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CRUSH HOUR: Sweeper Truck Tips, Spills Trash Onto Route 80 CRUSH HOUR: Sweeper Truck Tips, Spills Trash Onto Route 80
Crush Hour: Sweeper Truck Tips, Spills Trash Onto Route 80 A sweeper truck tipped and spilled its contents on Route 80 early Tuesday. The 20-foot truck landed on its side, spilling trash onto the right lane and shoulder of the westbound highway near the Bogota/Teaneck border, after colliding with a pickup truck around 7 a.m. June 20. There was no immediate word on injuries -- although witnesses said they didn't appear serious -- or possible summonses. All three local lanes were temporarily closed while ABC Towing righted and removed the rig and the debris was removed. The 20-foot truck landed on its side, spilling trash onto the right lane an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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ROUTE 80 CRASH: Dump Truck Lands On Divider, Spills Gravel In Multi-Vehicle Pileup ROUTE 80 CRASH: Dump Truck Lands On Divider, Spills Gravel In Multi-Vehicle Pileup
Route 80 Crash: Dump Truck Lands On Divider, Spills Gravel In Multi-Vehicle Pileup UPDATE: A multi-vehicle crash involving an overturned dump truck stopped Wednesday morning rush-hour traffic on Route 80. The eastbound express lanes just past Exit 62 and a westbound lane were closed after the truck pitched onto the divider and spilled both gravel and diesel fuel in Saddle Brook shortly after 6:30 a.m. June 7, responders said. Chunks of the divider were also knocked off, they said. Four other vehicles -- including a garbage truck -- were involved in the chain-reaction crash, according to witnesses. Firefighters from Saddle Brook extricated at least one occupant, they sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Double-Decked: Flying Jeep Lands On Sedan In Hackensack Double-Decked: Flying Jeep Lands On Sedan In Hackensack
Double-Decked: Flying Jeep Lands On Sedan In Hackensack It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a flying SUV. A Jeep went airborne, landing on a sedan, in the parking lot of a Hackensack construction company early Monday. The mishap in the Colonelli Brothers parking lot on South River Street near the Route 80 overpass occurred shortly after 8:30 a.m., June 5. The mishap in the Colonelli Brothers parking lot on South River Street in Hackensack occurred shortly after 8:30 a.m., June 5.Paul D. Nickels for DAILY VOICE Hackensack firefighters extricated the driver whose Jeep Patriot landed atop an Audi A5 sedan and against a Ford Explorer. There was no…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Devil-Masked Visitor Pranks Supervisor, Triggers Scare At Major Testing Lab In Elmwood Park Devil-Masked Visitor Pranks Supervisor, Triggers Scare At Major Testing Lab In Elmwood Park
Devil-Masked Visitor Pranks Supervisor, Triggers Scare At Major Testing Lab In Elmwood Park UPDATE: A Westchester County resident who works at one of the largest clinical testing labs in the U.S. triggered a large emergency response Friday when she walked into the Bergen County building wearing a devil mask, handed a supervisor a jar of salsa with her name on it and left without saying a word, authorities said. Ray Greenwald, 27, of Ardsley, NY, and the supervisor at BioReference Laboratories just off Route 80 in Elmwood didn't know one another and apparently had never met before, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. However, Greenwald, who works in another building, told police sh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Troopers Justified In Shooting Driver From Poconos Who Shot Dog, Grand Jury Rules NJ Troopers Justified In Shooting Driver From Poconos Who Shot Dog, Grand Jury Rules
NJ Troopers Justified In Shooting Driver From Poconos Who Shot Dog, Grand Jury Rules A country music song played on the car stereo as a Pennsylvania driver who'd just crashed into a ditch off Route 80 shot his dog and was then shot and killed by two New Jersey State Police troopers. The troopers’ actions were justified, a grand jury has found. Panel members reviewed a collection of videos, among other evidence, before rendering their decision earlier this week, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said Thursday, March 2. The videos, which can be found here, show the two troopers approaching the disabled vehicle from either side on Starlite Hill Road in the Columbia…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Detectives Slam Drug Dealers Serving Out-Of-Town Buyers Near City Transportation Hubs Paterson Detectives Slam Drug Dealers Serving Out-Of-Town Buyers Near City Transportation Hubs
Paterson Detectives Slam Drug Dealers Serving Out-Of-Town Buyers Near City Transportation Hubs Dealers slinging heroin and crack in Paterson had what clearly felt like a safe setup near the train station. Out-of-town buyers could walk a short stretch of Park Avenue -- a one-way street always thick with vehicles -- and cop their drugs before hopping a train back to wherever they came from. The setup wasn't so cushy, several accused dealers discovered. Three of them -- identified as Jamal Jones, 26, Musa Brown, 29, and convicted dealer Shariek Linder, 29 -- used a stash vehicle to sell from in front of a multi-family building on Park Avenue, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Massive Tow Truck Fire Backs Up Route 80 In Morris County: UPDATE Massive Tow Truck Fire Backs Up Route 80 In Morris County: UPDATE
Massive Tow Truck Fire Backs Up Route 80 In Morris County: Update A car caught fire on a tow truck on Route 80 Tuesday afternoon, shutting down several lanes in Morris County and snarling traffic as crews responded, authorities said. The car caught fire on a flatbed in the westbound lanes near milepost 28 in Roxbury Township around 1:40 p.m., NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan told DailyVoice.com. Two of three right lanes were closed west of exit 28 to CR 631/US 46, 511NJ confirmed around 2 p.m. Vehicle fire on I-80 westbound West of Exit 28 - CR 631/US 46 (Roxbury Twp) 2 Right lanes of 3 lanes closed https://t.co/KLyhE2A9bb — 511NJ I80 (@511nji80) Novembe…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Driver Extricated And Flown To Hospital As Car Veers Off Rt. 80 Into Woods, State Police Say Driver Extricated And Flown To Hospital As Car Veers Off Rt. 80 Into Woods, State Police Say
Driver Extricated And Flown To Hospital As Car Veers Off Rt. 80 Into Woods, State Police Say A driver was flown to a nearby hospital with serious injuries after veering off Route 80 and into the woods during the afternoon on Monday, Oct. 17, state police said. Troopers responding to the crash near milepost 21 in Allamuchy Township found that an Infiniti FX3 ran off the eastbound lanes and into the woods around 3:45 p.m., NJSP Sgt. Philip Curry told DailyVoice.com. The driver had to be extricated from the vehicle by Allamuchy Fire Dept. and airlifted to St. Luke’s for treatment of serious injuries, Curry said. At approximately 15:50 crews were dispatched to the area of mile ma…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Sussex County Man Killed In Crash With Pickup Truck On Route 80, State Police Say Sussex County Man Killed In Crash With Pickup Truck On Route 80, State Police Say
Sussex County Man Killed In Crash With Pickup Truck On Route 80, State Police Say A Sussex County man was killed in a Route 80 crash involving a pickup truck during the afternoon on Sunday, Oct. 16, state police confirmed. Joseph Bahnken, 76, was driving a Mitsubishi in the center lane of Route 80 eastbound when he entered the left lane and hit a Nissan pickup truck near milepost 25.4 in Mount Olive at 2:55 p.m., NJSP Sgt. Philip Curry told DailyVoice.com. The Mitsubishi then ran off the road and hit the left guardrail, causing Bahnken, of Andover, to suffer fatal injuries, Curry said. The Nissan driver was uninjured. All eastbound lanes east of exit 25 - Rt. 206 in M…

