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Overturned Car Jams Toms River Toll Plaza Overturned Car Jams Toms River Toll Plaza
Overturned Car Jams Toms River Toll Plaza An overturned vehicle jammed traffic on the Garden State Parkway at the Toms River toll plaza Saturday, Sept. 2. It happened on the northbound side, just north of the toll plaza around 4:30 p.m., the state DOT website says. Delays were being reported.

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by Cecilia Levine
News
HEROES: Hackensack Police Talk Down Teen Threatening To Jump From High-Rise Parking Deck HEROES: Hackensack Police Talk Down Teen Threatening To Jump From High-Rise Parking Deck
Heroes: Hackensack Police Talk Down Teen Threatening To Jump From High-Rise Parking Deck A troubled teen was perched on the ledge of a Hackensack high-rise parking deck when a group of city officers arrived and began talking with him. Sgt. Kley Peralta, Detective Chris Lara Nunez and Officers Frank Caneja and Matthew Debonis responded to the Excelsior II Apartments on Prospect Avenue around 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9. Law enforcement officials call it "de-escalation," "crisis intervention" and other terms, but what the men in blue basically did was connect with the boy enough to get him off the ledge and keep him from hurting himself. He was then taken to a local hospital for an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Wires Smoking, Poles Downed In Toms River School Bus Crash Wires Smoking, Poles Downed In Toms River School Bus Crash
Wires Smoking, Poles Downed In Toms River School Bus Crash A school bus crash backed up Route 37 in Toms River, downing poles and spilling fuel across the roadway Friday, June 10, as first reported by The Lakewood Scoop. The crash that apparently involved another overturned car happened around 1:35 p.m. at Romana Lane. The State DOT was investigating.

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by Cecilia Levine