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Smithtown gets nearly $7G from trucking company in settlement
Photo credit: Erin Geismar
The Town of Smithtown has reached a settlement with a New Jersey trucking company whose driver allegedly struck town workers repairing a traffic signal two years ago.
Appol Trucking Llc, of Passaic, and an employee, Flavio M. Alarcon, agreed to pay the town $6,943.99 to settle a lawsuit brought against them by the town. The settlement was approved by the town board on Feb. 28.
The suit...