MONROE — A resident of Clearbrook died in a car accident when he collided with a truck while trying to make a U-turn at the intersection of Perrineville and Union Valley roads last Friday.
At around 2:25 p.m. Feb. 10, Maurice Williams, 29, of Bound Brook, was driving north on Perrineville Road in a 1996 International truck while Andrew Palma, 76, of the Clearbrook community in Monroe was traveling east on Union Valley Road in a Chrysler Sebrim.
Mr. Palma was attempting to make a U-turn in the intersection when the truck hit the driver’s side door of the Chrysler.
Monroe police, EMS and fire rescue teams responded to the scene of the accident. Mr. Williams suffered a head injury, and Mr. Palma was pronounced dead at the scene.

