Car Accidents

Law enforcement officials with the New Jersey state police reported that a car and two semi-trucks collided on Route 78, causing a fuel tanker to burst into flames. Reportedly, the major collision occurred on Route 78 on Dec. 6 at the Garden State Parkway ramp...

A wreck on the New Jersey Turnpike, which caused one of the cars to become engulfed in flames, killed one person on Nov. 25. The accident happened at about 6:30 p.m. when a small dump truck hit a Ford Crown Victoria that was stopped in the southbound shoulder of the...

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...

Middlesex authorities report that a 24-year-old man is facing DWI charges after allegedly driving drunk and causing the death of another individual in a crash in Woodbridge on Oct. 19. The man's charges include driving while intoxicated and death by auto. According to...

Egg Harbor Township Police have charged a New Jersey man with numerous weapons offenses and driving while intoxicated after he allegedly ran his vehicle into cars stopped at a traffic light just before 8 a.m. on Oct. 8. The man was unable to stop his 2008 Mercedes...

A high school senior appeared in a New Jersey courtroom on Sept. 17 to face charges stemming from a single-car accident that claimed the lives of two teenagers. The 17-year-old boy's attorney entered not guilty pleas to charges including two counts of death by auto in...

An accident on Route 565 Sept. 4 left a 42-year-old Sussex woman critically injured when her car was hit by a wrong-way driver. According to Sussex County authorities, the section of the roadway where the accident took place lacks road stripes and is in the process of...

A driver crossed the centerline of a Hamilton Township road and triggered a fatal chain-reaction crash around 8:45 a.m. on Aug. 30. A 14-year-old Linwood girl who had been traveling with four other girls en route to a charity soccer game suffered critical injuries in...

On Aug. 19, a fatal vehicle accident occurred in Freehold Township in which three people were killed and a fourth person was seriously injured. The accident took place on a section of Kozloski Road that residents of the area report is dangerously prone to car...

On Aug. 13, a 48-year-old man who allegedly dragged a woman with his vehicle for three blocks entered a not guilty plea to charges of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and vehicular homicide. The fatal incident reportedly occurred at a farmers'...