Middle Township, NJ — Police identified Meghan Carroll as the woman who was hospitalized following a box truck accident in Middle Township, New Jersey, on Friday, February 6, 2015.
Police say that around 8:00 in the morning, Winthrop Russell was northbound on Route 9 when he failed to yield at a stop sign and crashed into Carroll’s vehicle. Russell drove over a guardrail and came to a stop on the other side.
Paramedics took Carroll to Cape Regional Medical Center. There’s been no update on her current condition. Police cited Russell for failing to yield.
No other injuries were reported. Police are still investigating the crash.
Scene of the Accident
Commentary
This isn’t the first time the driver of the box truck has had problems obeying traffic signs. He’s been cited in the past for driving 25 miles above the speed limit, as well as obedience to traffic-control devices. So he’s run into trouble with this sort of things a few times in the past, spread over a few years. And these are just the instances of when he was caught and help responsible for it. If this is behavior he clearly hasn’t learned his lesson with, I have to wonder he’s out there doing stuff like this and not getting caught. How long is it going to be until he does some serious damage?
You know, truck drivers aren’t always the only ones to blame in these situations. Often, they continue to behave in this manner because the company they work for isn’t taking the steps necessary to discipline them, or otherwise show that this sort of behavior in unacceptable. So while the driver here definitely has some questions to answer, I’d say that his employer does as well.
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