Driver Rear-Ends JCP&L Truck, Suffers Broken Bones
Overnight accident happened at Brick Blvd. intersection
The driver of a Ford Explorer SUV rear-ended a JCP&L utility truck overnight, resulting in injuries that sent him to a trauma center.
Police say Jason R. Schroyer, 37, of Toms River, suffered multiple bone fractures in his lower body in the 12:40 a.m. accident, which occurred at the intersection of Brick Boulevard and Molly Lane in the southbound lanes.
According to a report from Brick Police Traffic Safety Officer Scott Dierking, Schroyer's 2001 Ford Explorer SUV struck the rear of a 1999 JCP&L International Utility truck being operated by Edward F. Murray, 45, of South Toms River. The truck had been stopped at a red light and was still stopped as the light cycled to green, when the accident happened.
The SUV was pinned under the JCP&L truck, police said, and Schroyer was trapped in the vehicle and had to be extricated by emergency workers.
Schroyer was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune for treatment, according to Dierking, and southbound traffic on Brick Boulevard was detoured around the crash scene for approximately two hours during the accident investigation.
Murray and a passenger in his utility truck refused treatment at the scene, Dierking said.
Brick Police, Brick Police EMS, MONOC paramedics, as well as the Breton Woods and Pioneer Hose fire companies responded to the scene. Brick Volunteer EMS also responded.
1stcav
11:05 am on Saturday, November 5, 2011
Hope he recovers from these injuries ! GW soon..
.
6:50 am on Sunday, November 6, 2011
How do you not see a red light and a JCP&L truck that is stopped at it????
bayboat
7:46 am on Sunday, November 6, 2011
How fast was he going that an suv got wedged under a utility truck?
Susan
4:31 pm on Sunday, November 6, 2011
I'm going to make wild guess and say maybe a phone was involved... I hope everyone is ok
Martin
5:48 pm on Sunday, November 6, 2011
No mention of ticketing the driver. Hope he recovers so he can pay his car insurance surcharges.
Police should check drivers' cell phone call records after every accident to see if calling or texting were being done at the time of impact. Then add that charge to the others. Maybe that'll help cut down on the number of idiots multi-tasking while supposedly paying attention to the road. It's an epidemic! We're all at risk and defenseless when other drivers zoom at us while on their phones.
preek
7:43 am on Monday, November 7, 2011
Wow Martin,not tooooo angry are we ?
1stcav
8:25 am on Monday, November 7, 2011
Inattention is an epidemic these days , it's like most cars are on "Automatic pilot" cruse control in town as if the car has brains, most drivers today don't use the brains they have....do the speed limit and see how many people fly by you ..try it...See how many people are doing other things WHILE driving..including Police Officers on there cell phones while driving..Oh but they have a reason, and so do most people pulled over for talking on there phones...but it's to enforce the law ( as radios don't work well ) & that's why there on there phone...Whats good for the goose is good for the gander !!! Here that CHEIF !!!!!!! Could also be the reason why people are NOT being ticketed by law enforcement...I see way to many people on cell phones while driving today ....crazy .