Blog Posts in July, 2014

Medical harm is an ongoing issue

Many New Jersey readers probably don't know about a 15-year-old report by the institute of Medicine that called for reform in the way medical safety issues are handled and reported. The study showed that medical errors were responsible for an increasing number of patient injuries and even deaths. Currently, little seems to have changed, and some experts in the field feel that this issue is not ...

New Jersey truck accident traps man underwater

A fatal accident at the intersection of Lake Drive and North Brunswick Pike killed a Trenton resident around 3:08 p.m. on July 17. A truck, owned by a Pemberton freight company, hit and moved the car 200 feet and into a lake. The 59-year-old driver of a Nissan Altima was stopped at the traffic light. A witness, who was also at the light, said the Nissan was next to her on Brunswick Pike in the ...

6 hurt in Vineland as truck carrying carnival ride overturns

On July 6, a tractor trailer that was towing equipment for a local fair overturned on an exit off Route 55 in Vineland, injuring six people. The truck accident occurred at 1 p.m., closing Exit 29 for a few hours. The driver's destination was the Cumberland County Fairgrounds in Millville. The fair was scheduled to open on July 7. According to a preliminary investigation done by law enforcement ...

4 riders injured in an amusement park accident

New Jersey residents who are fans of amusement parks might be interested to hear about an incident that occurred on July 7 at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Roughly two dozen riders were stranded on the Ninja roller coaster after a tree branch got on the track. The riders were stuck on the ride for longer than two and a half hours, and four people sustained injuries. Injuries were described as minor by ...

Truck wreck in New Jersey kills 3

Three cement workers, a 42-year-old and 22-year-old father and son, and a 58-year-old driver were struck by a tractor-trailer on Route 287 in New Jersey on June 24, according to state police. Authorities report that the men were repairing a disabled cement truck when a 58-year-old female motorist driving a 2000 Toyota Avalon slowed her vehicle as she approached them. The tractor-trailer, a 2012 ...