The state has approved a $12.75 million settlement between NJ Transit and a man who sustained traumatic brain injuries after being struck by a bus racing through a pedestrian crosswalk.

Plaintiff Jason Gillespie’s lawyer, David Mazie of Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman in Roseland, said the governor signed off on the agreement on Sept. 6. Of the settlement, 75% of the proceeds were apportioned to Gillespie and the remaining 25% went to his wife.