Princeton Rabbi Dead, 2 Seriously Injured in Crash Outside of Riverside Elementary School.

Date: 03/28/2013
Time: Around 9:30 A.M.
Location: Princeton, New Jersey
Vehicle(s) Involved: BMW 3-Series, Toyota Camry, Toyota Prius

By Princeton Patch

"A 74-year-old Princeton Rabbi was killed and two people seriously injured after a BMW careened down Riverside Drive on Thursday morning without braking, crossed to the other side of the road and struck two parked cars.
Rabbi James Diamond of Princeton, who was getting into a parked Toyota Prius at the time of the crash, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which occurred around 9:40 a.m.
Diamond is the former director of Princeton University's Center of Jewish Life, and moved to Princeton from St. Louis. According to a 1995 article posted on the Princeton University website, he is married with three children.
The driver of the BMW, Eric Maltz, 20, of Princeton, was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center. Rabbi Robert Freedman, 63, of Princeton, who was in the Prius was also taken to the trauma center. Both of their conditions are classified as serious but not life-threatening, according to Princeton Police.
Freedman is a former cantor at the Jewish Center of Princeton. Both Freedman and Diamond were reportedly leaving a weekly Talmud study group when the accident occurred.
Maltz was driving a 2003 green BMW sedan was driving south down Riverside (away from Route 27) when it crossed into the southbound lane and struck a parked Toyota Camry, pushing it into a parked Toyota Prius parked behind it, police said.
The BMW pushed both cars about 500 feet, and the Prius ended up even further away, across the street and onto private property.
"There are two obvious things," Princeton Police Capt. Sutter said at the scene Thursday morning. "The BMW was traveling at a high rate of speed and didn't appear to attempt to brake."
There was no immediate indication that Maltz suffered any type of medical condition that may have led to the crash, Police Sgt. Mike Cifelli said.
The speed limit on the street, which is in a school zone, is 25 mph.
The crash remains under investigation by Princeton Police, with the assistance of the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office. "

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