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Police & Fire
All Lanes Of Route 17 Closed By Overturned Construction Equipment In East Rutherford
Traffic was halted along Route 17 Tuesday morning, Oct. 29 due to debris that fell off a tractor trailer in East Rutherford. As of 10 a.m., all southbound lanes, south of East Union Avenue, were closed. Traffic cameras show cars backed up in the southbound lanes and what appeared to be overturned construction equipment. This is a developing news report.
Traffic
Two Crashes Block Lanes Of GWB, Injuries Reported
Two separate crashes jammed lanes of the George Washington Bridge during Wednesday morning's commute Aug. 21, the NJDOT site said. One crash was reported in the lower level eastbound lanes around 8:40 a.m. Injuries were reported. The other happened on the upper level in Fort Lee. Both crashes took out two lanes, the NJDOT site says. This is a developing story.
Police & Fire
Update
: Teens Crawl From Fiery Rollover Crash On PIP
Two teenagers crawled from their overturned vehicle as it burst into flames on the Palisades Interstate Parkway, responders said. One of them was taken to the hospital with minor injuries by the Closter Volunteer Ambulance and Rescue Corps following the northbound crash between Exits 1 & 2 shortly before 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 6. A driver who was in the northbound lane estimated that the vehicle was going at least 80 miles an hour. "I heard a loud screech!" another wrote. "Looked in mirror and the car was standing up/down, then flipped!" Melissa Brown of North Bergen said her son wa…
Police & Fire
Back-To-Back Tractor-Trailer Crashes Jam Route 80
Westbound Route 80 near the border of Bergen and Passaic counties had two tractor-trailer crashes on Monday. No serious injuries were reported in either, although the driver in the second rig had to be extricated. The first occurred near Exit 58 B in Paterson around 9 a.m. Sept. 25. A witness driving to work on the eastbound side reported seeing the rig in the center lane begin to fishtail to the left. The driver overcorrected and the rig slammed into the concrete median, the witness said. It then slid on its side and landed right-side-up, knocking out chunks of the median, he said. "T…
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: NY State Thruway Approach To TZ Bridge Entirely Reopened
UPDATE: The southbound New York State Thruway was entirely reopened by 7 p.m. Thursday following repairs to a severely damaged overpass. An overheight hollow steel tower being transported on a trailer struck and severely damaged the South Broadway bridge in Orangetown at 6:45 a.m. Aug. 31, according to New York State Police. The result: A traffic standstill that at one point stretched nearly a dozen miles, various feeder roadways choked with vehicles and countless motorists looking for a way out. It was the third time that particular overpass had been struck in less than a year, commuters …
News
Trapped Driver Freed By Firefighters After SUV Rolls Onto Route 17
Firefighters extricated a trapped driver whose SUV rolled onto Route 17. The victim was walked to a waiting ambulance after her Honda CR-V landed on its passenger side entering the southbound highway from Paramus Road shortly after 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25. Ridgewood police and Emergency Services also responded with village firefighters, who cut out the front windshield to free the driver. The victim was walked to a waiting ambulance after her Honda CR-V landed on its passenger side entering southbound Route 17 in Ridgewood.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE All Points Towing removed the…
News
Route 95 Tractor-Trailer Fire Jams Morning Rush
Firefighters doused an early morning tractor-trailer blaze that jammed early rush-hour traffic on Route 95. Flames spread across the highway after the fire broke out on the highway's southbound side near mile marker 117 in Ridgefield around 5 a.m., responders said.The rig, toting plastic corrugated tubing, was fully involved when firefighters arrived. Fort Lee firefighters brought a tanker and engine to assist. The blaze was knocked down within 20 minutes and under control within another half-hour, with firefighters briefly hitting hot spots. No injuries were reported.
