Infection prevention, control and management are ongoing problems in nursing homes and long-term care facilities in New Jersey. It is not surprising, then, that nursing homes are reportedly struggling to contain the Covid-19 virus. [1] Nearly every nursing home in the state has reported at least one case of the virus at their facility, and...
MAHWAH, NJ (3/5/2020) — A driver was airlifted to a local hospital after being involved in a multi-vehicle accident in Mahwah on Thursday. According to State Trooper Alejandro Goez, the crash occurred around 1:34 p.m. when a BMW and a Honda collided on Route 287 just south of exit 66. The BMW driver was found...
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP, NJ (2/23/2020) — Two people were injured in an accident on a Route 33 bypass in the Freehold Township on Sunday afternoon. The accident occurred around 1:15 p.m. on the road between Route 9 and Halls Mill Road. According to police, a 32-year-old male driver and a 31-year-old female passenger were traveling east...
ABSECON, NJ (2/23/2020) — Local authorities are currently investigating a hit-and-run accident on Sunday that left one pedestrian injured. The crash occurred on the Delilah Road overpass on Route 646 around 12:24 a.m. According to the Absecon Police Department, Theodore Morgan, 73, was walking on the eastbound shoulder of the road when a silver SUV...
BOGOTA, NJ (2/24/2020) — Three people were injured in an accident involving a New Jersey Transit bus and a truck on Monday. The crash occurred in the eastbound express lane of Interstate 80 around 9:00 a.m. According to state authorities, the three injured victims were passengers on the transit bus. They were taken to area...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ (2/20/2020) — A school bus and two other vehicles were involved in an accident in Bridgewater on Thursday afternoon. The crash occurred around 3:00 p.m. near Blossom Drive on Washington Valley Road. According to police, the bus T-boned a dark-colored SUV and collided with a white sedan, severely damaging the vehicle. Adelaide Pereira...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ (2/17/2020) — A motorcyclist died in a crash with a garbage truck on Monday afternoon on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights. Nuri Kawasaki, 52, was ejected from his motorcycle after a garbage truck hit him heading south on the highway by Franklin Avenue shortly after 3:00 p.m. Emergency responders conducted CPR at...
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, NJ (1/31/2020) — An ambulance responding to an emergency call on Friday morning in Somerset hit a home around 5:00 a.m. Two crew members on the ambulance were injured, and the house was unoccupied at the time of the crash. The ambulance crew members were driving a Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital ambulance...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ (2/1/2020) – A Piscataway man died Saturday night in a collision with a tractor-trailer off of Garden State Parkway. According to New Jersey State Police Trooper Alejandro Goez, the accident occurred around 7:04 p.m. on Saturday on the southbound Parkway by exit 129 in Woodbridge Township. Two vehicles were involved in the crash....
MANCHESTER, NJ (1/28/2020) — Four people were injured in an accident on Commonwealth Boulevard on Tuesday afternoon after a driver ran a stop sign, according to Manchester police. Michael Moody, 42, was driving a blue 2012 Nissan Armada westbound on Commonwealth Boulevard around 4:30 p.m. and was hit by a black 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe....