UPDATE: Five-Car Accident Remains Under Investigation

Police are still investigating the cause of a five-car accident on Bloomfield Avenue in Caldwell which sent four people to area hospitals with minor injuries last week.

The accident occurred around 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 23, leaving the vehicles involved piled together in the center of the busy road between Smull and Roseland avenues.

Three of the five drivers and one passenger, a child, were transported to area hospitals where they were treated for minor injuries and released, according to Caldwell Police Sgt. Demetrios Andrinopoulos.

Andrinopoulos responded to the scene along with Officers Henderson and Marinaro, and the three helped pull a driver out of one of the cars. The Caldwell Volunteer Fire Dept. along with the West Essex First Aid Squad also responded and helped another driver out of a car.

There were no pedestrians involved in the accident.

“One of the drivers rear-ended one of the vehicles causing him to go into the ongoing traffic,” said Andrinopoulos, about how the accident is believed to have started. “It looked a lot worse initially than it really was,” he said.

A Patch reader standing inside captured the attached videos after the crash. The videos show one of the cars vaulted on top of another as well as a driver being pulled out.

Charges are pending and Officer Matthew D’Angelo is handling the investigation.

More information will be published once the investigation is completed.