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Dump Truck Flips On Garden State Parkway:
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A dump truck overturned on the Garden State Parkway, authorities said. The crash occurred at about 12:20 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 17 northbound at Exit 105 in Tinton Falls, according to the New Jersey State Police. Preliminary investigation revealed a Kenworth dump truck, Audi and Chevy pickup were traveling northbound. The Kenworth overturned and collided with the Audi and Chevy. No serious injuries were reported, State Police said. The crash remains under investigation.
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NJ Man's Body Recovered From Wreckage Of Collapsed I-95 Bridge In Philly: Report
A body was removed from the wreckage on I-95 in Northeast Philadelphia on Monday, state officials confirmed to Daily Voice. Citing family members, 6abc has identified the victim as truck driver Nathanial Moody, reportedly employed by TK Transport in Pennsauken, New Jersey. The body was turned over to the Philadelphia County Medical Examiner and Coroner's Office, who are in the process of formally identifying the remains, state police said. Part of Interstate 95 running through Philadelphia's Tacony neighborhood collapsed after a tanker underneath it caught fire early Sund…
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Specialized Police Unit Cranks Up Chainsaws After NJ Pickup Crash
Members of the Paramus Police Emergency Services Unit got to work after a pickup truck toppled a pole at the Oradell border on Thursday. The 22-year-old Mosquito Squad driver from Basking Ridge apparently looked down at his GPS and looked up too late to avoid hitting the curb, uprooting a fire hydrant and toppling the guy-wire pole on Oradell Avenue at Terrace Drive at 10:20 a.m. May 25, Paramus Police Sgt. Todd Colaianni said. The driver refused medical treatment, Colaianni said, but Bergen Brookside Auto Body & Towing had to remove his pickup on a flatbed. The cross-trained membe…
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U-Haul Lands On Concrete Barrier Along NJ Turnpike: State Police
An SUV towing a U-Haul trailer lost control and landed on top of a concrete barrier along the New Jersey Turnpike, authorities said. The crash occurred at 6:48 a.m. on Wednesday, May 17 on the outer roadway southbound at milepost 85.6 in Edison, according to New Jersey State Police. Based on preliminary information, a Toyota Tacoma towing a U-Haul trailer lost control and struck the concrete divider coming to a rest on top of the barrier, State Police said. The driver reported a minor injury but refused medical attention, police said.
Police & Fire
Crash Closes Route 130 In South Brunswick
UPDATE: Route 130 had been reopened by 1:15 p.m. A crash on Route 130 in South Brunswick was causing serious delays, authorities said. Police had temporarily closed the highway. Use the New Jersey Turnpike or Route 535 as an alternative, police said late Thursday morning, March 16. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES
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88-Year-Old Driver Killed Trying To Cross Garden State Parkway: State Police
An 88-year-old woman was killed when she tried to drive from the right shoulder across three lanes of traffic and was struck by an SUV on the Garden State Parkway, authorities said. Joan Butler of West Orange died from injuries she suffered in a 10:45 a.m. crash, New Jersey State Police said. ALSO SEE: Crash Victim Was Nun Of 67 Years. A preliminary investigation found that a Ford passenger vehicle Butler was driving was stopped on the right shoulder in the southbound local lanes near milepost 120.5, in Aberdeen, said Sgt. Philip Curry, a State Police spokesman. The Ford driver then attem…
Obituaries
2 Drivers Dead In Wrong-Way Parkway Crash
Two drivers died in a head-on crash on the Garden State Parkway Friday, Oct. 21, authorities said. Cortney Downey, of Northfield, and Michelle ross, of North Carolina, collided in Little Egg Harbor Township around 9:30 p.m., causing Ross' 2017 Mitsubishi Outlander to overturn, New Jersey State Police said. Downey, 32, who was in a Toyota Corolla, and Ross were both pronounced dead. It was not clear which driver was heading in the wrong direction. Condolences poured in on social media for Downey. I have terrible news yesterday afternoon. I have lost a very special friend she was like …
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Owner Of Popular South Jersey Restaurant Killed In Crash: Prosecutor
