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NJSP: Tractor-Trailer Driver From Jersey Shore Killed In Horrific Route 287 Crash NJSP: Tractor-Trailer Driver From Jersey Shore Killed In Horrific Route 287 Crash
Njsp: Tractor-Trailer Driver From Jersey Shore Killed In Horrific Route 287 Crash A Jersey Shore driver was killed when his tractor separated from its trailer and fell from a Route 287 overpass during an overnight crash, authorities said. Jose L. Velez-Procel, 54, of Atlantic Highlands was pronounced dead at the scene after he was extricated following the 12:30 a.m. crash off the southbound highway in Oakland, State Police Sgt. First Class Lawrence Peele said. Preliminary information indicates that the rig went off the right side of the roadway and struck a guardrail and concrete bridge rail, disengaging the tractor, Peele said. Jose L. Velez-ProcelFACEBOOK The high…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Passaic Sheriff's Officer Takes Keys Of DWI Motorist Who Drove Onto Closed Bridge Police: Passaic Sheriff's Officer Takes Keys Of DWI Motorist Who Drove Onto Closed Bridge
Police: Passaic Sheriff's Officer Takes Keys Of DWI Motorist Who Drove Onto Closed Bridge A Passaic County sheriff’s officer had to pull the keys from a vehicle that a drunken West Milford man tried driving through a closed bridge construction site in the middle of the afternoon, authorities said. Brian Shand, 67, of Hewitt also refused to submit a breath sample, according to a police report. Township police were summoned by a sheriff’s officer on a traffic control detail on Union Valley Road. She told Officer James McMahon that she’d taken the keys after Shand ignored her instructions and drove through the road closure around 3 p.m. March 25, they said. Shand failed a roadsid…

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by Jerry DeMarco