Last month, a passenger bus slammed into exactly 10 vehicles at a stoplight in South Brunswick. The Coach USA bus crashed through two lanes of cars stopped at a red light. The bus mangled several cars, shoved a few vehicles off of the roadway and crushed the rest. Seven people were injured in the accident, and two of them sustained serious injuries. The victims with the more serious injuries included a 35-year-old man with a fractured back and a 61-year-old woman with a fractured pelvis and ribs. Firefighters were forced to use the Jaws of Life, a hydraulic extrication tool, to free two of the crash victims from their vehicles. Fortunately, the passenger bus was empty. The bus accident forced the South Brunswick Police Department to shut down the Route 130 for two hours. Though investigators have ruled out weather conditions, police are still investigating the cause of the accident….
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Popular television actor and comedian Tracy Morgan was traveling with friends in a limo bus when a tractor-trailer owned by Walmart rear-ended them, forcing the limo bus to flip. The collision started a chain reaction that involved four other nearby cars. One passenger, a 62-year-old comedian named James McNair, who went by the name “Jimmy Mack”, was killed instantly when the limo bus rolled over. Morgan and three other passengers were all hospitalized with serious injuries. A fifth passenger, Harris Stanton, was treated and released. Morgan suffered several broken ribs, a broken nose, a broken leg and a broken femur as a result of the accident. The comedian was classified as “critical, but responsive” on June 9 and was reportedly “heartbroken” over the death of Jimmy Mack. Kevin Roper was driving the Walmart truck. According to reports, Roper noticed the slow moving traffic but was too late to avoid rear-ending…
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Large commercial trucks that jackknife on the road due to driver negligence or inattention can face charges or citations for causing other accidents on the road. Jackknifing describes when the back end of a semi-truck swings out to one side while the cab faces forward. These dangerous accidents can cause multiple other accidents with vehicles on the road. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has estimated that jackknifing incidents have about a five percent fatality rate and, within a few moments, these accidents can cause life-threatening injuries to other motorists. A South Brunswick truck accident on January 27 caused heavy traffic on the New Jersey Turnpike when a tractor-trailer jackknifed and blocked all lanes. Similarly, a Trenton truck accident caused minor injuries and traffic delays on Route 78 on January 21 after a tractor-trailer jackknifed and hit two other vehicles. New Jersey State Police reported that the truck collided…
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