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Dump Truck Driver Cited After Ripping Down Wires In Wyckoff: Cops
A freak accident involving a dump truck shut down Wyckoff Avenue at the Midland Park border for more than three hours on Thursday, Sept. 18. The crash happened around 1:47 p.m. when the driver of a 2024 Peterbilt dump truck left a parking lot on Wyckoff Avenue without lowering the body of the vehicle, Wyckoff police Lt. Joseph Soto said. The truck’s raised bed got tangled in overhead wires, damaging a major communications line and causing the truck to lift off of the ground, Soto said. The driver, a 46-year-old Kearny man, was cited for operating an unsafe vehicle, careless driving, and obs…
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NJ Trucker Seriously Injured In I-81 Virginia Crash: Cops
A tractor-trailer burst into flames after crashing on a stretch of I-81 in Virginia, backing up traffic for hours and sending a New Jersey driver to the hospital with serious injuries, police said. It happened at around 3:49 p.m. Saturday, April 19, near the 272-mile marker in Shenandoah County, according to Virginia State Police. That’s where the driver of a 2025 Peterbilt rig lost control after a tire blew out, slamming into the guardrail and jackknifing. The trailer then erupted into a towering inferno, sending black smoke billowing into the sky as stunned drivers looked on. The driver …
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: Officers Rescue Driver Seconds Before SUV Erupts In Flames On Route 287
Two police officers' quick actions likely saved an unconscious 29-year-old New York driver from a wrecked car on Route 287, just seconds before it burst into flames. The Chevrolet SUV was heading south when he struck a Peterbilt tractor-trailer parked on the right shoulder at 4:20 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Charles Marchan said. "While Mahwah units were responding, dispatch updated that they were receiving additional 9-1-1 calls that the driver was still inside the burning vehicle and that witnesses were unable to extricate the driver," Mahwah Police Capt. Guido…
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Dump Truck Overturns Onto Passenger Car On Route 80, State Police Say
An overturned dump truck shut down a portion of Route 80 in Morris County Friday morning, Feb. 23. The Peterbilt dump truck was heading west near milepost 36.6 when the driver lost directional control and subsequently overturned onto an Infiniti passenger vehicle at 9:20 a.m. in Rockaway, New Jersey State Police Trooper Troy McNair said. The driver and passenger of the Infiniti sustained minor injuries and were taken to an area hospital, McNair said. The crash remains under investigation, McNair said.
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NJ Man Killed By Tractor Trailer On NY State Thruway: Police
A 42-year-old Union County man was killed after he was struck by a tractor trailer on the New York State Thruway on Wednesday, Jan. 10, authorities said. At 12:10 a.m. New York State Police responded to I-87 in Orange County for a crash between two trucks, officers said. A Peterbilt tractor trailer traveling southbound sideswiped a Volvo truck which was stopped on the right shoulder, police said. Jose Payano, the driver of the Volvo, was standing outside the vehicle and was struck by the tractor trailer, police said. Payano was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The driver of the P…
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