Blog: Truck Accidents

On July 17, a New Jersey police officer was killed while checking for speeders on the shoulder of Route 17 in Waldwick. At the time of the accident, the 32-year-old police officer had been operating radar in an unmarked police car near the intersection of Bergen Avenue. When the driver of a tractor-trailer lost control […]

A Bergen County accident left three people dead and two others injured on June 24. The trucking accident occurred just after 12:30 p.m. in Mahwah on northbound Interstate 287. One of the vehicles involved in the accident, a cement truck, was stopped on the shoulder near exit 66 after it became disabled. Three people were […]

After a series of New Jersey semi-truck accidents, including the crash that seriously injured Tracy Morgan and killed another, the National Transportation Safety Board began to look into the issues surrounding commercial truck safety. According to officials, there has been an increase in the number of fatal trucking accidents. Although some say the increase is […]

45-year-old actor Tracy Morgan is said to be in critical condition after an accident on the New Jersey Turnpike. According to police, the incident took place at about 1 a.m. on June 7. One of the passengers in Morgan’s vehicle, a New York man, died as a result of the crash, and several others were […]

Paying attention to traffic isn’t easy for any New Jersey driver who is bored, overworked or tired. Driver inattentiveness is prevalent among people who drive for a living. Thirteen percent of all commercial vehicle operators involved in collisions were found to be fatigued, according to a study reported by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. […]

When your car strikes another vehicle of the same size in a low speed collision, the damage is usually slight or at least confined to property. Replace the car causing the accident with a truck and change the second vehicle to a person. The likelihood of the pedestrian’s serious injury is elevated dramatically. A New […]

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration reported more than 5.3 million commercial motor vehicle accidents in the U.S. during 2011. Eighty-eight thousand people were injured in 273,000 large truck collisions, and more than 3,700 people died. Serious injuries and fatalities are common in semi-truck accidents in Bergen County and throughout the country. Victims in smaller […]

There were more than 241,000 traffic accidents in New Jersey last year, the lowest number of crashes since 1999, according state transportation officials. Over 60,000 statewide accidents involved injuries in 2012 and 525 collisions were fatal, among the lowest totals of the last 15 years. What statistics don’t show is the number of people affected […]

Criminal and civil cases may overlap in time and evidence, but the outcome of the same case in each court may turn out very differently. Criminal charges are not necessary for a civil case to proceed. The reverse — criminal charges without a civil case — is also possible. A New Jersey criminal investigation into […]

An accident liability claim is not dependent on the filing of criminal charges. Harmed Bergen County parties in personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits may be disheartened when defendants escape arrest. Plaintiffs wonder whether a civil jury will feel damages are unwarranted. A 2012 Burlington County crash between a dump truck and a school bus […]