New Jersey Fatal Accidents

About 200 tow-service trucks gathered to honor Daniel "D.J." Ortiz, a 24-year-old tower killed while on a highway stop to assist another motorist.[...]

Prayers are pouring in on social media after nine people died in "horrible" crashes over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The Fourth of July remains one of the most popular travel weekends of the ...[...]

Officials confirmed three people were killed when trees fell onto their vehicles in Plainfield and North Plainfield.[...]

One crash killed an Oceanport man in Tinton Falls. A second crash killed a driver in Keansburg late Sunday evening. A third driver was killed in Keyport on the Fourth of July itself. A 25-year-old ...[...]

A 25-year-old New Jersey man died in a single car crash in Monmouth County on Sunday evening, authorities said. Police were dispatched to Shafto Road in Tinton Falls at about 11 p.m., where they found ...[...]

A woman was killed in a three-car crash involving a Tesla, a Nissan and a Chrysler minivan late Saturday night on the Parkway'? north.[...]

A 58-year-old woman was killed after her vehicle was rear-ended by a car early Sunday on the Garden State Parkway in Sayreville, authorities said. Esther Paz was driving north near exit 125 at about ...[...]

Nine people in New Jersey were killed in separate motor vehicle crashes over Independence Day weekend. The crashes took place between Friday morning and Sunday night and spanned five counties, ...[...]

A 24-year-old Bridgeton man was killed in a wrong-way crash on the Atlantic City Expressway on Saturday, July 5, authorities said. At 4:27 a.m., police responded to a report of a wrong way driver on ...[...]

A tragic scooter crash in Perth Amboy has prompted a state investigation, revealing the dangers of high-speed pursuits after a police encounter left one rider dead on the road.[...]

A passenger in a car traveling eastbound on the Atlantic City Expressway early Saturday morning died in a one-vehicle crash just before the Pleasantville tolls. Breaking AC.com reports that the NJ ...[...]

The New Jersey Attorney General's Office is investigating, officials said, after a rider on a motorized scooter was killed in a crash shortly after fleeing a police stop on Sunday, July 6, 2025.[...]

A woman was killed while two men were hurt in a fiery crash in Trenton, New Jersey, on Saturday.  Investigators said a 22-year-old man was driving a black BMW eastbound on South Broad Street from ...[...]

A 74-year-old man from Woodbine was killed in a head-on crash early Friday, July 4 on Route 347 in Cumberland County, State Police said. Troopers responded to the scene at 12:04 a.m. near milepost 2.8 ...[...]

The storms are being blamed for over three deaths in central New Jersey, including two in Plainfield who died after a tree fell onto a vehicle during the storm.[...]

At least three people were killed by felled trees overnight Thursday as violent storms ripped through central New Jersey. A pair of men, aged 25 and 79, were driving through Plainfield when a tree crushed their vehicle, taking numerous power lines do[...]

A New Jersey tow truck driver was killed Thursday morning when he was hit by an SUV while helping another driver on the highway.[...]

A Roxbury towing company's angry, urgent plea for drivers to "SLOW THE F--- DOWN. MOVE THE F--- OVER" is going viral on social media after one of its drivers was struck and killed during a highway ...[...]

HARDING TWP. - Police continue to investigate a Wednesday, July 2 motor vehicle crash on southbound Route 287 that claimed the life of a Hopatcong tow truck driver.[...]

Ortiz, nicknamed DJ, worked for Ron & Sons Towin,g which took to Facebook to express both its anger over a violation of New Jersey's Move Over Law and the loss of a dedicated tower.[...]

A 24-year-old tow truck driver was killed Wednesday when he was struck by a SUV after responding to a disabled vehicle on Route 287 in Morris County, a spokesperson for the New Jersey State Police ...[...]

A Roxbury towing company's angry, urgent plea for drivers to "SLOW THE F--- DOWN. MOVE THE F--- OVER" is going viral on social media after one of their drivers was struck and killed during a highway ...[...]

A news release from the Southington Post said a motorcycle driven by Russell Davis, 63, of Vienna, was traveling east on U.S. 62 about 1:15 p.m. when a car driven by a 76-year-old New Jersey woman ...[...]

A young tow truck operator was killed while helping a stranded driver on Interstate 287 in Morris County, New Jersey State Police said.Daniel ...[...]

A woman indicted on a vehicular homicide charge for a Gloucester County crash that killed her passenger was sentenced to probation this week after she pleaded guilty to a reduced charge. Anea J. Cook, ...[...]

The 23-year-old Penns Grove man was driving a car north on Colson Road in Upper Pittsgrove when he lost control of the vehicle, according to a New Jersey State Police spokesman. The car ran off the ...[...]

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - The New Jersey State Police Department is seeking tips to locate two individuals sought for questioning in connection with a horrific hit-and-run crash on the Garden State ...[...]

WOODBRIDGE - New Jersey State Police are seeking witnesses and video of a June 29 crash on the Garden State Parkway in which one person from New York died and another was seriously injured.[...]

One occupant of an SUV died, another was seriously injured and two others fled the scene on foot Sunday night following a multi-vehicle crash on the Garden State Parkway in Middlesex County, police ...[...]

One person was killed and another seriously injured after a BMW SUV packed with four Staten Island residents crashed and flipped along the Garden State Parkway, New Jersey State Police said.The crash ...[...]

One person was killed and another seriously injured after a BMW SUV packed with four Staten Island residents crashed and flipped along the Garden State Parkway, New Jersey State Police said. The crash ...[...]

A 26-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle early Tuesday morning in Belleville, authorities said. A southbound vehicle driven by a 19-year-old man hit Eliana N. Ambrosino at 12:15 a.m ...[...]

There will be an increase in police patrols and the addition of more road signs aimed at curbing truck traffic in Hawthorne following a fatal crash involving a dump truck, borough officials said.[...]

Carlos D. Martinez, 17, consented to having his case moved out of juvenile court after prosecutors filed a motion for an adult trial.[...]