RED BANK: ONE DEAD IN BRIDGE CRASH
A motorist was killed when his car smashed into a truck at the foot of the Route 35 bridge in Red Bank Saturday morning, according to police Chief Darren McConnell. More →
RED BANK: JUVENILE KILLED BY TRAIN ENGINE
A view of the crossing at Drs. James Parker Boulevard. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
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An unidentified juvenile was struck and killed by a train engine in Red Bank Saturday morning, according to New Jersey Transit.
RED BANK: RAIL DEATH REPORTED
The incident occurred just south of the station. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
An unidentified woman was killed when she was struck by a North Jersey Coast Line train in Red Bank Saturday morning, according to a New Jersey Transit spokesman.
RUMSON: COUPLE DIE IN MOTORCYCLE CRASH
The accident occurred near the intersection of Navesink Avenue and Ridge Road/Hartshorne Lane. (Google Map. Click to enlarge.)
By JOHN T. WARD
A Red Bank woman — a daughter of a former Riverview Medical Center president — and her boyfriend were killed in a motorcycle crash in Rumson Saturday evening, authorities said Monday.
MIDDLETOWN: WOMAN STRUCK AND KILLED
A 75-year-old Middletown woman died Monday evening when she was struck crossing Route 35, township police said Tuesday.
Nadra Sourial was stuck as she crossed the highway from east to west at the intersection of Harmony Road at about 6:10 p.m., according to Captain Steve Dollinger.
MIDDLETOWN: FAMILY WANTS CRASH CHARGES
The family of a motorcyclist killed in a crash on West Front Street in Middletown last September is pressing the Monmouth County Prosecutor to bring charges against a motorist, NJ.com reported Tuesday.
According to a press release issued two days after the September 4 crash by township police, 69-year-old Raymond Depalma was travelling eastbound on West Front Street when he was struck by a westbound vehicle attempting to make a left turn onto Harbor Green Circle.
Depalma was flown by helicopter to Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune, he died five hours after the 3 p.m. crash
The driver of the other vehicle, Daniella Coccurello, 23, of Lincroft, was not immediately charged, police said at the time.
But Joel DePalma, one of Robert DePalma’s four sons, told NJ.com that Coccurello was issued a summons for using a phone while driving. He also said it’s undisputed that his father was not violating any traffic laws.
DePalma tells NJ.com that he and other family members have been asking the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office whether criminal charges will be filed, but aren’t getting answers.
LITTLE SILVER: RAIL FATALITY REPORTED
This just in from New Jersey Transit:
At approximately 5:00 pm, a New York-bound North Jersey Coast Line train struck and fatally injured an adult, male trespasser west of the Little Silver Station. No injuries were reported on board Train 3266 at the time of the incident.
RED BANK WOMAN DIES AFTER ACCIDENT
A 27-year-old Red Bank woman died after being struck by a vehicle while walking in a Middletown parking lot Monday morning, township police said.
Janet Ramos-Morales, whose street address was not immediately given, was hit at 11:24 in the lot of the Bank of America branch at the intersection of Route 35 and Navesink River Road, the MTPD said in an announcement issued late Monday night.
DUBLIN HOUSE HIT FOR $1.1M IN DWI DEATH
Red Bank’s Dublin House pub is on the hook for more than $1 million of a $3.3 million jury award to the family a man killed by a drunk, off-duty State Trooper in Middletown four years ago, the Asbury Park Press reported Thursday last week.
Also having to pay into the settlement is the defunct Ashes Cigar Bar nightclub on Broad Street. A third Red Bank watering hole that was sued was spared from the judgment.