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Driver Charged After Accident on Wet Road Injures Woman

Princeton man's car slid after stopping for school bus, police said.

Christopher Gregson, 38, of Leigh Avenue, Princeton Township, was charged with careless driving after police said his car hit another on a wet road at 8:10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6.

Princeton Township Police and the Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad responded to the 300 block of State Road on a report of a motor vehicle accident with injuries.

Police said Gregson was driving north on State Road and failed to notice that traffic had stopped for a school bus that was loading a student.

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Gregson applied his brakes but his vehicle slid on the wet surface and struck a Honda Accord, police said. The school bus was not involved in the crash.

The driver of the Honda complained of a sore neck and back and was treated at the scene by Princeton First Aid Squad, but declined to be transported to the hospital.

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The northbound lane of State Road was closed and traffic was detoured for approximately 30 minutes during the investigation

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