Posted on August 19th, 2010
States are working to expand seat belt laws so that they require passengers in the back seat to wear seat belts.
Since 2007, six states have expanded their law to include back seat riders including, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Louisiana, New Jersey and Texas.
Officials from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said that the most important thing that a person can do in a vehicle, no matter where they are sitting, is to where a seat belt in order to prevent injury if an accident occurs. Last year, the national seat belt rate was 84 percent.
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Posted on June 18th, 2010
A chartered bus traveling through New Jersey flipped over on Garden State Parkway injuring six people.
The crash occurred the first week of June and the injuries that were suffered were all said to be non-life threatening, there were 35 passengers on the bus during the accident.
The bus was headed to Lakewood and had exited the toll road in Middletown. Emergency crews worked to help victims and turn the bus upright so that traffic could flow. The cause of the crash is currently under investigation.
If you or a loved one has been injured in a bus accident, contact the New Jersey bus accident lawyers of the law office Levinson Axelrod by calling 800-346-5529.
Posted on June 4th, 2010
Three people were injured in a car accident Wednesday. According to police reports, the accident occurred on Route 202 in Branchburg.
A man apparently jumped out of his car while driving on the road. The car continued without the driver and crashed into another vehicle. When medical officials arrived, the three people injured in the accident were taken to a nearby hospital.
If you or anyone you know has been injured in a car accident, contact the New Jersey car accident attorneys of Levinson Axelrod, P.A., at 800-346-5529.
Posted on May 28th, 2010
The decision by a lower court judge to not hold an airport in new Jersey liable for damages to an aircraft struck by a sleeping driver has been upheld by a state appeals court this week.
The suit was filed originally in 2006 after a driver fell asleep at the wheel and crashed through the chain link fence separate Teterboro Airport tarmac from the road. The driver then crashed into a plane owned by Potomac Aviation Services.
The company promptly sued the airport, alleging that they failed to provide adequate protection for the airplane and that they parked it in an unsafe location,
At issue were federal and industry guidelines for the type of fencing that was used to cordon off the airport property. The aviation company maintained that chain link fencing was in violation of safety measures.
However, the airport was found not liable for the damages. “There is nothing presented that in common sense or fairness convinces us that defendants’ duty to exercise reasonable care over plaintiff’s plane or to provide a reasonably safe place for it to be parked included an obligation to install guide rail or other protective devices,” the judges concluded.
If you have been the victim of another driver on the road, contact the New Jersey car accident attorneys of Levinson Axelrod, P.A., today by calling 800-346-5529.
Posted on May 28th, 2010
A New Jersey man was arrested in Pennsylvania for driving the wrong way on the Pennsylvania Turnpike for nearly 10 miles on Wednesday, according to police.
The man was driving a car with New Jersey plates and the only way that police could stop him was by ramming him with a jersey barrier near mile marker 21 in Beaver County, about 20 miles west of Pittsburgh.
He was arrested for causing three or four crashes, said Lt. James McFadden.
When interviewed, the man told a reported “Yeah, I’m fine. All good,” before saying, “I have no clue” when asked what happened.
If you or someone you know has been injured in a car accident as a result of negligent or reckless behavior on the part of another driver, contact the New Jersey car accident lawyers of Levinson Axelrod, P.A., today by calling 800-346-5529.
Posted on April 30th, 2010
A woman was injured in a car accident Thursday. According to police reports, the accident occurred on Route 9 near Woodbridge.
While police did not release information about what caused the accident, they reported that the woman’s car was trapped under a tractor-trailer. When medical officials, arrived, the woman was airlifted form the scene and taken to a nearby hospital.
If you or anyone you know has been injured in a car accident, contact the New Jersey car accident attorneys of Levinson Axelrod at 800-346-5529.
Posted on April 30th, 2010
A woman was killed in a car accident Friday. According to police reports, the accident occurred on I-295 in Mt. Laurel.
The woman driving the car apparently crashed into a tractor trailer. According to medical officials, the injuries caused by the accident apparently killed her.
If you or anyone you know has lost a loved on in a car accident, contact the New Jersey car accident attorneys of Levinson Axelrod, P.A., at 800-346-5529.
Posted on April 15th, 2010
An 18-year-old Hillsdale driver and his two juvenile passengers rolled over at 3:18 p.m. Tuesday on Oak Trail Road.
Preliminary police investigation reports suggest that the driver was speeding through the quiet neighborhood when he rounded a bend too quickly and was forced to slam on the brakes to avoid colliding with a wood chipper. He then lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a nearby parked car before jumping the curb and rolling over onto the lawn of a private residence.
Though uninjured, the occupants were partially trapped in the overturned vehicle. They managed to extricate themselves by the time that authorities arrived. Police charged the 18-year-old with reckless driving and speeding.
While nobody was harmed in this accident, reckless and speeding drivers are a major danger on the road. If you or someone you love has been injured by a speeding driver, contact the New Jersey speeding accident lawyers of Levinson Axelrod at 800-346-5529 today.
Posted on April 13th, 2010
A 77-year-old Newark man lost control of his Pathfinder early this morning around 5:45 a.m., rear-ending a 56-year-old Rahway man’s Tacoma on the Garden State Parkway near Exit 148.
The crash forced the Tacoma over a guardrail, causing the car to roll down the embankment and strike a third vehicle below on North Walnut street. The Pathfinder glanced off of the Tacoma and slammed into a concrete divider.
While the driver of the third vehicle was uninjured, the 56-year-old driver of the Tacoma was seriously injured and remains in critical condition. The driver of the Pathfinder suffered facial injuries but is now in stable condition. Both men are currently being held at University Hospital in Newark.
Police report that alcohol was most likely not involved in this accident.
Have you or someone you love been been rear-ended and injured by a negligent driver? Contact the New Jersey personal injury attorneys of Levinson Axelrod at 800-346-5529 today to discuss your legal options.
Posted on April 2nd, 2010
A 29-year old man and a 41-year old man from New Jersey were killed on Wednesday when their Avis rental truck was involved in a head-on collision on the New York Thruway. The occurred near Athens in Greene County about 25 miles south of Albany. Authorities believe that the rental truck crossed the median where it struck a flat-bed truck heading in the opposite direction. The 55-year old driver of the other vehicle was taken to the hospital for treatment of his injuries.
If you or someone you know has been hurt or killed in an accident, contact the New Jersey car accident lawyers of Levinson Axelrod at 800-346-5529 to discuss your legal options.
