On Wednesday around 1:00 p.m. in Edison a truck hit a curb on Route 1 and landed on a motor vehicle.

The truck driver was near Prince Street when he tried to switch lanes to avoid slowing down on the road. As he switched lanes he ended up running into a curb, flipping his vehicle. The truck fell on the back half of a car. The driver of the car was not injured in the accident.

The man operating the truck sustained minor head injuries and was taken to a local area  hospital to be treated.

Please contact the Edison truck accident lawyers of Levinson Axelrod, P.A. by calling 800-346-5529 if you or someone you know has been injured in a truck accident.

A Denver anchor woman suffered minor injuries after a dog on her news segment bit her on the face.

The woman was interviewing a firefighter who had rescued the dog the day before from an icy lake. The dog’s owner and the dog were also on the set. She is seen petting the dog throughout the segment, but it was when she bent down to get closer to the Argentine mastiff that it bit her.

She was taken the hospital where she had reconstructive surgery that night. Surgeons say the surgery was successful, and she is expected to return to work in a few weeks. The dog has been taken by animal control where it will be quarantined for ten days.

If you were attacked by someone else’s dog, contact the Edison dog bite lawyers of Levinson Axelrod, P.A. today at 800-346-5529.

South of Interstate 75 close to Gainesville, Florida a brush fire emitted thick smoke that drifted in the directions of drivers on both sides of the highway. This smoke, when merged with the pre-existing fog, blocked visibility for drivers.

The air became black and drivers were unable to see past their own windshields. People tried pulling over on the highway, but with the inability to see where they were, cars began to crash into one another. Several motor vehicles were hit from both the front and the back.

Emergency crews were also unable to navigate their way through the fog in order to tend to injured drivers and passengers. People were screaming and yelling, but no one could see them. Rescue workers were guided by their voices and administered the best medical care that they could. A total of 19 cars were involved in the wrecks, where 11 people lost their lives.

If you have been injured in a car accident, please contact the Edison auto accident lawyers of Levinson Axelrod, P.A. by calling 800-346-5529 today.

An Edison man has passed away after the motorcycle he was operating was struck in Piscataway early Wednesday morning.

The motorcycle accident occurred around 7 a.m. near South Washington Avenue. The 49-year-old motorcyclist was traveling through an intersection when he was hit by an oncoming motor vehicle. The motor vehicle was being driven by a 59-year-old man from Dunellen.

The driver of the car was uninjured in the accident but the motorcyclist was killed at the scene. Police are still investigating the events that led to this fatal accident but believe that both individuals had green light signals at the time of the collision.

Our condolences go out to the victim’s family and friends during this tragic time.

As of today there are still 21 people unaccounted for after the Costa Concordia cruise ship was grounded last Friday, January 13. The rescue divers are doing everything in their power to complete their assignments but the disastrous weather conditions are making it increasingly hard.

According to officials, the captain of the Costa Concordia is fully responsible for the grounding of the cruise ship. The captain chose to navigate the ship through uncharted waters, too close to the coast line, and ultimately struck the reef near Giglio, Italy. He was arrested and is facing numerous charges for his actions including abandoning ship and manslaughter.

The Costa Concordia was carrying 4,200 people when it began to tip and almost all of those persons have been located besides the 21 on the missing list. There have been 11 confirmed deaths from the ship accident and Italian officials have currently released seven of their names. The search for the missing people was resumed early Wednesday morning.

A New Rochelle police officer and his K-9 suffered minor injuries earlier this week when a suspect’s vehicle slammed into his unmarked police car.

The suspects were chased from a CVS Pharmacy where one tried to fill a fake prescription for liquid codeine. A suspicious pharmacist alerted local police, but the man ran off and into the getaway vehicle where three others waiting.

The driver of the car has been charged with reckless endangerment and reckless driving. All four suspects will face felony charges of possession of a controlled substance and possession of a forged instrument.

If you or someone you love has been injured by another driver’s reckless behavior, contact the Edison auto accident attorneys of Levinson Axelrod, P.A. at 800-346-5529.

The single-engine Socata TBM 700 airplane that crashed into Interstate 287 in Morristown last week has been taken to a storage facility where investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board will perform a detailed examination.

It could take a year before the examination is complete, which means it could take just as long to discover what caused the crash. Last Tuesday, four people were on their way to Atlanta when the plane went down. On board was a investment banker from New York, his wife, their two children, and his colleague. All passengers and the pilot were killed.

Before the plane crashed, the pilot contacted air traffic control to report icing. NTSB investigators say that the pilot was making an emergency call when radar and radio connection was lost.

Proposals have been made to raise the Social Security retirement age due to the average life expectancy raising, some think that this will raise the number of people who apply and receive Social Security disability benefits, according to the General Accountability Office.

It has been projected by the Social Security Board of Trustees that retirement and disability funds will be completely used by 2037 due to the life expectancy increasing along with the number of senior citizens.

Due to increased life expectancy there have been proposals to raise the earliest retirement age to older than 62 and raise the full retirement age to over 67.

If you or a loved one has been denied the social security disability benefits that he or she is deserved, contact the New Jersey Social Security disability lawyers of Levinson and Axelrod, P.A., by calling 800-346-5529.

Judges in Social Security disability cases are now facing violent threats from angry claimants that were denied benefits.

Over the past year, there were nearly 80 threats to administrative judges and staff from people who were denied benefits or frustrated with the system because they were taking to long.

This information was released by the Social Security Administration and was made available to The Associated Press. Currently, there are more than two million people waiting to see if they are eligible to receive benefits and many will wait up to two years to see their first payment.

If  you or a loved one has not been receiving the Social Security disability benefits that you deserve, contact the New Jersey social security disability lawyers of Levinson and Axelrod by calling 800-34605529 today.

A woman from Hardy has been sentenced to serve five years probation after it was found that she was stealing Social Security disability payments that were meant for her son.

A federal judge also sentenced the 32-year-old woman to pay $16,046 in restitution. The woman also failed to report that her husband was living in the home which would have changed their eligibility for benefits. She had previously admitted to making false statements when relating to healthcare matters.

Social Security disability theft takes away money from people who really can not make a living without benefits. If you or a loved one has been injured and can no longer work, contact the New Jersey social security disability lawyers of Levinson and Axelrod by calling 800-346-5529 today.