Truck Accident

A recent driver shortage across the United States has caused a push to put older teens and young adults – ages 18 to 21 – on the highways as truck and tractor-trailer drivers. Many trucking industry representatives, as well as politicians, believe one way to assuage the issue could be loosening federal regulations around the…

A recent WREG news story reported that the two trucks collided at the intersection of Cayce Road and Highway 302. The accident happened around 8:45 in the morning. The victim, Brooks Brownlee, was driving the strawberry truck. Brownlee Farms said it would be closing its farm in nearby Red Banks. Mr. Brownlee was a beloved…

Getting hit in a rear-end crash by a large, commercial truck can be a traumatic and devastating experience. A semi-truck fully loaded with cargo might weigh more than 80,000lbs, while the much smaller, passenger vehicle weighs much less and usually bears the most damage in a collision with an 18-wheeler. A rear-end collision is the…

On September 29, 2016, a New Jersey Transit engineer with undiagnosed sleep apnea was operating a train which crashed into the Hoboken train station killing one and injuring 100 people. The train engineer had received a medical examination two months prior to the crash, but was not tested for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). After the…