The owner of an Italian restaurant in Mount Laurel was killed in a crash outside his popular eatery, authorities said. Glenn Keen, 52, was leaving the parking lot of Cucina Carini Italian Restaurant on Hainesport-Mount Laurel Road at around 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3 when his vehicle was broadsided by another vehicle, according to the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office. Keen was flown to Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, where he died of his injuries, while the driver of the other car was taken to an area hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening, the prosecutor sai…
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Young Child Whose Family Just Moved To US Struck, Critically Injured On Busy North Jersey Road
UPDATE: A crash that critically injured a 6-year-old girl whose family had just moved to Maywood was a "serious and unfortunate accident" and not the fault of the 25-year-old driver from Englewood, the borough's police chief said. A delivery van that had stopped in front of a house on Spring Valley Road across from Memorial Park around noon Monday had obstructed the driver's view when the child ran out into the street, Maywood Police Chief Terence R. Kenny said Tuesday. Witnesses said the southbound Honda Civic knocked the youngster into the air. "The driver stopped immediately and remain…
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Young Child Whose Family Just Moved To US Struck, Critically Injured On Busy North Jersey Road
UPDATE: A young girl whose family had just moved to the neighborhood was struck and critically injured when she ran into traffic on a busy road alongside a popular park in Maywood, authorities confirmed. Witnesses said the 6-year-old child was knocked into the air when a southbound Honda Civic struck her as she dashed across Spring Valley Road between Memorial Park and her new home Monday afternoon, they said. She was last reported to be in critical condition with a traumatic head injury Tuesday at Hackensack University Medical Center. Although area residents have complained about vehicle…
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Driver Who Exited Vehicle On Route 287 Seriously Injured In Chain-Reaction Crash: State Police
A driver was struck by his own vehicle in a chain-reaction crash after he got out in the middle of Route 287 in the middle of the night, authorities said. Investigators don't yet know why the victim's Chevy Camaro was stopped in the middle of the southbound highway near mile marker 63.6 in Mahwah shortly after 2:30 a.m. Thursday, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Philip Curry said. What they do know is that the driver got out and a Kenworth dump truck rear-ended the Camaro, which then hit him, Curry said. The Camaro continued off the road into a tree, the sergeant said. A medical chopper was r…
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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…
Police & Fire
Mobility Scooter Rider, 81, Struck, Killed On Jersey Shore: Police
UPDATED: An 81-year-old man riding a four-wheel mobility scooter was struck and killed by a pickup truck in Ocean County, authorities said. The collision with a Ford F-150 pickup occurred at about 9:25 p.m. on Monday, April 11 at Jackson Mills and Harmony roads in Jackson Township, police said. EMS crews found an unresponsive person who had been struck by a car, reports said. EMS administered CPR before the rider was pronounced dead, according to an unconfirmed report. The victim's name has not been released. The 64-year-old pickup truck driver was not impaired…
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Multiple 'Families' Rally For Critically Injured Tow Truck-Driving NJ First Responder
UPDATE: A tow truck-driving first responder who was struck by an out-of-control vehicle on Route 3 in Rutherford over the weekend remained in critical condition this week while loved ones, colleagues and friends prayed for a positive outcome. Robert Thornton of Ridgefield Park "has had two surgeries so far," Moonachie First Aid & Rescue Squad Lt. Maria Gigante wrote on a GoFundMe account she established for the family. "He remains in critical condition on a ventilator, but he is stable." A member of multiple "families," Thornton is well-known among North Jersey police, firefighters and …
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69-Year-Old Man Struck, Killed By Multiple Vehicles In Central Jersey: Prosecutor
