A $3 million settlement was reached in Ramirez v. Howard on Sept. 18 for a North Brunswick woman who was seriously injured when she was involved in a motor vehicle accident with a large box truck owned by the North Brunswick Board of Education.

On Dec. 23, 2016, 71-year-old Mary Ramirez was stopped at a traffic light at the corner of Remsen Avenue and Sunday Street in New Brunswick. Her light turned green, and she was proceeding through the intersection when a large box truck owned by the New Brunswick Board of Education and operated by Arthur Howard crashed into her. The crash pushed Ramirez’s SUV off the road and into an adjacent building, according to her lawyer, Nicholas J. Leonardis of Stathis & Leonardis in Edison.