Nearby Residents Recount Deadly Mendham Accident

Mendham residents in the Oak Knoll housing complex who witnessed the deadly accident that took the lives of two parents recalled the scene Tuesday, according to a report by the Daily Record.

According to the report, resident Barry Knolton saw the vehicle's lights driving around a bend when he heard the crash.

“A police officer came walking up the road with a child screaming. The child was just screaming. It was terrible,” he told the newspaper.

The president of the homeowners association who tried to help police with his chainsaw called the scene "gruesome," according to a report.

The couple, of Randolph, was killed when a 100-foot tree fell on their pickup truck during the height of the storm.

Richard R. Everett, 54, was driving the four-door Chevy Silverado and his wife, Elizabeth A. Everett, 48, was the front-seat passenger, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said Tuesday night.

The couple's two children, 11- and 14-year-old boys, were each seated in the back seat and managed to exit the vehicle through the back before responders arrived on the scene.

The couple was pronounced dead at the scene by Morris County Medical Examiner Dr. Ronald Suarez, Bianchi said.