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Police & Fire
Storm Topples Trees, Knocks Out Power, Closes Lanes Across North Jersey
Multiple incidents tied to a fast-moving storm caused lane closures, a power outage, and traffic disruptions across North Jersey on Saturday evening, June 6, according to the New Jersey Department of Transportation. A downed tree was reported on Route 287 southbound north of Exit 47 for Route 202 in Montville Township as of 7:49 p.m., NJDOT said. Two of the highway's three southbound lanes were closed. A second downed tree was reported on Route 17 southbound south of Passaic Street in Rochelle Park as of 7:46 p.m., according to NJDOT. One of the highway's two southbound lanes was closed. A…
Police & Fire
Driver Killed After Car Overturns On Route 208, Prosecutor Says
A driver was killed when a vehicle overturned in a late-night crash on the southbound side of Route 208 at Route 4 in Fair Lawn on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office said. The crash happened around 10:18 p.m. in the vicinity of Saddle River Road, Deputy Chief of Detectives Jeff Angermeyer said. The car was overturned and the driver suffered serious injuries, authorities said. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:55 p.m., according to investigators. No other occupants were inside the vehicle at the time of the crash, officials said. The victim’s…
Police & Fire
Route 17 Dump Truck Slams Into BP Station, Wires Downed
A dump truck crash shut down Route 17 in both directions after taking down a utility pole and damaging two passing vehicles Wednesday morning, Sept. 10, authorities said. Mahwah police responded around 9:45 a.m., to Route 17 south at Route 202 for a single-vehicle crash, Police Capt. Michael Blondin said. The dump truck had run off the road and struck a telephone pole, bringing it down, according to Blondin. The driver remained inside the truck because live power lines had fallen on it, Blondin said. Once power was turned off, the driver was removed from the vehicle. He sustained min…
Traffic
Traffic Nightmare: Overturned Dump Truck Shuts Route 3 During Day After Greasy Mess
A dump truck rollover shut down all lanes of Route 3 eastbound in Clifton early Thursday, Sept. 4 — the second major highway mess in as many days, police said. Officers were called to the scene near Main Avenue at 5:33 a.m. for a report of an overturned dump truck loaded with gravel, Clifton Police Lt. Robert Anderson said. The driver was already out of the vehicle and was not injured. All eastbound lanes were closed due to the overturned truck and spilled gravel. Cleanup crews are working to restore the highway, and closures and heavy traffic delays are expected to last throughout the day.…
Police & Fire
Shots Fired At Busy Garfield Intersection, Prosecutor Says
Several shots were fired at a busy Garfield intersection Tuesday morning, Sept. 2, authorities said. At approximately 9:07 a.m., the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Major Crimes Unit and the Garfield Police Department began investigating a shooting at Palisades Avenue and Somerset Street, Deputy Chief of Detectives Jeff Angermeyer said in a release. Responding officers found evidence of gunfire but no victim at the scene, Angermeyer said. Detectives from the prosecutor’s office and Garfield Police launched a joint investigation, with assistance from the Bergen County Sheriff's Office. Pr…
Police & Fire
‘Police Incident’ Closes Road, NJ Residents Receive Mobile Alert: Officials (
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An active police investigation prompted the closure of Upper Kingtown Road in Franklin Township, Hunterdon County on Saturday, Aug. 2, according to the Quakertown Fire Company. Authorities sent an alert to residents’ phones on Saturday afternoon notifying them of the road closure, the fire company said. Access for residents can be made by speaking with officers at the manned roadblocks, officials explained. New Jersey State Police confirmed they are assisting with the investigation but did not release details about what prompted the closure or the nature of the incident. The public is adv…
News
Two Gaping Sinkholes Shut Down Bergen County Roads (
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Two sinkholes in two days have forced the closure of roads in Bergen County. Photo(s) of the day, 07/17/2025: A sinkhole estimated by municipal officials to be 10 feet square by 10 feet deep... Posted by Boyd A. Loving on Thursday, July 17, 2025 On Thursday afternoon, July 17, a 10-by-10-foot sinkhole opened up on North Franklin Turnpike between Blauvelt Avenue and Hollywood Avenue in Ho-Ho-Kus, officials said. The Ho-Ho-Kus Police Department closed the roadway indefinitely. The County of Bergen, which maintains the street, was expected to send officials to the scene late in the d…
Police & Fire
Parsippany Motorcyclist Suffers Fractured Pelvis, Internal Injuries In Edison Crash: Police
A 25-year-old Parsippany man was seriously injured when he was thrown from his motorcycle in a three-vehicle crash on Route 27 in Edison, police said. The crash happened just before 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 15, near the Raceway gas station at Route 27 and Highway Terrace, according to Edison Police Chief Thomas Bryan. A 72-year-old Edison woman was heading north on Route 27 when she made a left turn into the gas station. She turned in front of the oncoming motorcycle, which struck her vehicle and threw the motorcyclist from his bike, police said. The woman’s car then spun and hit a third vehic…
