Crash victim sues Weehawken police for ‘severe, permanent’ injuries
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
By The Jersey Journal
A Union City man suffered severe permanent injuries and disfigurement in a 2019 crash that he claims was caused by a Weehawken police officer, according to a new lawsuit.
The crash occurred in the area of 37th Street and Park Avenue on Jan. 12, 2019, says the lawsuit filed by Bryan Vallejo in Hudson County Superior Court on Dec. 9.
Weehawken Police Officer Joshua Hernandez “was negligent and careless in the operation of the motor vehicle, or was otherwise inattentive that negligence and carelessness caused (Hernandez’s) vehicle . to collide with (Vallejo’s) vehicle ., causing injury to the plaintiff,” the lawsuit said.