Complete Atlantic County, NJ accident reports and news.
Accidents in Atlantic County are a major cause of property damage, injury, and death each year
In Atlantic County, statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show that traffic crashes remain a primary public safety issue. Car, truck, bicycle, pedestrian, and motorcycle accidents are all a common occurrence, despite improvements in vehicle safety features, road design, bicycle and pedestrian corridors, and traffic signs.
When an accident happens in Atlantic County, it is important to do the following immediately:
- Remain at the crash scene;
- Check on the condition of all people involved in the crash;
- Call the police;
- Exchange information with other drivers;
- Get contact information from witnesses;
- Inform your insurance company;
- Get appropriate medical treatment, and track the details;
- Take photos of vehicle damage and injuries;
- Consider hiring a personal injury attorney.
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After an Atlantic County accident, there are many issues that need to be handled immediately. Dealing with doctors, repair shops, car rental companies, police, and insurance companies is overwhelming, especially when someone is seriously injured. At this point, many injured people choose to hire a personal injury attorney whose job it is to handle the details and paperwork so that you can focus on recovery.
Personal injury lawyers offer a no-cost claim evaluation to help you.
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Police say a drunk driver crashed into a popular Atlantic City bar over the weekend.
Donald Preston Jr., 56, of Pleasantville allegedly crashed his SUV through the front of the Irish Pub on the 100 block of St. James Place around 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.
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A plane crashed on the runway at the Atlantic City International Airport in the early evening Tuesday.
The aircraft, a Piper PA-28, was attempting to take off when it collided with a fence and flipped over at the end of the runway around 5 p.m., according to officials.
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The woman killed in a two-car crash in Estell Manor Sunday afternoon has been identified State Police as 84-year-old Dorothy Gorman.
Gorman was in a Chevy Lumina traveling southbound on State Route 50 when it was struck while trying to turn left and sent spinning into the other lane.
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Two people were killed and several others were injured when a New Jersey Transit bus and a car collided in southern New Jersey.
Authorities say the crash occurred shortly before 2 p.m. Monday in Pleasantville. It wasn't immediately known if the people killed were in the car or the bus.
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A two-car accident in the eastbound lane near Wendy’s Restaurant closed Tilton Road Monday afternoon, April 21, and sent one person to the hospital.