WEEHAWKEN – Seven people wound up in the hospital following a motor vehicle accident at the intersection of JFK Boulevard East and Hudson Place in Weehawken on Saturday afternoon. At approximately 12:15 p.m., Weehawken Police responded to a motor vehicle crash involving three vehicles including a parked car. The crash was turned over to the Hudson County Sheriff’s Office Crash Investigation Unit for reconstruction and investigation.
According to a press release from Hudson County Sheriff Frank X. Schillari, a 77-year-old driver from West New York was traveling north on Boulevard East in a 2010 Volkswagen Jetta when it crashed into the rear of a white 2007 Toyota Matrix,. The Toyota then hit a 2010 Mustang parked nearby.
“The Volkswagen then rolled backwards over 200 feet and came to rest at the intersection of Duer Place and Blvd East,” said Schillari. The driver of the Jetta suffered a severe head injury and was unconscious when police arrived. “There were six passengers in the Toyota, including a 4-year-old child that [allegedly] was not in a child seat.”
The driver of the Jetta was transported to the Jersey City Medical Center by Weehawken EMS and was listed in stable condition as of Sunday morning. Extra ambulances had to be called to transport all six passengers of the Toyota to Jersey City Medical Center with minor injuries.
The driver of the Toyota, a 31-year-old resident of Maryland, was issued a summons for having an unrestrained child in a vehicle. “The cause of the crash is still under investigation,” said Schillari. “Preliminary findings indicate that the Volkswagen was not speeding.”
Seven sent to hospital following Saturday crash on Boulevard East
