The intersection of Chestnut and Pearl streets may finally get long-discussed four-way stop signs. (2009 photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
By JOHN T. WARD
Two Red Bank intersections may soon be getting four-way stops, if the borough council follows through on plans it greenlighted informally Wednesday night.
By JOHN T. WARD
A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in front of Riverside Gardens Park in Red Bank Thursday night, according to police Chief Darren McConnell.
In-streeet pedestrian-crossing signs would be installed on Broad Street in front of the SuperFoodtown supermarket. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
[CORRECTION: The original version of this article mistakenly reported that pedestrian-activated flashing signals would be installed at two locations in Red Bank. Only the crosswalk at West Front Street and English Plaza will get that type of signal; the intersection of Broad Street and Pinckney Road will get “in-street pedestrian crossing signs,” according to the resolution.]
By JOHN T. WARD
Pedestrian-safety improvements would be installed at two Red Bank crosswalks, including one where a pedestrian suffered fatal injuries when struck by a truck four years ago, if approved by the borough council Wednesday night.
Booskerdoo barista Trudi Williams sweeping up Monday after the accident. (Photo by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge.)
A pedestrian incurred minor injuries when he was struck by a vehicle in Fair Haven in early morning darkness Monday, police said.
By JOHN T. WARD
A Red Bank woman suffered a minor injury when she was struck by a minivan while crossing Bridge Avenue in Red Bank on foot Tuesday night, according to police Chief Darren McConnell.
By JOHN T. WARD
A Red Bank woman was struck by a vehicle while crossing a busy downtown intersection Thursday evening, police Chief Darren McConnell tells redbankgreen.
By JOHN T. WARD
A Rumson woman suffered a non-traumatic head injury when she was struck by a vehicle while crossing Broad Street in Red Bank on foot Thursday afternoon, according to police Chief Darren McConnell.
By JOHN T. WARD
A 76-year old pedestrian “was apparently in the crosswalk” when he was hit by a car while crossing Broad Street in Red Bank Friday morning, according to police Chief Darren McConnell.
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A Monmouth Couunty road crew member was struck by a car while doing road-striping work in Fair Haven Thursday, police Chief Joe McGovern tells redbankgreen.
The pedestrian struck by an SUV as he crossed Broad Street near the Foodtown supermarket in Red Bank Saturday afternoon was 97-year-old Alfonso Tomaino, according to police Chief Darren McConnell.
Emergency personnel at the intersection of Broad Street and Pinckney Road Saturday afternoon. The same spot was the scene of a June, 2015 accident from which a pedestrian later died of her injuries. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
By JOHN T. WARD
An elderly man was stuck and seriously injured crossing Broad Street in Red Bank Saturday afternoon, police said.
The identity and condition of the victim were not available two hours following the accident, which occurred at about 3 p.m. at Broad Street and Pinckney Road, said police Chief Darren McConnell.
An 88-year-old member of the Christian Brothers Academy community in Lincroft died when he was struck by a car at the edge of the campus Wednesday, according to a report by NJ.com.
Retired teacher Brother James Leahy was apparently beginning his daily walk along Newman Springs Road when he was stuck by a vehicle at the end of the campus driveway, according to the report.
A 12-year-old Red Bank Charter School student was struck by a vehicle on Monmouth Street Monday afternoon.
Police Chief Darren McConnell told redbankgreen that the girl, a female, was transported to Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune with injuries that were not life-threatening.
A 78-year-old woman is in critical condition after being struck by a truck on Broad Street Tuesday morning, police Chief Darren McConnell tells redbankgreen.
The victim, whose identity was withheld by authorities pending notification of family members, was transported by helicopter to the trauma unit of Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune following the 10:45 a.m. accident, which occurred in front of the Foodtown supermarket, McConnell said.
Emergency personnel tend to a pedestrian struck crossing Broad Street near the intersection of Pinckney Road at around 10:45 Tuesday morning. The victim, whose identity has not yet been released, was transported by helicopter to the trauma unit of Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune.