Weather
State Of Emergency: House Struck By Lightning, Hundreds Without Power In Bergen County
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency Monday evening, July 14, as storms swept through the state. At 8:45 p.m., NJ Transit announced major impacts across multiple rail lines due to weather-related conditions. Severe flooding left cars underwater with drivers stranded, and thousands without power. Some of those areas include Route 22 in Scotch Plains, local streets in Cranford, Edgewater, and Teaneck, Route 287, and Route 78. Our crews were on the scene in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, where they witnessed a dramatic water rescue unfold.A flash flood warning i…
Police & Fire
Passenger, 26, Seriously Hurt In NJ Turnpike Crash With Tractor-Trailer, Police Say
A 26-year-old man from the Bronx was seriously injured in a crash on the New Jersey Turnpike early Saturday morning, June 28, authorities said. New Jersey State Police troopers responded around 4:39 a.m. to the southbound lanes at milepost 114.7 on the western spur in Carlstadt, Bergen County, NJSP Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said. According to a preliminary investigation, a 25-year-old man from Paterson was driving a Honda Civic southbound when the vehicle veered onto the right shoulder, hit a guardrail, and crashed into the back of a parked International tractor-trailer, Lebron said. The Br…
Police & Fire
Passenger Flies Off Motorcycle, Dies In Route 287 Crash:
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A 35-year-old woman from Wisconsin was killed in a motorcycle crash on Interstate 287 in Somerset County late Saturday, June 21, according to New Jersey State Police. Troopers responded around 10:19 p.m. to the northbound lanes near milepost 28.4 in Bernards Township, Sgt. Charles Marchan said. A Harley-Davidson motorcycle and a Volkswagen passenger car were both traveling north when, near milepost 28.4, the Harley-Davidson impacted the Volkswagen, Marchan said. As a result of the collision, the vehicles ran off the road to the right, Marchan said. Tonya Reetz, a 35-year-old female f…
Police & Fire
Former HS Football Player Killed In Route 287 Crash Mourned As ‘Kind, Compassionate' Teen
A 19-year-old former Bergen County high school football player died after crashing off the highway in Mahwah, officials confirmed Jonathan "Johnny" Rodriguez-Pluchino, of Oakland, was driving north on Route 287 when his car veered off the road and struck several trees near milepost 65.4 around 7:15 a.m. on Tuesday, June 10, according to State Police Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron. Rodriguez-Pluchino suffered serious injuries and was taken to an area hospital, where he later died, police said. The crash remains under investigation. Later that day, loved ones launched a GoFundMe campaign in his honor, …
Traffic
Trooper Thrown Down Embankment, Seriously Injured In NY State Thruway Crash
A New York State Police trooper was seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle on a highway in upstate New York. The Schenectady County wreck happened on the westbound Thruway (I-90) in Pattersonville, near Exit 26, at around 12:30 p.m. Friday, June 6, according to New York State Police. A trooper was conducting a traffic stop on a Honda when a tractor, not pulling a trailer, slammed into the rear of their patrol car, which then struck the Honda. The impact knocked the trooper, who was standing on the passenger side a Honda, over the guardrail and down an embankment, police sai…
Police & Fire
100-Acre Route 46 Wildfire Contained: NJ Forest Fire Service Shares Final Update
A fast-moving wildfire that scorched 100 acres along Route 46 in Hackettstown has been 100% contained, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said on Saturday morning, May 3. WILDFIRE UPDATE: Route 46 Wildfire - Hackettstown, Warren County At 8 a.m. on Saturday, May 3, the New Jersey Forest... Posted by New Jersey Forest Fire Service on Saturday, May 3, 2025 The fire was first spotted Friday afternoon, May 2, by several fire towers and triangulated to the Route 46 area, officials said. By 3:30 p.m., the blaze had 0% containment and was threatening 25 structures, though no evacuations w…
Police & Fire
NJ Wildfire Explodes To 12,500 Acres: Latest From Forest Fire Service
An otherwise idyllic spring day along the New Jersey coast was darkened by thick plumes of smoke as a massive wildfire scorched through 12,500 acres — threatening homes, destroying property, and leaving thousands without power Wednesday, April 23. 🚨 A massive wildfire, dubbed the Jones Road Wildfire, is tearing through 1,200 acres in Barnegat Township’s Greenwood Forest Wildlife Management Area, Ocean County, NJ, as of April 22, 2025, with 0% containment. Mandatory evacuations are underway for Wells Mills Road from Bryant… pic.twitter.com/61nPv8YRcH — Laszlo Varga (@LaszloRealtor) April 2…
Police & Fire
Cops ID Driver Killed, Release Details In NJ Turnpike Crash (
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A 67-year-old man was killed in a chain-reaction crash involving four vehicles on the New Jersey Turnpike in Woodbridge early Saturday, April 19, authorities said. Troopers responded at 3:48 a.m. to the southbound inner roadway near milepost 94.6, according to New Jersey State Police Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said. A Chevrolet Malibu and a Mazda CX-5 were both heading south when the Mazda struck the rear of the Chevrolet, Lebron said. Both vehicles veered off the roadway to the right, impacted the guardrail, and then reentered the roadway, becoming disabled in the travel lanes, he said. A Toyot…
