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Obituaries
Freightliner Driver Killed In 287 Crash Was PA Firefighter Who ‘Would Do Anything For Anyone'
The Freightliner driver killed in last week’s crash on Route 287 was a PA firefighter remembered for his kind heart and willingness to help others. Edward A. Facer, 48, was driving a Freightliner tractor southbound when it ran off the right side of the highway, through the guardrail, and down an embankment near milepost 22.5 in Bedminster around 5:10 a.m. on Friday, August 25, NJSP Det. Jeffrey Lebron told Daily Voice. Facer, of Port Matilda, PA, was killed in the crash. Those who knew and loved Facer immediately shared tributes on social media, including the Port Matilda Fire Co. 15, with…
Police & Fire
Motorcyclist, 36, Killed In Collision With Truck In South Jersey
A 36-year-old motorcyclist was killed after colliding with a Freightliner truck in Gloucester County, authorities said. Steven Bass, 36, of Williamstown, was riding a 2012 Harley Davidson motorcycle east on Clayton Road in Monroe and collided with the truck, Monroe Township police said. Bass was taken to aa area hospital and pronounced dead at 12:32 p.m. Saturday, May 6, police said. The Freightliner truck was traveling west on Clayton Road at about 11:40 a.m. when it failed to yield the right of way while making a left turn onto Railroad Avenue, according to Monroe police. The 46-year-ol…
Police & Fire
Driver, 19, Dies In Fiery Route 440 Crash
A 19-year-old driver died after he ran into a trailer on the shoulder of a Woodbridge highway, authorities said. A Freightliner truck with a utility trailer was parked on the right shoulder of Route 440 north when a northbound Honda Accord struck it, according to New Jersey State Police. The driver, Joey Lopez, of Staten Island, left the road, entered the shoulder and struck the trailer at 12:24 p.m. Monday May 1, according to State Police spokesman Sgt. Philip Curry. Both vehicles caught fire and Lopez died as a result of the crash, Curry said. The driver of the truck suffered minor inju…
Police & Fire
Motorists Seriously Hurt In Pair Of Garden State Parkway Crashes:
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Two motorists were seriously hurt in a pair of crashes on the Garden State Parkway in Central Jersey, authorities said. The first crash occurred at 12:53 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28 south at milepost 125.2 in Sayreville. Preliminary investigation indicates that a Freightliner tractor-trailer was traveling southbound in the express lanes when it went off the road to the right, then struck the guardrail and concrete support beam, according to Sgt. Alejandro Goez, a New Jersey State Police spokesman. As a result, the driver, Philip Gardner, 52, of Akron, OH was entrapped and sustained serious injurie…
Obituaries
Maryland Filmmakers Killed In I-95 Crash Returning From Philadelphia Production
A pair of young filmmakers from the Baltimore area were killed in a crash on Interstate 95 in Delaware while returning from a production in Philadelphia, according to news reports and those who knew them. Martin Whittier, 37, and Nate Brubaker, 27, were heading south in a 2020 BMW M2 when the car became disabled in the middle lane of the highway around 10:20 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11 in Newark, DE, according to Delaware State Police and the pair's associates. A white 2017 Freightliner box truck also traveling southbound struck the BMW from behind, and pushed it in southern direction, towa…
Police & Fire
Toddlers Among 7 Hurt In Serious Chain-Reaction Crash On Route 78: State Police (
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Two toddlers were among the seven victims hurt in a serious chain-reaction crash on Route 78, state police confirmed. The crash occurred in the eastbound lanes near milepost 7.2 in Bloomsbury around 4:25 p.m. on Monday, July 25, NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan told DailyVoice.com. A 2007 Freightliner pulling a utility trailer was heading east in the center lane in front of a Toyota Camry, which was in front of a Mazda CX-5, Marchan said. Meanwhile, a Kia Sorrento was in the left lane alongside the 2007 Freightliner, which also had a 2015 Freightliner box truck to its right. A 2019 Kentworth…
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Crane Operator Killed After Flipping On Garden State Parkway:
