{"id":89857,"date":"2026-01-05T15:53:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/89857\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T15:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:53:07","slug":"erratic-driver-crashes-into-exterior-wall-of-elizabeth-high-school-student-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/89857\/","title":{"rendered":"Erratic Driver Crashes Into Exterior Wall of Elizabeth High School; Student Injured"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elizabeth<\/a><\/p>\n

By: Richard L. Smith\u00a0<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Police are investigating the cause of a crash Monday morning after a vehicle struck the exterior wall of the Dwyer Auditorium at Elizabeth High School.<\/p>\n

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According to preliminary information submitted by Spokeswoman Ruby Contreras , the incident occurred at approximately 8:02 a.m. when a vehicle was seen traveling erratically on Bridge Street toward Pearl Street.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The driver reportedly went through a red light, mounted the curb and sidewalk, and then collided with the building.<\/p>\n

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One student sustained a minor leg injury and was transported to Beth Israel Hospital for evaluation as a precaution.\u00a0<\/p>\n

No other students, pedestrians, or vehicles were involved, officials said.
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The driver also suffered apparent minor injuries and was taken to University Hospital for treatment. Authorities reported that no major injuries resulted from the incident.
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The crash remains under investigation by Elizabeth Police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elizabeth By: Richard L. Smith\u00a0 Elizabeth Police are investigating the cause of a crash Monday morning after a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89858,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-89857","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}