On Sunday, August 17, a golfer at a Florham Park course was struck by lightning during a sudden summer storm. Police arrived to find bystanders performing CPR before the victim was transported to a nearby hospital and placed in critical condition. This incident occurred less than a month after another…
Last week, Ridgewood police and emergency personnel responded to a report of a man who had fallen from the roof of a residence while on the job as a painter on Kenilworth Road. The painter, who was reported to be employed by a North Jersey-based painting company, was transported to…
On July 27, 2025, two pedestrians were struck by a work van in front of George Washington Carver Elementary School in Newark, New Jersey, in a drunk driving hit-and-run. The Essex County Prosecutors’ Office has confirmed that one of the victims tragically lost their life, while the other suffered serious…
Although many car crashes in New Jersey occur because of driver negligence, some accidents happen when motor vehicles collide with animals on the road. A driver may hit the brakes or swerve to avoid hitting an animal, which can cause them to lose control of the vehicle. Collisions with larger…
On the afternoon of July 24, 2025, a serious pedestrian accident at the intersection of Ramapo Valley Road and East Oak Street in Oakland, New Jersey, tragically killed one child and injured 3 others. According to the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, the four pedestrians, a mother and her three children,…
Over this July weekend, there were 3 drowning incidents in Wayne County, New Jersey, 2 of which were fatal. A 40-year-old man and a 5-year-old boy both tragically lost their lives, and a 19-year-old is currently in serious condition after being found in a pool unconscious. These recent tragedies are…
A motorcycle crash in Little Ferry, New Jersey, has left a family and community grieving the loss of a young man. On Tuesday, July 2, a 25-year-old motorcyclist was traveling southbound on Bergen Turnpike when he was struck by a car making an illegal left turn across a double yellow…
This year, New Jersey’s Fourth of July was more of a devastation than a celebration for some families. According to the New Jersey State Police, 9 people died in separate motor vehicle accidents across five different New Jersey counties between Friday morning and Sunday night. Sunday alone accounted for 5…
On Sunday evening, June 29, 2025, a motorcycle accident at the intersection of Edgewater Road and Anderson Avenue in Cliffside Park, New Jersey, sent a motorcyclist to the hospital with serious injuries. According to police reports, the crash occurred when a vehicle and a motorcycle collided in the middle of…
Tragically, on the morning of July 2nd, a 24-year-old tow truck driver was struck by a passing car while towing a disabled vehicle at milepost 31.4 of I-287 southbound in Morris County, New Jersey. According to New Jersey State Police reports, the young man was standing outside his truck performing…
