Single Vehicle Collisions Involving Stationary Structures
Yes, it is bad when two cars collide, especially if at least one of them is speeding. A car accident can be plenty destructive when there is only one vehicle involved, though. A car might strike a tree, and the tree might collapse on the car. A driver might crash into a utility pole or a median, and this might cause the car to flip. There have even been collisions where a car crashed through a fence or other flimsy barrier and plunged into a river or lake. The laws regarding the right to compensation for people injured in accidents involving one motor vehicle and the same as those relating to accidents that involve more than one vehicle. You can recover compensation by filing a claim with your own personal injury protection (PIP) insurance, or you can file an insurance claim or lawsuit about another party that was responsible for the accident. For example, you can sue the driver for driving dangerously when you were a passenger. If the driver, whether the driver was you or someone else, got drunk at a bar before the accident, you can file a dram shop liability claim. If you got injured in a single vehicle accident, contact a South Jersey auto accident lawyer.
Driver Faces DUI Charges After Truck Crashes Into McDonald’s Restaurant
In December 2024, a Dodge Ram that was speeding in the drive thru lane of the McDonald’s on River Road in Hackensack crashed through the wall. The driver was hospitalized with injuries, and one employee inside the McDonald’s was also injured. The driver is facing charges for driving under the influence of alcohol, as well as for assault by auto. In New Jersey, you do not get criminal charges for drunk driving unless you cause an accident.
Elderly Man Dies After Crashing Car Into Tree
Many people worry about their elderly relatives driving, but for one family, the worst-case scenario came true. In November 2025, an 85-year-old man was driving on a downhill stretch of Marvin Avenue when he lost control of his car and crashed into a tree. A woman who was driving on Poifly Road shortly after the single-vehicle collision swerved to avoid hitting the car, but she was not able to avoid it. She rear-ended the car, but she did not get injured.
Firefighters arrived at the scene and extricated the man from the car, and an ambulance transported him to a nearby hospital. The man died of his injuries later that day. News reports did not release his name. They also did not say anything else about factors that could have led to the accident, such as whether the driver suffered a medical episode while driving.
Contact Monaco Law About Car Accidents
Contact Monaco Law PC in Marlton, New Jersey and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to discuss your car accident case. Joseph Monaco is a New Jersey and Pennsylvania personal injury lawyer and wrongful death lawyer serving Atlantic County, Bucks County, Burlington County, Cape May County, Camden County, Chester County, Cumberland County, Delaware County, Gloucester County, Mercer County, Middlesex County, Monroe County, Montgomery County, Philadelphia, Ocean County, Salem County, Susquehanna County and all of New Jersey.
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