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Police & Fire
Crash With Injuries Closes Route 1 In Edison (
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There was a crash with injuries that closed Route 1 in Edison, authorities said. The crash occurred at about 1:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13 at Parsonage Road, according to the New Jersey Department of Transportation. All lanes of the northbound route remained closed at 3:30 p.m. One left lane of three lanes was closed southbound, 511nj.org reported.
Traffic
Routes 1 & 27 In South Brunswick Closed Due To Utility Pole Fires Causing Outages (
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Route 1 and Route 27 North in South Brunswick were closed due to utility pole fires that caused power outages, authorities said. The fires occurred at about on Monday afternoon, Sept. 18. The fires caused "significant traffic issues," police said. Route 27 was closed between Kingston Terrace Drive and Raymond Road, police said. A pole fire on Route 27 is preventing vehicles from heading southbound. Route 1 north near Whispering Woods Drive also was closed. A fire on the utility pole has brought wires onto Route 1 northbound. Southbound lanes may also need to be closed soon, police sai…
Police & Fire
Tractor-Trailer Flips, Concrete Slab Closes I-195 Ramp
A tractor-trailer overturned and dumped a large concrete slab onto Interstate 195 during the morning rush hour, authorities said. The crash occurred at 8:14 a.m. Tuesda-Feb. 14 on I-195 eastbound exit 28B to Roiute 9 in Howell Township, according to Sgt. Philip Curry, a New Jersey State Police spokesman. The driver was not injured., Curry said. The exit ramp remained closed at noon and would remain closed until the concrete slab can be lifted back onto the trailer, Curry said. There are no additional details available at this time. Respectfully, Sgt. Philip Curry #7105
Police & Fire
Crash Causes Serious Injuries, Detours In Morris County:
Developing
A crash with serious injuries was causing several detours in Morris County on Saturday evening, authorities said. The crash occurred on Route 24 between Cliffwood Road and Fox Chase Road in Chester, police said on Facebook. Initial and unconfirmed reports requested Atlantic Air 3 medical helicopter to the scene around 6:15 p.m. Motorists were asked to plan alternate routes using Colby Farm Road to Route 206 to Fox Chase Road and/or North Road to South Road to Old Mill Road as police investigated the crash. **** Route 24 will be CLOSED between Cliffwood Road and Fox Chase Road until F…
Police & Fire
Serious Crash With Up To Six Patients Shuts Route 78
A serious crash involving about six victims closed Route 78 overnight. The crash involved an overturned car and spanned both sides of the roadway in Berkeley Heights around 12:40 a.m., developing reports say. At least one person was seriously injured. This is a developing story. Check back for more.
News
DC Area Climate Protestors Actually Caused More Pollution, Twitter Users Fume
A July Fourth climate protest that halted traffic on the Capital Beltway has some activists upset, saying the backup caused even more pollution. Protestors kneeling on the road brought traffic to a complete standstill at Route 29 around 12:30 p.m. in Silver Spring, leading to the arrest of 14 people. Some activists say that the action of stopping traffic actually contributed to making the climate worse. Don't do this. Never protest anything in DC by sitting in the Interstate Capital Beltway or any road. All these climate protesters did was make the climate worse by backing up traffic 1…
Police & Fire
Fireworks Light Up Highway When Tractor Trailer Overturns On I-287
A tractor trailer carrying fireworks overturned causing some to set off across the roadway on Interstate 287 late Sunday, June 26. Parts of the highway were closed near Exit 14 and Route 22 in Bridgewater as of Monday morning. No injuries were reported.
