Tag: Robert Wood Johnson Hospital

  • Iselin man injured after ambulance strikes low clearance bridge in Edison

    Iselin man injured after ambulance strikes low clearance bridge in Edison

    EDISON – An 81-year-old Iselin man, who was being transported to JFK University Medical Center, was injured after the ambulance he was riding in struck a train bridge on Parsonage Road, according to Deputy Police Chief Robert Dudash. The South Plainfield ambulance was traveling southbound when it struck the low clearance bridge at 11:13 p.m.…

  • A man crossing Route 1 in Edison was badly injured after he was struck by a pickup truck

    A man crossing Route 1 in Edison was badly injured after he was struck by a pickup truck

    EDISON – A 42-year-old township man was badly injured after being hit by a pickup truck when he crossed Route 1 on foot near Plainfield Avenue on March 1, police said. Police said the man was intoxicated when he darted across Route 1’s southbound lanes, against a green light, and got hit by an oncoming…

  • Firefighters save man buried in smoldering mulch

    Firefighters save man buried in smoldering mulch

      EDISON — Firefighters saved a 28-year-old laborer at a Meadow Road wood composting facility who toppled down an embankment and was buried up to his neck in a smoldering pile of mulch for about a half hour during a fire, authorities said. More than 20 firefighters from Edison and Metuchen companies were already on…

  • Edison man dies after struck by car while crossing Amboy Avenue

    Edison man dies after struck by car while crossing Amboy Avenue

      EDISON — A 68-year-old township man died hours after he was struck by a car on Amboy Avenue in the Clara Barton section of Edison as he crossed the street near 4th Street, according to police. The victim, a Liddle Avenue resident, was struck at 7:50 p.m. on Jan. 28, police said. He was…

  • Hospital leader to chair American Heart Association 15th annual Garden State Go Red For Women® luncheon

    Hospital leader to chair American Heart Association 15th annual Garden State Go Red For Women® luncheon

    ROBBINSVILLE- The American Heart Association recently announced that Stephern Allison, DHSc, PA, MBA, Vice President of Cardiovascular Services and Care Management at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, will serve as chair of the 15th annual Garden State Go Red For Women Luncheon scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017 at the Westin Princeton at Forrestal Village…

  • Help sought in search for missing Edison man

    Help sought in search for missing Edison man

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Have you seen Thomas Roach? The Edison Police Department and Roach’s family are enlisting the public’s help in finding Roach, 52, who was last seen on July 10 after he was discharged from Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital on Rehill Avenue in Somerville. Roach is described as a white man,…