While the COVID-19 pandemic has certainly put a strain on employers across New Jersey and led to furloughs and layoffs that arise out of business necessity, New Jersey has also stepped up to also provide some protection to employees in the present and in the case of other future outbreaks. Specifically, Governor Murphy recently signed...
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....