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by Valerie Musson
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Banana Load Shifts, Tractor-Trailer Tips Exiting Route 80 Banana Load Shifts, Tractor-Trailer Tips Exiting Route 80
Banana Load Shifts, Tractor-Trailer Tips Exiting Route 80 A tractor-trailer driver was hospitalized after his rig tipped coming off Route 80 with a load of bananas, responders said. The driver climbed out of his cab after the rig landed on its side at the Green Street exit off the westbound highway in Hackensack shortly before 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered serious. Hackensack firefighters cleaned up a minor fuel spill. New Jersey State Police responded and are investigating the cause.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
DUI Sussex County Man Charged In Wrong-Way Head-On Rt. 80 Crash: State Police DUI Sussex County Man Charged In Wrong-Way Head-On Rt. 80 Crash: State Police
DUI Sussex County Man Charged In Wrong-Way Head-On Rt. 80 Crash: State Police A DUI Sussex County man was charged in a head-on wrong-way crash on Route 80 that sent another driver to the hospital, state police said. Daniel Williams, 24 of Wantage, was heading eastbound when he struck another car head-on while driving the wrong way near milepost 16.6 in Allamuchy just after 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 18, NJSP Brandi Slota told DailyVoice.com. The victim, a 61-year-old man from Bushkill, New York, was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of minor injuries, Slota said. Williams was subsequently arrested for driving under the influence, authorities said. The invest…

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by Valerie Musson
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Tractor-Trailer Driver Found Dead In Rig On Route 95 Tractor-Trailer Driver Found Dead In Rig On Route 95
Tractor-Trailer Driver Found Dead In Rig On Route 95 A tractor-trailer driver was found dead in his cab on Route 95 near the George Washington Bridge, responders said. No foul play was immediately suspected. The rig had been parked on the shoulder of southbound Route 95 at mile marker 121.3 just past the Route 4 overpass in Fort Lee headed toward the New Jersey Turnpike/Route 80 split on Thursday morning, Sept. 8. New Jersey State Police were investigating, assisted by the state Department of Transportation and a medical examiner.

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by Jerry DeMarco