UPDATE: Man in Intensive Care After Truck Rolls Over Him in Teaneck
Landscaper expected to survive, authorities say.
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A landscaping company employee from Hackensack who was seriously injured Monday afternoon when a truck rolled over him was in the intensive care unit, but expected to survive, authorities said Tuesday.
The man went under the company’s parked truck on Johnson Avenue, near Teaneck Road, after it would not shift into drive, according to police. He was trying to fix the truck when it rolled over him around 2:30 p.m.
A co-worker jumped in the truck to apply the break, but the man sustained serious injuries, authorities said. The injured man was bleeding and having trouble breathing.
He was listed in stable condition Monday night at Hackensack University Medical Center.
Teaneck Detective Lt. Andrew McGurr said the county prosecutor’s fatal accident unit responded to assist in diagramming the scene, but the incident appeared accidental.
First published 4:20 p.m. Monday. Updated 10:55 a.m. Tuesday.
DMAB6395
11:45 am on Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Wow! So sorry to hear this but glad that the man is doing better. Praying that he will be back home soon with his family.
Vincent Lin
12:05 pm on Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Very sorry to hear that. Can someone explain - there must be a reason - why they sent the man to Hackensack U Medical Center instead of Holyname just next block? How to determine that if it's so emergent?
MP
6:58 pm on Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Hackensack is a trauma center, holy name is not. Ambulance personnel make a decision based on certain criteria and the severity of the injuries to take him to the hospital that is best equipped to handle the emergency.
Vincent Lin
12:02 pm on Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Great to know, Thanks MP!
Paul M
12:26 pm on Thursday, May 3, 2012
it would be better if he applied the brake than the break.