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Infant Killed in Jackson Supermarket Parking-Lot Collision

Emergency crews invoked a mass-casualty response as investigators probe how a vehicle struck a mother and her two children

Overview

  • A vehicle struck a mother and her two children in the NPGS parking lot in Jackson on Friday, leaving an 8-month-old boy critically injured.
  • The infant was transported to Jersey Shore University Medical Center and was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
  • Community outlets identified the boy variously as Yitzchok Rosenberg and Yitzchok ben Pinchos, and reporting notes those names have not been independently confirmed by police.
  • The mother and the infant’s sister were seriously hurt; community reports say the mother underwent emergency surgery and both were taken to the same hospital.
  • Local police are investigating the collision while Central Jersey Hatzolah and other emergency teams responded at the scene and the Jewish community has issued widespread prayer requests.