Police & Fire
2-Car Crash Shuts Down Route 22, Damages Bridge
UPDATE: A driver from Pennsylvania was more than three times the legal BAC limit when she crashed into a flatbed tow truck and caused serious damage to a bridge in Warren County, authorities said. ---------------------------------- A two-car crash brought traffic to a halt on Route 22 and damaged a bridge in the Phillipsburg area Thursday afternoon, authorities said. The Lopatcong Township Fire Company responded to the crash in the westbound lanes on the bridge passing over Route 57 around 1:30 p.m., the department said. Emergency crews prevented an electrical fire by removing the batter…
Police & Fire
Trooper's Vehicle Struck Along Garden State Parkway: Developing
A New Jersey State Police vehicle was struck by a passing car along the Garden State Parkway in Middlesex County, according to developing and unconfirmed reports. The crash occurred at about 1:15 p.m. Friday near milepost 123.1 of the northbound lanes in Sayreville, initial reports said. The state trooper was reporting his car was hit while on the side of the highway while assisting a disabled vehicle, according to an unconfirmed report. It was unclear if anyone was hurt. One lane of the northbound parkway had been shut down. State Police were not immediately available for co…
News
Flatbed Mounts Divider, Concrete Goes Flying In Collision With Garbage Truck In Fair Lawn
The cab of a flatbed tower mounted a concrete divider after colliding with a garbage truck Thursday morning in Fair Lawn. The driver for City-Wide Towing of Hawthorne said he was headed west on Broadway just past the Route 4/208 split when a car cut him off, pushing his rig into the back of garbage truck owned by Interstate Waste Services of Teaneck shortly after 10:15 a.m. The tow truck got hooked onto the garbage truck’s rear push bar and was turned sideways before it slammed into the median, sending concrete flying, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. A chuck of it struck a 2006 Nissan headed eas…
News
Heroes
: Paramus Officers Rescue Driver In Fiery Crash On Route 17 Pedestrian Bridge
PHOTOS/VIDEO: Two Paramus police officers rescued a trapped driver whose out-of-control SUV climbed the steps of a Route 17 pedestrian bridge and caught fire. The 42-year-old motorist from Harriman, NY, told police his 2016 Range Rover hit something on the northbound highway shortly before 10 p.m. Thursday, Deputy Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. He lost control of the vehicle, which crashed onto the stairway of a highway pedestrian bridge just south of Linwood Avenue and burst into flames, Guidetti said. Officers Thomas Holden and Nicholas Perna arrived instantly, opened the rear hatch…
News
Update
: No Injuries In Gas Explosion, Fire In Englewood
VIDEO: An explosion leveled an industrial building Wednesday morning in Englewood. "Thank God there's no fatalities, no injuries," Mayor Michael Wildes said. "Looks like a gas explosion." "The rear of the building was blown out and pretty much collapsed," Fire Chief Erik Enerson said. "No one was in the structure at the time." The explosion occurred in the mostly vacant low-slung building on Bancker Street just after 8:30 a.m. A subsequent fire quickly went to three and then four alarms as authorities evacuated surrounding properties. "I heard the explosion, witnessed the ball of fire,…
News
'Dangerous, Reckless' Trump Caravan Clogs Garden State Parkway, Cuomo Bridge
A caravan of cars sporting Trump 2020 and Israeli flags jammed up parts of North Jersey and Westchester County Sunday. Footage of the parade reportedly lead by a Jewish group in support of President Donald Trump shows drivers getting out of their cars and halting traffic on the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge and Garden State Parkway. The parade stopped briefly at rally in the West Nyack Palisades Center, but continued on toward another in Union County, reports say. The caravan backed the northbound side of the Garden State Parkway up nearly five miles, police said. JEWS FOR @realDonaldTru…
Traffic
Middletown Route 35 Closed, Pole Fire, Wires Down
Route 35 in Monmouth County was closed in both directions at rush-hour due to power lines down, authorities said. All lanes were closed between Harmony Road and New Monmouth Road in Middletown starting at about 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday because of electric poles on fire, reports said. Northbound lanes were reopened about 4:15 p.m. but southbound lanes remained closed. It was not immediately known what caused the emergency. This is a developing news story. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES
Police & Fire
Massive Route 1&9 Tanker Fire Severely Burns Trucker, Guts Home
A trucker was badly burned when his tanker burst into flames after it was struck by another vehicle Friday night at a gas station off Route 1&9 in Elizabeth, responders said. Massive flames from the fully-involved truck fire at the BP station near Bayway Circle spread to and gutted a nearby two-family home on South Elmora Avenue around 8:30 p.m. Nine people -- three of them children -- reportedly were displaced. The trucker was taken to Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston. Two other vehicles, as well as traffic lights and wires, were destroyed or damaged in the three-alarm b…
News
Bridges Along I-78 In Bedminster, Bridgewater To Be Replaced
The state Department of Transportation has begun work on replacing four bridges on I-78 in Bridgewater and Bedminster, a project that will take place in stages over the next three years in order to minimize traffic disruption, the agency said in a statement. The bridges, which DOT said are in poor condition, carry traffic eastbound and westbound over Rt. 202/206 and over Washington Valley Road. Beginning Monday and continuing weekdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., the right lane ad shoulder westbound near the bridges will be closed for milling and other work. When the work is completed…
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