Broad Street in the vicinity of the accident remained closed at 1 p.m. as a Monmouth County Serious Collision Analysis Response Team gathered information, police Chief Darren McConnell told redbankgreen. (Reader photo. Click to enlarge)
Red Bank police were out on Broad Street Wednesday afternoon for a brief pedestrian safety enforcement push. The effort resulted in five summonses issued to motorists and 13 warnings, some to drivers and some to pedestrians, said Chief Darren McConnell.
But the enforcement might easily have gone on for hours, judging by activity seen by redbankgreen. See below. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
A Florida man was struck by a vehicle when he stepped out into traffic from between two parked cars in downtown Red Bank Saturday, police Chief Darren McConnell tells redbankgreen.
Benjamin Slepian, 41, of Royal Palm Beach, cracked the windshield of a vehicle driven by Georgeanne Mallett, 67, of Saint Simon’s Island, George, at about noon, McConnell said.
A 66-year-old pedestrian was unhurt after he was struck by an ambulance at Wednesday afternoon, Red Bank police said.
Thomas Thatcher, of Hackettstown, was checked out by a second MONOC crew after he was hit crossing Broad Street at Monmouth Street at 1:20 p.m., Chief Darren McConnell told redbankgreen.
A motorist attempts to park in a reverse-angle space in Sea Bright last June. Mike Dannemiller, below left, addresses the council Thursday morning. (Photos by John T. Ward)
By JOHN T. WARD
Hoping to piggyback on a plan by the state to repave the town’s main drag in coming weeks, Sea Bright officials gave informal approval Thursday to the creation of bike lanes on Ocean Avenue.
They stopped just short, however, of doing the same for a proposal to expand the new-to-Monmouth County use of reverse-angle parking.
The lone occupant of a 2015 Volvo wagon escaped with what appeared to be minor injuries after the vehicle veered into a utility pole and rolled over on Rumson Road in Little Silver at about 2:33 Wednesday afternoon, police said. Sara Simpson, of Cary, North Carolina, got out of the wreck under her own power, but was transported by Little Silver First Aid volunteers to Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune as a precaution, said police Detective Greg Oliva, who is investigating. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
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.
A Red Bank man was transported to the hospital after he was struck by a vehicle while crossing West Front Street Thursday evening, police Chief Darren McConnell tells redbankgreen.
A six-year-old Red Bank girl and her mother suffered minor injuries when they were hit by a car as they crossed Shrewsbury Avenue Saturday morning, police said.
Cecila Tecalero, 28, and her daughter, Dulce Marie Trejo, were crossing Shrewsbury at West Bergen Place – also known as Drs. Parker Boulevard – with traffic when they were struck in the crosswalk at around 10:28 a.m., police said in a prepared statement.
Stephanie Stokes of Sea Bright had to be extricated by Little Silver volunteer firefighters after the car she was driving collided with one driven by Alexis Gallo of Rumson at Rumson and Harding roads around 6:25 p.m. Monday. Both drivers were treated at the scene for minor injuries by volunteer first aiders, said police Chief Dan Shaffery. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
Kathy Morris attempts to park in the new reverse-angle spaces last week; she promises she’ll soon master the task. The concept was championed by trauma nurse Linda Richter, below. (Photos by John T. Ward)
By JOHN T. WARD
Arriving at the Sea Bright Supermarket one afternoon last week, borough resident Kathy Morris struggled to align her SUV with a back-in, angled parking space.
Wait: a what?
Angled parking spaces, popular decades ago throughout American downtowns, appear to be making a return, but this time with a twist: motorists must back into them, rather than park nose-in.
Last week, Sea Bright became the first town in Monmouth County to give back-in, or reverse-angle, parking a try with the creation of eight curbside spaces in front of the Ocean Avenue supermarket.
And there are plans to implement the concept gradually throughout the borough, said Linda Richter, a borough resident and trauma nurse who spearheaded the change as a safety measure both for motorists and pedestrians.