News
Double Rollover Jams Route 17
Northbound Route 17 was temporarily closed following a double-rollover crash in Ramsey. All of the occupants of the Jeep and minivan involved got out safely following the 8 a.m. crash Wednesday, May 18, near the QuickChek just north of East Allendale Avenue, responders said. Injuries didn't appear serious. Ramsey police, firefighters and rescue unit members quickly responded along with Upper Saddle River police and EMS from The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, witnesses said. The northbound highway was jammed with morning commuters and commercial drivers as the wreckage was cleared and evid…
Police & Fire
Stuck Truck Jams Bayonne Roadway
A truck stuck under a bridge jammed a street in Bayonne Thursday, May 12. The Penske truck got stuck under the underpass on 21st Street between Ave E and Prospect Avenue around 9:30 p.m. LiteRail service south of 22nd St station was temporarily stopped.
News
Crashed, Burning Motorcycle Found On Garden State Parkway, Police Search For Rider
WITNESSES SOUGHT: Authorities turned to the public for help finding the rider of a crashed, burning motorcycle that was found in the left lane of the southbound Garden State Parkway in Paramus early Monday night. The crash occurred around 5:30 p.m. near mile marker 162.4, New Jersey State Police Sgt. First Class Lawrence Peele said Tuesday. Officers responding to the call found the motorcycle in flames, skid marks on the roadway and no rider. Fearing a possible ejection into the woods, state troopers summoned a Maywood police bloodhound and a Northstar helicopter with thermal imaging …
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: GWB Tractor-Trailer Crash Jams Morning Rush Several Miles Into Bergen County
UPDATE: It became worse than the usual hell heading into Manhattan on Monday after a tractor-trailer jack-knifed and slammed into the divider on the upper level of the George Washington Bridge before dawn. Wreckers were needed to remove the wreckage, the median required repairs and firefighters had to clean up a fuel spill following the 5 a.m. crash, which ruptured the rig's fuel tank. This kept three of four inbound lanes closed for several hours, jamming local streets and producing highway backups that lasted well past the morning rush -- at one point reaching all the way to Route 17, whi…
Police & Fire
19-Car Pileup Closes Parkway For Hours
Drivers sat on the Garden State Parkway for hours due to a 19-car crash that closed the northbound of the highway. While no injuries were reported, at least 19 cars were involved in the Bass River northbound crash around 5:30 p.m., authorities said. The Parkway reopened around 8:30 p.m., and the cause remains under investigation. Have photos? Email clevine@dailyvoice.com.
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Strewn Bales Of Hay On Thruway Jams Traffic Bound For GS Parkway
Call it a "bale" out: Bundles of hay that couldn't clear an overpass were knocked from a flatbed truck onto the southbound New York State Thruway on Tuesday, jamming New Jersey-bound traffic. No injuries were reported in the mishap. Hay bales stretched for nearly a quarter mile starting around the Garden State Parkway 14A ramp and truck pit in Nanuet around 12:15 p.m. South Spring Valley and Tallman firefighters responded along with New York State Police. The view from Airmont Road.Rockland Report No injuries were reported in the mishap, which stretched hay bales for nearly a quart…
News
Trash-Toting Tractor-Trailer Tips On Route 46 Ramp
A trash-hauling tractor-trailer tipped Friday on the Route 46 ramp to the New Jersey Turnpike and Route 80 in Ridgefield Park. The driver escaped serious injury, responders said. Heavy wreckers were needed to right the rig, which dumped its load on the side of the roadway. LandfillJerry DeMarco The westbound ramp from Route 46 was closed while workers offloaded the trash into a roll-off dumpster and heavy-duty wreckers righted and removed the rig. Westbound traffic was backed up for miles. Westbound Route 46 traffic stretched for miles as heavy-duty wreckers righted the rig on the…
Police & Fire
Tire-Toting Tractor Trailer Splits, Tying Up Traffic Off GWB
A tractor-trailer buckled and bent at the westbound Route 4 ramp to Route 95 in Fort Lee during Monday’s morning rush. The mishap occurred shortly before 7:30 a.m., jamming traffic. The delays continued more than an hour while the cargo – used tires – was offloaded to another truck before the trailer could be towed. Fortunately, they'd been stacked in a way that kept them from rolling down the highway. ABC Towing handled the job. No injuries were reported.
