William F. Otis Jr. suffered minor injuries in the 10 a.m. and was recovering Tuesday evening at a Trenton hospital.
PRINCETON -- A 90-year-old Princeton man riding a motor scooter struck the rear of a stopped truck on Cherry Hill Road Tuesday morning, suffering head, arm and leg injuries, Princeton police said.
File photo The injuries to William F. Otis Jr. were considered minor, though, and he was recovering Tuesday evening at Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton, Princeton police said.
Otis was wearing a helmet, police said.
The truck driver, Richard Gares, 47, of Easton, Pa., was not injured in the 10 a.m. crash.
Princeton police said Gares was hauling gravel to a local construction site and was stopped in the road just south of the Stuart Road intersection.
Otis was souhtbound on Cherry Hill Road and collided with Gares' Mack truck, which is owned by GH Trucking, in Asbury, N.J., a town in Franklin Township, Warren County.
The crash remains under investigation by Princeton police investigators Tuesday, who closed the road for almost three hours after the crash. The Princeton First aid & Rescue Squad treated Otis.
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Princeton police say Otis is known for riding a motor scooter in the Cherry Hill Road area.
In 2011, Otis wrote a letter to the Town Topics newspaper with a suggestion to alleviate traffic in Princeton.
"If every able-bodied citizen from 90 years down considered sometimes using a bike, motor scooter (one gallon of gas every two weeks), or walking, instead of a second car, it would dramatically change the whole traffic scene," the letter argues. "It can actually be (surprise!) a pleasant experience."
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