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AC Officials Investigating Multi-Vehicle Accident That Left 11 Injured

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (CBS) -- Investigators are trying to determine the cause of an accident that injured 11 people.

According to police, a van with nine passengers was heading east on Route 30 when it collided with a vehicle traveling south on Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard in Atlantic City Saturday evening.

Authorities identified the driver of the van as 24-year-old Robert Schanek of Trenton. The driver of the other vehicle was identified as a 49-year-old man from Rochester, NY. Both drivers and the nine passengers were all transported to AtlanticCare Regional Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.

Officials say Schanek was issued six traffic summonses for having a suspended New Jersey driver's license and for failing to properly use approved child restraints for five children in his vehicle.

It's not clear where the van was heading or who was at fault.

Anyone with information about the accident is being asked to call the Atlantic City Police Department Investigations Section at 609-347-5744.

 

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