{"id":238411,"date":"2026-09-21T11:41:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T15:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/?p=238411"},"modified":"2026-09-21T11:41:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T15:41:56","slug":"lavallette-restaurant-crash-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/lavallette-restaurant-crash-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Lavallette Restaurant Crash Leaves One Dead, Seven Injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"custom_featured_image\" style=\"display:none;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/lavallette-restaurant-crash-2026-800x533.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"lavallette restaurant crash 2026\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/lavallette-restaurant-crash-2026-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/lavallette-restaurant-crash-2026-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/lavallette-restaurant-crash-2026-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/lavallette-restaurant-crash-2026-263x175.jpg 263w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/lavallette-restaurant-crash-2026.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/div><div id=\"custom_category\" style=\"display:none;\">News<\/div><p>A Toms River woman was killed, and seven other people were injured after a vehicle crashed into the outdoor dining area of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobokengirl.com\/lavallette-nj-things-to-do-jersey-shore\/\">Lavallette<\/a> restaurant on Saturday, September 19th. The restaurant, Meg&#8217;s Grill, is temporarily closed. <strong>Keep reading to learn more.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-238416\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/lavallette-restaurant-crash-2026-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"lavallette restaurant crash 2026\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/lavallette-restaurant-crash-2026-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/lavallette-restaurant-crash-2026-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/lavallette-restaurant-crash-2026-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/lavallette-restaurant-crash-2026-263x175.jpg 263w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/lavallette-restaurant-crash-2026.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>About the Accident<\/h3>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/p\/Lavallette-Police-Department-100086765425129\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a> from the Lavallette Police Department, the crash happened at approximately 11:12AM at Meg\u2019s Grill, located at 1401 Grand Central Avenue. The operator of a 2014 Buick Encore was attempting to park in front of the restaurant when the vehicle apparently accelerated instead of braking. The vehicle then traveled into the restaurant\u2019s outdoor dining area and into the building.&nbsp; Seven restaurant patrons were injured in the crash and transported to the hospital with a variety of injuries, according to police. The driver of the Buick, a 93-year-old Lavallette woman, sustained minor injuries. Cornerstone Wine + Liquors, next door to Meg&#8217;s, <a href=\"https:\/\/newjersey.news12.com\/lavallette-restaurant-remains-closed-after-car-crashes-into-outdoor-dining-area-killing-56-year-old-woman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was damaged in<\/a> the accident.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ursula Keating, 56, of Toms River, sustained fatal injuries <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jerseyshoreonline.com\/toms-river\/community-rallies-around-fire-chief-after-wifes-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in the incident<\/a>. Keating was the wife of John Keating, chief of the Silverton Volunteer Fire Company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Officers and Members of the Silverton Volunteer Fire Company would like to thank everyone for the overwhelming support and for everyone who has reached out to the company during this difficult time,\u201d said a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/silverton.firecompany\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> from the Silverton Volunteer Fire Company. \u201cWe truly appreciate all of the calls, messages, and support from our fire service family and community. We ask that everyone please continue to keep Chief Keating and his family in their thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.\u201d A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.giveinkind.com\/inkinds\/P3S8Q9D\/keating-family\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Give In Kind fundraising page<\/a> has been set up for the family.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/p\/Megs-Grill-100046272621503\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook post<\/a> from Meg\u2019s Grill, the restaurant will remain closed on Monday, September 21, with plans to reopen Tuesday, September 22. Members of the restaurant\u2019s staff were not among those injured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur building is fine and was undamaged. But I can\u2019t say the same for our hearts,\u201d said a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/19esCMYh3N\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement from Meg\u2019s Grill<\/a>. \u201cAll of our thoughts and prayers are with the people who were hurt. We are closing tomorrow and Monday out of an observance of compassion for my staff and those affected. We plan to reopen Tuesday. If anything changes we will update. Please give an enormous hug to your loved ones tonight. Thank you for all your kind words and thoughts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lavallette Police, Fire, First Aid, and Building Department personnel responded to the scene. Additional response came from the Ocean County Prosecutor\u2019s Office, Ocean County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Toms River Police Department and EMS, Ocean Beach Fire Department, Seaside Heights Police and Fire Departments, and TriBoro EMS.<\/p>\n<p>The crash remains under investigation, and police have not released additional details about the circumstances surrounding the incident at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Follow @thejerseyshoregirl_ on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thejerseyshoregirl_\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">&nbsp;Instagram<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;for the latest Jersey Shore updates,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twilight-lion-90332.myflodesk.com\/jrf4qhj7qk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">sign up for our weekly newsletter here<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;that shares everything you missed each week, and check out our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/jersey-shore-events-this-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">events calendar<\/span><\/a>, which has over 40+ events weekly to peruse.<\/p>\n<div class=\"categories\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NewsA Toms River woman was killed, and seven other people were injured after a vehicle crashed into the outdoor dining area of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":453,"featured_media":238416,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[9649,9660,9640,9593],"tags":[9680,9707,9755],"class_list":["post-238411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lavallette","category-news","category-jersey-shore-towns","category-local-girl-rss-feed","tag-beach-life","tag-news","tag-tlg"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.3 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - 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