Upper Township, NJ — Police have identified Mario Carlo Jr. as the man who was killed in a traffic accident in Upper Township, New Jersey, on Saturday, August 30, 2014. The accident took place near the intersection of Route 49 and 2nd Avenue, around 12:45 in the afternoon.
Officials report that Carlo was driving along 49 when a Mercedes Sprinter limousine bus crossed over the road’s center line and crashed into him, despite Carlo’s attempts to swerve out of the way. The collision caused Carlo’s vehicle to turn over. Officials declared him dead at the scene.
The driver of the limo bus sustained minor injuries and was taken to Shore Memorial Hospital. Although no charges had been filed as of the morning of Tuesday, September 2, the investigation was still ongoing.
At this point, what caused the limo to cross the center line is unknown.
Scene of the Accident
Commentary
We’ll need to wait until the authorities’ investigation is concluded until we can get a really clear picture of what’s happened here. Obviously, if the limo bus was the one that crossed the line and crashed into the victim, they’re going to be found liable for the accident. The question that needs to be answered is why did the accident happen? Often times, something this horrific is caused simply because the driver wasn’t watching the road. The driver takes his eyes off the road for a few seconds, there’s a curve or bend that comes up, and the driver takes his car into the next lane. Unfortunate, seeing as how the one thing that we tend to ask of people who drive for a living is that they’re aware of their surroundings. We have to ask, if the driver couldn’t do that one thing, what else isn’t he doing?
— Grossman Law Offices
