New Jersey Transit bus. Gillespie suffered catastrophic injuries including a major traumatic brain injury, multiple brain hemorrhages, skull fractures, a right clavicle fracture, multiple rib fractures and a permanent brain injury. (Credit: Shutterstock)

The state has approved a $12.75 million settlement between NJ Transit and a man who sustained traumatic brain injuries after being struck by a bus racing through a pedestrian crosswalk.

Plaintiff Jason Gillespie’s lawyer, David Mazie of Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman in Roseland, said the governor signed off on the agreement on Sept. 6. Of the settlement, 75% of the proceeds were apportioned to Gillespie and the remaining 25% went to his wife.

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