Police & Fire
500-Acre Wildfire Burns Through South Jersey Wildlife Area: NJ Forest Fire Service
A wildfire spanning 500 acres is burning unchecked in a remote section of Peaslee Wildlife Management Area in Vineland, officials said. As of Friday afternoon, April 18, the fire was 0% contained, according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service. The wildfire was first detected at 12:24 p.m. by the Belleplain Fire Tower, authorities said. No structures are currently threatened, and no evacuations have been ordered, fire officials confirmed. Road closures include: Union Road between Route 49 and Mays Landing Road Bennetts Mill Road between Union Road and the Manumuskin River Resources on …
Police & Fire
Details Released In Route 80 6-Vehicle Wreck That Closed Highway For Hours
Two men from East Orange were seriously injured after a tractor-trailer triggered a six-vehicle pileup on Route 80 in Morris County Friday, March 28, state police said. The crash happened around 7:37 a.m., in the westbound lanes near milepost 35.2 in Rockaway Township, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Charles Marchan said. A Chevrolet pickup truck hauling a trailer, a Toyota sedan, a Ford pickup, a Ford box truck, and a GMC dump truck were all slowing for traffic when a tractor-trailer slammed into the rear of the GMC, authorities said. That impact set off a chain reaction, sending the GMC int…
Police & Fire
BMW Driver, 28, Dead In Bergen County Crash With Tractor Trailer On NJ Turnpike: State Police
A 28-year-old BMW driver was killed in a crash involving a tractor-trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike early Wednesday morning, March 19, authorities said. New Jersey State Police responded to the southbound lanes at milepost 113.6 in East Rutherford at approximately 3:35 a.m., according to Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron of the NJSP Office of Public Information. Rasheed Folaji, of Irvington, was behind the wheel of a BMW that struck the rear of the slowing tractor-trailer along the western spur, Lebron said. Folaji died in the crash, police said. No other injuries were reported. The cause of the cras…
Police & Fire
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ound Bus Crash On Garden State Parkway Leaves 15 Injured, Mostly Children: State Police
A school bus carrying 31 people, including children, overturned on the Garden State Parkway in Montvale Monday night, March 10, shutting down all lanes, officials said. New Jersey State Police responded to the crash at 7:39 p.m. near milepost 170.5 in Montvale, according to New Jersey State Police Sgt. Charles Marchan. A preliminary investigation found that the bus, driven by a 44-year-old Lakewood man, veered off the right side of the roadway and overturned, authorities said. Montvale Mayor Mike Ghassali confirmed the bus was headed to New York when it crashed. Fifteen people were injured…
Police & Fire
1 Dead, Several Injured In Palisades Parkway Crash Near
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A fatal two-vehicle crash on the Palisades Interstate Parkway near the New York-New Jersey state line has left one person dead and several others seriously injured, officials confirmed. According to the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, the crash occurred around 5:58 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 28, in the southbound lanes of the Palisades Interstate Parkway near Alpine, New Jersey. Emergency responders arrived at the scene to find one occupant fatally injured, who was pronounced dead at the scene. Several other individuals from the vehicles were transported to a local hospital with serious …
Police & Fire
Serious Crash Reported Along Route 17: 1 Extricated, 2 Hospitalized, Police Say
A four-car crash on Route 17 in Ho-Ho-Kus left one passenger trapped and two others injured, forcing emergency crews to shut down the highway Friday evening, Feb. 21, police said. Officers responded to the northbound lanes just south of Hollywood Avenue after an apparent equipment malfunction caused the chain-reaction crash, Ho-Ho-Kus Police Sgt. Michael Gil said. A front-seat passenger in one of the vehicles was entrapped, and two other people suffered minor injuries, Gil said. Ho-Ho-Kus and Ridgewood fire departments arrived to assist with shutting down the roadway and extricating the tr…
Police & Fire
Again
? Sinkhole Reopens On Route 80:
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New Jersey drivers on Route 80 must be feeling deja vu. A sinkhole has reopened on Route 80 in Morris County on the morning of Monday, Feb. 10, the New Jersey Department of Transportation said. All Route 80 eastbound lanes are closed at Exit 34-Route 15 in Wharton, NJDOT said. NJDOT crews are on site to evaluate the situation, determine the extent of the damage, and stabilize the area in order to design a repair, NJDOT sad. The cause of the depression has not yet been determined, NJDOT said. Last December, the day after Christmas, a sinkhole opened up at the exact same…
Police & Fire
Overturned Truck Closes NJ Turnpike In Secaucus
An overturned truck closed all lanes of the NJ Turnpike in Secaucus on Wednesday morning, Feb. 5, the NJDOT site says. The crash happened along the eastern spur inside Interchange 16E to Route 3. The three center lanes were blocked as of 7:45 a.m.
