job should report their injury immediately to their employer. Individuals must make requests for medical attention to the employer as soon as possible as well. The physician who treats the individual's work-related injury may...
New Jersey construction worker killed in accident
Jersey City's department of public safety announced that a construction worker was killed while delivering sheetrock to a construction site. The accident reportedly occurred on Nov. 3 around 9 a.m. in the downtown. According to reports, the man died when a tape...
Tape measure falls 50 stories and kills man
At around 9 a.m. on Nov. 3, a man in New Jersey was killed by a falling tape measure. The work site accident occurred while the victim was delivering some sheet rock to a construction project in downtown Jersey City. When a tape measure weighing one pound fell off of...
3 dead after New Jersey crash
In October, prosecutors concluded that a driver who was believed to have caused a fatal accident in New Jersey was speeding and was distracted at the time the collision took place. The crash occurred on Aug. 19 in Freehold when the driver of a Volkswagen Jetta crossed...
Falls and brain injuries in the workplace
While some industries face a higher risk for suffering a brain injury at work, any unsafe work environment could be hazardous to an employee's health. Where safety hazards are present, a traumatic brain injury could occur. According to the National Institute for...