Police & Fire
Two Motorcyclists Downed In Route 80 Pileup
One motorcyclist sat in the middle of westbound Route 80 while the other lay nearby holding his head after their rides were toppled in a multi-vehicle crash early Friday evening at the borders of Lodi, Rochelle Park and Hackensack. Already-thick traffic quickly jammed up after the pileup around 5:15 p.m. in the right local lane of what's known as Christopher Columbus Highway just before the exit for Rochelle Park and Riverview Avenue. Neither riders sustained life-threatening injuries, responders said. Moments before the crash, a driver reported the two "cutting in and out and riding betwe…
Police & Fire
Convicted 'Bridgegate' Lane-Closure Figure Resentenced To Less Federal Prison Time
Former Chris Christie senior staffer Bridget Anne Kelly had her “Bridgegate” federal prison sentence reduced Wednesday from 18 to 13 months. Bridget Anne Kelly, 46, had her conviction tossed by a federal appeals court last November for her role in a political-retribution scheme against Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich. Kelly, the former deputy chief of staff for legislative and intergovernmental affairs in Christie’s office, was convicted along with William E. Baroni, 47, formerly the deputy executive director of the Port Authority, in 2016 in what became a massive traffic jam at the Georg…
Police & Fire
Truck Crashes Across Median At Rockland/Jersey Border, Jams Thruway, Route 17
A large rental truck crashed on the northbound New York State Thruway in Suffern near the New Jersey exit for southbound Route 17 Friday afternoon, jamming traffic in both directions. A heavy-duty wrecker was needed to right the truck, which fell across the divider with its rear wheels facing north and cab facing south a quarter-mile from the Route 17 flyover just before 2 p.m. All lanes eventually were reopened. Traffic in New Jersey had backed up to Route 202. The crash was barely a quarter-mile from the New Jersey exit for Route 17 (in distance).Jerry DeMarco PHOTOS BELOW: Courtesy…
Police & Fire
Pickup Dumps Concrete In Route 17 Crash In Upper Saddle River
A pickup truck dumped a load of broken concrete on Route 17 in Upper Saddle River Wednesday afternoon, jamming southbound traffic. The pickup was towing the load in a trailer that jack-knifed on the highway outside Ramsey Nissan just after 2 p.m. A few motorists who pulled to the shoulder may have sustained damage to their vehicles.
Police & Fire
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: Rollover Crash Closes Two Lanes Of Route 17 In Paramus
PARAMUS, N.J. -- One occupant was hospitalized and a dog was taken to Oradell Animal Hospital after a utility pole crash that rolled a Dodge Ram onto its side on northbound Route 17 in Paramus Tuesday night. The crash occurred outside the Popeye's just north of Ridgewood Avenue, closing the right and center lane of the highway and jamming traffic for miles. Paramus police, firefighters, EMS and OEM responded, as was a PSE&G crew that stabilized the downed pole and restrung the dangling wires. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this article. ****** ALSO SEE: An unemployed Massachusetts cou…
Police & Fire
Tunnel Traffic Into NJ Jammed By Passed Out Driver, Port Authority Says
An overnight traffic jam entering New Jersey from the Holland Tunnel had an uncommon twist: A driver drunk on wine had passed out behind the wheel, authorities said. Port Authority Police Officer Christopher Hooper got caught in the 2:20 a.m. traffic jam Saturday coming from the World Trade Center, then found 48-year-old Robert D. Tume-Ponce unconscious in a 2003 Ford Explorer -- the motor running and the car in gear -- at 14th Street and Manila Avenue, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. Tume-Ponce smelled of alcohol and had an open bottle of wine on the floor of the passenger seat, he…
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