Franklin Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Pedestrian Struck And Killed By Car In Franklin
A man attempting to cross the street in Franklin Tuesday night was killed when he was struck by a car, police said. The man, whose identity was withheld pending notification of next of kin, was struck by an eastbound Kia Sorrento driven by a Somerset resisdent shortly before 10 p.m. The fatal crash occurred on Amwell Road near Doria Road. He was pronounced dead at an area hospital, police said. Anyone with information is asked to call the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office Collision Analysis Reconstruction Team at (908) 231-7100, or Officer Jose Jaime of the Fr…
Franklin Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Wrong-Way Bedminster Crash Leaves 3 Bayonne Teens Critical
Three 18-year-olds from Bayonne were hospitalized in critical condition following a wrong-way crash in Central Jersey over the weekend, authorities said. A 2002 Toyota Corolla driven by one of them was speeding north on the southbound side of Rattlesnake Bridge Road near I-78 in Bedminster when it struck a concrete bridge abutment shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday, the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office and Bedminster police said. All three occupants had to be extricated, they said. Investigators were still trying to determine what happened and why. Anyone who might have witnessed the inci…
