Evesham, NJ — September 20, 2025, a baby was injured due to a three-vehicle truck accident at about 12:30 p.m. along State Route 70.
According to authorities, an 18-wheeler was approaching the S.H. 70 and Locust Avenue intersection when the accident took place.
Officials indicate that, for as yet unknown reasons, the 18-wheeler failed to stop for the red light, entering the intersection at an apparently unsafe time. This resulted in a collision between the 18-wheeler, a minivan, and one other vehicle.
A one-year-old baby who was an occupant of the minivan reportedly sustained critical injuries due to the wreck; they were transported to a local medical facility by EMS in order to receive immediate treatment. Additional details pertaining to this incident are not available at this point in time. The investigation is currently ongoing.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
When a fully loaded 18-wheeler runs a red light and causes a crash that critically injures a child, it’s not enough to say “the investigation is ongoing.” The public—and especially the affected families—deserve clear answers about how such a failure happened in broad daylight at a major intersection.
Running a red light in any vehicle is serious. Doing so in a commercial truck raises even more urgent questions. These are vehicles that take hundreds of feet to stop at highway speeds, and drivers are required to anticipate intersections well in advance. So when a truck fails to stop, the focus should immediately turn to what prevented that driver from doing what the law and their training require.
Was the driver distracted? Fatigued? Traveling too fast to stop safely when the light changed? Was the truck’s braking system properly maintained? Those are the kinds of questions that can only be answered through evidence—like dash cam footage, the truck’s electronic control module, and the driver’s hours-of-service records.
There’s also the issue of how the trucking company monitors and manages its drivers. Commercial operators are responsible not only for what their drivers do behind the wheel, but also for the systems in place to prevent dangerous behavior. That includes screening drivers for prior violations, monitoring logbooks for rest breaks, and enforcing safety policies that go beyond checking boxes.
Crashes at intersections like this aren’t just a matter of bad luck. They’re often the result of a chain of preventable decisions, some made seconds before the wreck, others made weeks or months earlier. The only way to identify those failures—and hold the right parties accountable—is through a full and detailed investigation.
Key Takeaways
- A red light violation by a commercial truck raises immediate questions about driver behavior and vehicle condition.
- Evidence from the truck’s ECM, dash cam, and logbooks will be critical in determining why the driver failed to stop.
- Trucking companies have a legal duty to monitor, train, and supervise their drivers to prevent exactly this type of crash.
- Intersections are predictable hazards—failing to stop for a signal is rarely an accident, and often a sign of deeper issues.
- Accountability depends on understanding not just what happened, but what should have been done to prevent it.
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