A 69-year-old man was struck and killed.by multiple vehicles, authorities said. Harvey Berse of Old Bridge was killed at about 1:25 a.m. Friday at the corner of Route 9 and Ferry Road in Old Bridge, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Acting Old Bridge Police Chief Joseph Mandola. Berse was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, they said. No other details about the crash were released. No summonses had been issued. The investigation is active and continuing. Anyone with information is asked to call Officer Steven Connolly of the Old …
Police & Fire
South Jersey Man Struck By 2 Cars Dies
A 45-year-old pedestrian was killed when he tried to cross a busy five-lane highway in South Jersey, authorities said. The crash occurred on Friday at 8:29 p.m, in the 700 block of Mullica Hill Road (Route 322), according to Harrison Township police. John M. Johnston of Paulsboro attempted to cross Mullica Hill Road where there are three eastbound lanes and two westbound lanes, Harrison police said. Johnston was then struck by a 2008 Toyota Rav-4 that was traveling in the leftmost eastbound lane and was being operated by a 22-year-old male resident of Voorhees. The impact caus…
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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 …
Obituaries
School Bus Driver Among 2 Killed In NJ Crash Mourned As Loving, Affectionate Grandmother
A school bus driver was among two people who died in a three-vehicle crash Friday, police said. The International 3000 bus was heading east and carrying 19 students from Olivet Elementary School in Elmer when it was struck by a westbound Nissan Murano on County Road 540 around 4 p.m., New Jersey State Police said in a release. The bus and Nissan both veered into the westbound lanes, hitting a Volkswagon Jetta near milepost 28.5 in Pittsgrove, authorities said. All three vehicles went off the road to the right. The school bus driver and Nissan driver both were killed as a result of the cr…
Police & Fire
Skateboarder Seriously Hurt, Airlifted In Jersey Shore Crash: Police Warn About Online Posts
A crash involving a skateboard and truck is under investigation in Monmouth County, authorities said. Atlantic Highlands police said on Facebook that the skateboarder slammed into the side of a Ford truck and that the driver remained at the crash scene and cooperated with police. Police warned against social media posts that may contain misinformation. On Wednesday, at 4:45 p.m., police were dispatched to Waterwitch Avenue and Shore Drive for a collision between a juvenile on a skateboard and a motor vehicle. Officers arrived within a minute of being dispatched and began administering fi…
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Queens Man Dead, 13 Injured In I-295 Crash
A Queens, NY man died and 13 other people were injured in a crash involving a passenger van on Interstate 295 in Mercer County Wednesday, New Jersey State Police said. A Ford Econoline van was traveling north in near mile post 59 in Hamilton Township, when it went off the road to the right, struck the guardrail, reentered the roadway and overturned around 3:30 p.m., NJSP Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. Four of the 14 occupants were ejected, including 55-year-old Daniel Del Carmen Marmol Batista, of Ridgewood, NY, who died. The driver, Silvestre Diaz, 33, of Camden, suffered minor injur…
Police & Fire
Paterson Pickup Driver Killed In Turnpike Crash
A 57-year-old driver was killed in an overnight crash on the New Jersey Turnpike in Essex County Saturday, authorities said. Paterson's Norman L. Young was heading north in a Ford F-150, when the vehicle ran off the right side of the roadway around 3:30 a.m. at milepost 104.7 in Newark, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Lawrence Peele said. The pickup struck the guardrail, crossed the roadway and struck the left concrete barrier Young was pronounced dead at the scene. The left two lanes of the inner roadway were closed for approximately three hours. Cause of the crash remains …
Police & Fire
State Police: 8 Injured In Work Van Crash On Garden State Parkway
Eight people were injured after a work van collided with a minivan on the Garden State Parkway In Atlantic County Tuesday afternoon, state police said. The work van crashed into a minivan, causing the minivan to overturn in the northbound lanes near milepost 47.3 in Port Republic just before 2:35 p.m., NJSP Sgt. Philip Curry told Daily Voice. The eight occupants of the minivan suffered non-life-threatening injuries, Curry said. The crash remains under investigation, authorities said.