Police & Fire
Bicyclist Struck, Seriously Injured On Route 17: Prosecutor (
Update
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A bicyclist suffered serious injuries in a crash on Route 17 in Bergen County on Tuesday, Jan. 28, authorities confirmed. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene north near Essex Street in Lodi at approximately 1:42 p.m., according to Jeff Angermeyer, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office's deputy chief of detectives. The injured cyclist was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment. Following the crash, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Fatal Accident Investigation Unit was notified and joined the Sheriff’s Office in conducting a joint investigati…
Police & Fire
Downed Live Wires Outside School Shut Roadway At Hackensack/Maywood Border
A portion of The Esplanade was closed due to downed live wires Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 28. The wires fell from a utility pole outside of Nellie K. Parker School just before the Central Avenue intersection. Repairs were underway as of 1 p.m.
Police & Fire
Tractor Trailer Overturns On Route 46 Ramp, All Lanes Closed
An overturned tractor trailer closed all lanes of Route 46 in Lodi on Tuesday morning, Jan. 28. The DOT site said the crash happened on the westbound ramp to Main Street around 7:30 a.m. Have photos? Email
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Traffic
Wild Video Shows Van Overturning Across Parkway In Crash With NJ Transit Bus
Brand-new footage shows a violent crash on the Garden State Parkway involving an NJ Transit bus and work van on Monday evening, Jan. 13 in Paramus. Footage shared by The Monsey Scoop shows the incident that happened in the northbound lanes at approximately 5:10 p.m. New Jersey State Police said the crash involved a Lexus passenger vehicle, a Mercedes-Benz van, and a bus. The van overturned and minor injuries were reported, police said. Traffic was backed up for miles following the incident, which remains under investigation. At the scene. North Jersey Video Service At the scene…
Police & Fire
Fallen Tree Shuts All Lanes On Route 17, Sends 1 Person To Hospital (
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A fallen tree brought traffic to a halt on Route 17 on Saturday, Jan. 4. The incident occurred between the Franklin Turnpike and Paramus Road exits in Ridgewood, forcing the temporary closure of all southbound lanes, incident photographer Boyd A. Loving reports. Ridgewood Police and Ridgewood Fire/EMS responded to the scene, where two vehicles were damaged by tree debris, including a tow truck. The tow truck’s female passenger sustained eye and facial injuries from flying glass when the tree shattered the vehicle's windshield, authorities said. She was taken to The Valley Hospital by ambul…
Police & Fire
Abandoned Mineshaft Collapse Revealed As Cause Of Route 80 Sinkhole: DOT
The collapse of an abandoned mineshaft caused the massive sinkhole on Route 80 in Morris County, authorities said on Friday, Dec. 27. Route 80 eastbound remains closed after the 40-foot by 40-foot sinkhole appeared on the morning of Thursday, Dec. 26, the New Jersey Department of Transportation said. Crews have stabilized the area and began excavation work Thursday night in the right shoulder and right lane on I-80 eastbound, near mile post 34 in Wharton, the DOT said. Crews will continue working around the clock to complete the repair and reopen the highway as soon as possible, t…
Police & Fire
Route 80 Sinkhole: Highway Remains Closed Day Later
A stretch of Route 80 remains closed Friday, Dec. 27, the day after a sinkhole opened forcing multiple closures and delays. According to the NJDOT site, the sinkhole is in the eastbound lanes near Exit 34 in Wharton. #BreakingNews: A #sinkhole is halting traffic on I-80 in Morris County as crews make emergency repairs - https://t.co/MO3jT4W3Hx#NewJersey pic.twitter.com/yjEhuc4mKI — News12NJ (@News12NJ) December 26, 2024 All lanes were closed as of Friday morning. The following detours are in place until further notice: Motorists on I-80 eastbound are being directed to take Exit…
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