[VIDEO BELOW] A patient was extricated from his vehicle today after being pinned between two tractor trailers.
Shortly after 11 AM, a tractor trailer came crashing into the driver’s side of a vehicle on Oberlin Avenue, pinning it against another tractor trailer coming the opposite direction.
Hatozlah, EMS and Lakewood First Aid responded to the scene to extricate the patient, who was said to be semi-conscious.
The driver, along with another patient, were hospitalized to Ocean Medical Center and JSUMC.
Cedarbridge Avenue is shut between New Hampshire Avenue and Oberlin Swarthmore Avenue for the investigation. The road is expected to be shut for several hours, police said.
UPDATE 8:55 PM: Please take a moment to say Tehillim for Yeruchem Chaim ben Raizel Zlata who is undergoing surgery.
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Is everyone ok? That car looks BAD!!!
there r way too many huge tractor trailers even 57footers going thru our town on our small roads, rt 9, 88 james and pine and many more . this was going to happen Thanks
Obviously the truck crashed into the van but who ran the red light ?
To the one comment about to many trucks I am sorry but these trucks supply goods and merchandise around the world what the problem in Lakewood is over aggressive drivers and people who don’t have any respect for the driving laws and majority of these accidents can be easily avoided if people would pay more attention and not be on there cell phone talking or texting or trying to be a want to be so called Race car driver
HOW COME THE TRUCK AUTOMATICALLY GETS THE FINGER POINTED? THESE TRUCKERS DRIVE MORE IN REVERSE THEN WE DO FORWARD! KNOW THE FACTS FIRST ALSO RT 9 AND RT 88 ARE NOT SMALL ROADS…RT 9 RUNS THE LENGTH OF THE STATE!
The fact that Oberlin/Swarthmore has no left turn arrows could be a factor – there are so many people turning left from both directions as well as drivers going straight or making rights; people often end up waiting in the intersection…
guy from the car is my neighbor, heimshe frum father of family. I’m not sure of his tehilim name but please daven for his refuah shelima. I heard he is going into a serious surgery. Tefillah is more helpful than speculation….
The name for tehilim is Yeruchem Chaim ben Raiza. He should be zoche to a complete and speedy recovery
Isn’t this like the second serious accident at this intersection in as many days?