5-Car Accident Sends 3 to Hospital
A man driving west on Fair Lawn Avenue between Plaza Road and Pollitt Drive lost control of his vehicle and initiated a five-car accident Thursday afternoon
A man driving westbound on Fair Lawn Avenue around noon Thursday lost control of his burgundy Buick LeSabre and jumped the right-hand curb, striking a garbage can, three street signs and a telephone pole, before crashing into another car as it was exiting an adjacent parking lot, police said. The telephone pole split and came crashing down on the roof of the LeSabre. The accident occurred between Pollitt Drive and Plaza Road, an area already snarled with traffic congestion because of Verizon construction necessitated by flood damage. In all, five cars took damage in the accident, three of which were not directly involved, but were struck by objects sent flying by the initiating driver. Both the driver, who was described by police as …
Zak Koeske
11:11 am on Friday, September 2, 2011
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