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Atlantic City Woman, 57, Struck, Killed While Helping Stranded Motorist At Route 30 Crash Scene
A motorist who stopped to help another motorist involved in a crash was struck and killed in South Jersey, authorities said. Atlantic City police were called to Route 30 on a report of a collision about 10 p.m. Wednesday, a department spokesman said. Responding patrol officers found that a Jeep SUV operated by an unidentified driver, 35, from Atlantic City, struck a center median and became disabled in the left lane of eastbound traffic. Several vehicles stopped to assist in the removal of the woman from the disabled vehicle, according to Lt. Kevin Fair. Then, as a Toyota Camr…
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: Driver Tosses Pistol During Police Pursuit That Ends In Paterson Crash
The fleeing driver of a vehicle that crashed into two others in Paterson during a pre-dawn New Jersey State Police chase Sunday tossed a gun out the window, authorities said. The occupant of one of the struck vehicles was hospitalized with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening following the crash at 10th Avenue and East 24th Street around 2 a.m., responders said. The other vehicle that was hit was parked, they said. Along the way, the driver tossed a bag on northbound Route 20, police said. Inside the bag was a 9mm Ruger that troopers recovered, they said. The driver was tak…
Police & Fire
State Police ID Men Killed In Mercer County Crash Where Watermelons Were Strewn On NJ Turnpike
State Police have identified the two men killed in last week's tractor-trailer crash in which watermelons were strewn across the New Jersey Turnpike in Mercer County. Malcom Cope, 55, of Douglas, Georgia, and Van Huston, 56, of Jamaica, New York, were pronounced dead after the northbound truck veered off the turnpike, struck a guard rail and slammed into a concrete bridge support near milepost 60.3, state troopers said. Cope was the driver and Huston was a passenger. A Peterbilt tractor pulling a semi-trailer loaded with watermelons was heading north in the inner lanes when it ran off th…
Police & Fire
Jackson Woman, 25, Dead In Fiery North Jersey Crash
A 25-year-old Jersey Shore driver died in a Morris County crash Saturday, authorities said. Stephanie Santora, of Jackson, was behind the wheel of an unknown vehicle that was struck by a truck pulling a utility trailer east in the left lane of Route 24 near mile post 5.7 at 12:22 p.m., NJSP Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. The impact of the crash sent Santora's car into a Toyota RAV4, which then struck a Jeep Cherokee, Goez said. Santora's car went up in flames and she was pronounced dead, while her 26-year-old male passenger was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. The truck d…
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PA Motorcyclist Streams His Deadly Crash On Facebook Live
A 26-year-old motorcyclist was streaming live on Facebook when he crashed on Interstate 83 and died Sunday. The 43-second clip posted to Patrick Clafferty's Facebook page appears to show him flying off of his motorcycle on the northbound side of the highway. More than $15,000 had been raised as of Monday afternoon on a GoFundMe launched in an effort to help Clafferty's family, including his three children. Clafferty, of York City, apparently lost control of the bike hit the median, ejecting him from from his vehicle, the York County Coroner's Office said. As Clafferty was l…
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Six Years Later, Son Finds Dad's Missing Phone At Spot Of Fatal NJ Crash
Glenn Slater Jr. had been to the spot in Mahwah where his dad died in a horrific crash nearly three dozen times the past six years. But a visit on Friday was unlike any other. “As always, if I'm nearby I visit the site” in the northwest corner of Bergen County where Glenn Sr. was killed in a horrific crash, he said. Glenn Jr., 33, of West Milford returned on Friday and was about to leave when he spotted it. “On the ground, covered by a layer of dirt…I found my dad's cell phone,” he wrote. “Or maybe it found me.” Glenn Sr., 62, was driving a water tank that struck several trees and flippe…
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State Police ID South Jersey Motorcyclist, 24, Killed In Weekend Crash
Authorities have identified a motorcyclist killed in a weekend crash in South Jersey as an Atlantic County resident. Miguel Lebron, 24, of Galloway Township, was riding a motorcycle north on Shaffer Avenue in Lawrence Township, Cumberland County, about 6:40 a.m. on Saturday when the vehicle ran off the roadway and struck a tree, according to Sgt. First Class Lawrence Peele, a New Jersey State Police spokesman. Lebron was pronounced dead at the scene, Peele said on Tuesday. Funeral arrangements are being handled by DeMarco-Luisi Funeral Home in Vineland.
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South Jersey Man, 33, Killed In Montana Rollover Crash Down Rugged Dirt Road
A 33-year-old man from South Jersey was killed and his 29-year-old passenger seriously hurt Saturday in Montana when their SUV struck trees and rolled down a rocky embankment, authorities said. Benjamin Clayton of Galloway was traveling on a rugged dirt road when he lost control of his vehicle on a curve, struck several trees and rolled down a 300-foot embankment, a spokesman for the Montana Highway Patrol said. Clayton's female passenger, who was not identified, was able to crawl out of the SUV and call 9-1-1, authorities said. The area near Hungry Horse, Montana, is very scenic, ru…
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