Crime & Safety

No Summonses in Watchung Avenue Accident

Borough Police said two residents of Chatham Township were involved in a motor vehicle accident Sunday.

Police issued no summonses in a motor vehicle accident in Chatham Borough on Sunday.

At 3:23 p.m. Sunday, Patrolman Daniel Walsh responded to a motor vehicle accident with injuries on Watchung Avenue, police said in a statement released Tuesday.

Walsh found that a 17-year-old girl from Chatham Township driving a 2004 Toyota was trying to enter Watchung Avenue from a business driveway when she collided with a car traveling on Watchung Avenue, according to police.

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The second vehicle was driven by Eugenio Mendoza, 53, of Chatham Township, police said.

Mendoza was driving east on Watchung Avenue when the Toyota struck him, according to police.

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Two passengers traveling in Mendoza's vehicle received minor injuries and were treated by the Chatham Emergency Squad, police said.

The Chatham Borough Fire Department also responded to the scene, police said.

According to the police statement, no summonses were issued.


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