Three pedestrians were struck in separate accidents in Lakewood this evening.
The first incident occurred at approximately 5 PM at the intersection of Route 9 and Hurley Avenue. The patient was transported by Lakewood EMS to Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus.
The second incident occurred approximately 5:20 PM at the intersection of County Line Road and Twin Oaks Drive. Hatzolah treated the teen and transported her to Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus with non life-threatening injuries.
The third incident occurred around 8:25 PM at the intersection of Monmouth Avenue and Second Street.
The accidents come just two days after a pedestrian was struck and killed on Route 9.
This means 2 things
1. Be an alert cautious driver
2. Be an alert cautious pedestrian
We are dealing with people. Peoples lives. If you value your life take care of yourself in every aspect! Road safety included
May God watch over us all
Reflectors!
I pray for all involved, may they all be ok. So sorry this happen. Having said that people in Lakewood ( walking, driving, riding bikes , white , black, Jewish or others ) NEED TO SLOW DOWN AND REALLY PAY ATTENTION ! Everybody’s in a hurry, no one has respect for one another, PLEASE PEOPLE WE ALL LIVE HERE. BE ALERT AS TRAFFIC IS AT A ABUNDANCE ALL THE TIME. BE WELL AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS. PRAYERS TO THE VICTIMS .
has nothing to do with slowing down has to do with reflectors!!!!!!!
Any names for Tehillim 0
Reflectors save lives!!! Why are people so stubborn and resist wearing them??? Even if you’re walking on the sidewalk most of the way, when you cross a street you are black!!!
People really MUST wear reflectors at night.
Why can’t some pedestrians understand that they cannot be seen especially in all black attire. It’s mind blowing
Please, wear reflectors! It’s not possible to see those crossing the road until they are literally a foot away-even when driving slowly.
Hope everyone is ok.
Safe driving
This is ridiculous. It is so dangerous in Lakewood… There is poor lighting all over and it is impossible to see people walking.
Add to this, a Yeshiva with a few thousand boys with half its facilities on one side of a state highway and the other half on the other side.. AND POOR LIGHTING THERE TOO!
WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR TO HAPPEN!?!! H”Y!
The Mosod and community leader must build an overpass (or two), or find another solution OR MOVE!! HELLO… HELLO – It is a SAKANA!!!!
get off your phones. and make sure your teenage children get off the phone too.
Sounds like you are excited to report it….
Thank you, Kathy- well said!
Karen Schwartz
Kathy J Anderson, very well spoken I cannot agree more.
Ipedestrians walk across streets wherever they please. Not by crosswalks and wearing dark clothing. Every time I drive at night here I witness at least 3 people crossing the street but only being able to see them at the last second.
(And yes, it should be completely illegal to cross the 9 not by a light) the law of allowing the pedestrian have the right of way in regards to crossing the street causes these type of accidents. At night if someone is not wearing a reflector its nearly impossible to see them. It doesn’t help that there is a law that if you see a pedestrian you have to stop because seeing the pedestrian is the first problem.
has nothing to do with slowing down has to do with reflectors!!!!!!!
I am living here for over 36 years and it was always understood that no one would even dream of crossing Route 9 except by a traffic light. Many of us remember the day when a little boy stepped out onto Route 9 and was hit and Nebach became totally disabled physically and mentally and has been confined to a wheelchair for his entire life. He is probably 40 years old today. Rabbosai, please have pity on yourselves and do not put your lives in danger by crossing Route 9. (Many of us even remember the sign on Route 9 near Freehold that said “Route 9, NJ Killer Highway”. And this was before Lakewood was so densely populated)
There was another killer highway sign on Route 9 down by Wallach’s egg farm and country store. My mother always warned before driving a car to PAY ATTENTION, NEVER SPEED and be COURTEOUS.
Although Israelis are far from Model Drivers, Israel is much more pro-active about pedestrian safety. Big thoroughfares like Bar-Ilan and Shmuel Hanavi in Yerushalayim (that are not highways and cars are driving much slower than Route 9!), and even some smaller streets with high pedestrian traffic, have barriers down the center. With a gate/guardrail running down the center, no one can cross between lights, even if they want to. Perhaps it’s time to do the same for Route 9, along the populated stretches….