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On Saturday, three individuals were injured in Holmdel after two cars crashed on Route 34 north of Route 520. A Ford Taurus and a Ford Focus were involved in a head-on collision. According to Holmdel police, the car accident took place just after 5 o’clock Saturday evening. The Taurus had reportedly been driving northbound on […]

We have written about the tour bus which crashed on July 17 in upstate New York between Niagara Falls and Trenton, New Jersey. Sources weren’t clear about the number of passengers injured in that crash, but said up to 19 were taken to area hospitals for treatment of minor injuries. Last Thursday, police said they […]

Last Thursday, a 37-year-old man who had been involved in a car accident on July 29 died as a result of a head injury incurred in the accident. Police said an 18-year-old woman was responsible for the accident, and now faces several drug charges as well as a charge of careless driving. Police do not […]

Last week, three New Jersey chiropractors were arrested after police became aware of two separate fraud schemes in which the doctors had been involved in a fraud scheme in which they hired individuals to track down victims of car accidents and convince them to receive chiropractic treatment. Between the three chiropractors, there were reportedly eight […]

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently announced that Volvo has issued a recall of 8,406 S80 sedans due to potential problems with power steering system. In its report to the agency, Volvo said the recalled vehicles are 2007 models manufactured between March 8, 2006 and May 16, 2007. Apparently the recall is connected to […]

In our previous post, we began discussing some of the settlements paid out by the New Jersey Turnpike Association in the last year and a half. Since that time, the Association has settled seven separate cases, costing the agency nearly $1 million. Most of the settlements are related to accidents of some type. According to […]

According to the Associated Press, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) paid out almost $1 million to settle at least seven lawsuits in the past year and a half. Lawsuits against NJTA and other large transportation agencies are basically inevitable. Over 600 million vehicles travel on the turnpike and parkway, there are the toll roads. […]

We have all been tempted before. You’re in a hurry and miss a turn while driving down the highway. You see an opportunity to make a U-turn, but a sign indicates that a U-turn cannot be made at this particular intersection. What do you do? One Mahwah woman learned the hard way that traffic signs […]

The latest in a series of tour bus crashes in the northeast occurred on Sunday, leaving two passengers dead and three injured. The bus involved in the crash was operated by Bedore Tours of North Tonawanda. At the time of the crash, the bus was carrying 37 tourists from India to Niagra Falls from Washington […]

According to a recent report by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, stepped-up enforcement of distracted driving laws and media campaigns urging drivers to put their handheld cells phones down while driving results in a significant reduction of distracted driving. Distracted driving is one of the leading causes of car accidents. That conclusion was based […]