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A crane operator was killed when his rig rolled over on the Garden State Parkway, authorities said. The crash occurred at 6:31 a.m. on Thursday, June 23 northbound near mile marker 135 in Woodbridge Township, State Police said. Preliminary information indicates that a Freightliner M2 truck traveling northbound overturned. As a result, the driver, Scott Stadnik, 49, of Flemington, Burlington County, was partially ejected and sustained fatal injuries, police said. The passenger, a 41-year-old male, did not sustain injuries. No other vehicles were involved. The crash remai…
Police & Fire
Passenger Killed When Tractor-Trailer Flips At NJ Turnpike Toll Plaza: State Police
A passenger in a tractor-trailer was killed when the truck flipped after a collision in a New Jersey Turnpike toll plaza in Salem County, authorities said. Kastarra Sha Quinta Lawrence, 23, of Augusta, Georgia, was killed, State Police said. The truck driver, 23-year-old Corey McKonnen Duncan Jr., also from Augusta, suffered critical injuries and was taken to a nearby hospital, according to Trooper Brandi Slota, a State Police spokeswoman. The crash occurred at about 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 19. A Ford F150 pickup truck was struck from behind by a Freightliner truck pulling…
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: Truck Hauling Prosecco Knocked Over, Southbound Route 17 Shut Down
UPDATE: A notorious stretch of southbound Route 17 remained closed after a tractor-trailer knocked a box truck onto its side at the border of Paramus and Rochelle Park. So was the exit from eastbound Route 4 onto 17. An International tractor-trailer hauling cases of prosecco was in the left lane at the bottleneck headed into Rochelle Park when it was clipped on the right by a Freightliner around 11:15 a.m. Monday, April 11, Paramus Deputy Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. The impact knocked the International into the median and onto its side, gashing a saddle tank that wound up spilling …
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Central Jersey Man Working Under Tractor-Trailer Is Pinned When It Rolls Over Him: Police
A 60-year-old man was seriously injured when a tractor-trailer he was working on rolled over him, authorities said. On Tuesday at approximately 1:25 p.m., Sayreville police were dispatched to 222 Jernee Mill Road in reference to an individual being struck by a tractor-trailer with injuries. Police found the victim entrapped under two tires on the left side of the forward rear axle of a 2016 Freightliner tractor, according to Captain Daniel Plumacker, a Sayreville Police Department spokesman. A witness told police that they saw the victim working under the tractor when it rolled forwa…
Police & Fire
State Police: Middlesex County Man, 44, Critically Injured In Route 287 Tractor-Trailer Crash
A 44-year-old tractor-trailer driver was critically injured after crashing into a guardrail on Route 287 early Thursday morning, state police said. Weharken Dorsainvil, of Piscataway, was driving a Freightliner Tractor Trailer northbound when he veered to the left and hit a guardrail near milepost 32 in Harding Township around 3 a.m., NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan told Daily Voice. Dorsainvil was seriously injured in the crash, which remains under investigation, Marchan said. Additional details were not immediately available.
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IT? Video Shows Truck Involved In Crash That Killed NJ Motorcyclist
VIDEO: A semi-trailer truck that authorities said kept going after a motorcyclist from Elmwood Park was killed on Route 17 is seen in a brief surveillance video clip released by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. "The maroon or red semi-trailer truck slowed down to a stop in the right lane of Route 17 South due to traffic ahead" around 8:40 p.m. Tuesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Motorcyclist Mario Andres Uran Gaviria, 41, couldn't stop in time and hit the "bobtail" truck from behind in front of Allied Carpet, the prosecutor said. Gaviria, previously of Montgomery Vi…
Police & Fire
Father Of NJ Police Officer Who Died In 2011 Motorcycle Crash Killed The Same Way, 63
A 63-year-old motorcyclist from Burlington County was killed in a Route 31 collision with a school bus over the weekend -- just more than nine years after his son died in a motorcycle crash. Alex Harvilla, of Chesterfield, was heading southbound on a Honda motorcycle when he struck an eastbound Freightliner school bus near milepost 15 around 3:20 p.m. Sunday, NJSP Trooper Alejandro Goez said. Harvilla was pronounced dead at the scene. None of the 14 passengers on the school bus nor the 64-year-old driver from Somerville were injured, Goez said. Harvilla's son, Joh…
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