Quick Facts:
Where: The accident occurred at the intersection of Windsor Avenue and Garfield Avenue in Toms River, New Jersey.
What Happened: A garbage truck and a passenger vehicle collided under unspecified circumstances.
Participants:
- Driver of garbage truck
- Driver of passenger vehicle
Reported Injuries/Fatalities:
- One person, vehicle unknown, injured
Details:
On or about Tuesday, December 14th, 2021, sometime in the morning hours, an accident between a passenger vehicle and a garbage truck sent one individual to the hospital. Police officers from the area said the accident was reported at the intersection of Garfield Avenue and Windsor Avenue in Toms River, New Jersey.
Investigators said one as-of-yet unidentified individual was injured when a garbage truck and a passenger vehicle collided under unspecified circumstances at the intersection of Windsor and Garfield. Emergency responders transported one individual to the hospital with unspecified injuries after the accident. Authorities did not specify which vehicle the victim was in at the time of the collision.
According to Google Maps, Toms River is about 65 miles south of downtown Newark.
Police are still examining the circumstances surrounding the accident.