The 22-year-old male driver dozed off while driving on Asbury Road in Howell around 7:15 a.m. driving to Marlboro after completing an earlier route in Howell.
A tractor trailer rear-ended a Mazda SUV on Route 78 east which injured the driver and two small boys in the SUV setting off a chain reaction involving several other vehicles.
In the last year, the volunteer fire department has had to put down both of its original K-9s. Officials have estimated the cost for training and care for just one new dog to be about $35,000.