In 2008, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign issued a report identifying the top ten deadliest roads for pedestrians in our state of New Jersey as well as additional dangerous roads for pedestrians throughout the state. The two roads that topped the list included Route 30 located in Atlantic County and Route 130 in Burlington County. According to the report, 18 people lost their lives on these two roads alone between 2005 and 2007. Additional roads that [...]

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The family of a Paterson man who was shot to death by police is now filing a wrongful death action, seeking to recover ten million dollars from the city of Paterson and the Paterson police department as compensation for wrongful death. Saulo Del Rosario was found with a hammer in his hand when police arrived at his home. Police had been called by Del Rosario’s family when the family found him to be non-responsive to [...]

On the afternoon of Monday, a twelve foot deep trench collapsed on Neuville Drive in Franklin Township, crushing and killing a construction worker who was on the job. While he was working on the construction of a new home, the man was buried suddenly in the collapse. He did not survive the hour that it took for emergency responders to dig out the collapsed trench in their efforts to rescue him. OSHA Standards for Construction [...]

Carlos Vinciguerra-Gomez, 58, of Elizabeth, was killed Tuesday, when his tank truck crashed and became engulfed in flames on the New Jersey turnpike. Vinciguerra-Gomez’s truck was carrying approximately 8,500 gallons of gas, and his injuries included burns over 90 percent of his body. Federal Hazardous Materials Regulations Under Federal Hazardous Materials regulations, which govern not only interstate transport of hazardous materials, but also intrastate transport on any highway, many requirements are imposed on companies like [...]

Traffic jammed on I-287 North in Mahwah on Monday, when a tractor trailer was rear-ended by another driver, who was then airlifted to the emergency room at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Paterson. In order for the helicopter to land on I-287 to minimize the time spent getting the driver proper medical attention, police closed down multiple lanes, which slowed traffic traveling on the highway. Federal Commercial Motor Vehicle Regulations Although it is unclear what caused [...]