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Whitehouse Rescue Squad
Police & Fire
Pair Taken To Trauma Center After Car Plunges Into Hunterdon County Pond (
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Two people were rescued and taken to a trauma center with serious injuries after their car veered off a Hunterdon County roadway and plunged into a pond early Monday morning, authorities said. The Whitehouse Rescue Squad responded with local police to the crash off Higginsville Road in Readington and found the trapped victims around 7:30 a.m., the squad said. The crash occurred near the intersection with Niki's Way, initial reports said. WRS used water rescue techniques to safely extricate the pair before transporting them to a local trauma center for treatment of serious injuries. The T…
Police & Fire
Truck Slams Into Warren County Home (
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Numerous emergency crews rushed to the scene of a truck that slammed into a home in Warren County. The Oxford Emergency Squad responded to the crash at a home in Oxford shortly after 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 1, the department said. The vehicle was unoccupied at the time of the crash, according to South Branch Emergency Services, Inc., which also responded. Crews worked to stabilize the home and remove the truck without causing additional damage. No injuries were reported. Other assisting agencies include the Washington Township Police Department, Oxford Volunteer Fire Department, Wa…
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Victim Rescued From Crumpled Car, Taken To Trauma Center After Route 78 Crash (
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One person had to be extricated from a crumpled car and taken to a nearby trauma center following a crash on Route 78 in Hunterdon County, authorities said. The crash occurred near the intersection of Route 78 and Route 523 in Tewksbury on the morning of Tuesday, April 12, according to the Whitehouse Rescue Squad. Photos show the nearly unrecognizable vehicle after it had struck a telephone pole near an underpass. The victim was safely removed from the car and taken to the local trauma center for treatment, the rescue squad said. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear. Assisti…
Police & Fire
Driver Taken To Trauma Center In Hunterdon County Rollover Crash: Police
A driver was taken to a nearby trauma center following a rollover crash in Hunterdon County, authorities said. The vehicle crashed into a telephone pole and overturned on Route 523 near Edgewood Road in Readington around 6:15 p.m. Friday, township police said in a release. The driver was taken to a trauma center by the Whitehouse Rescue Squad for treatment of unspecified injuries, police said. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear.
Police & Fire
Car Slams Into Hunterdon County Home (Photos)
A car barreled into a Hunterdon County home over the weekend, authorities said. The crash occurred outside a home in Alexandria Township shortly before 3:50 p.m. Saturday, according to the Hunterdon County Technical Rescue Task Force. The crash destroyed a column between the home’s garage doors, which then had to be stabilized before the vehicle could be safely pushed back into the driveway, the task force said. The second-floor joists that had lost their support from the column were restored and stabilized using a three-post vertical shore. “The shore was built in place in order to work…
Police & Fire
Man Killed In Fire At Hunterdon County Housing Complex For Disabled Residents
A man was killed in a fire at a housing complex for disabled residents Sunday morning in Hunterdon County, authorities said. Firefighters and rescue crews found the man dead in one of the units at Meadows at Oldwick on Fisher Road in Tewskbury Township around 6:30 a.m., Whitehouse Rescue Squad Chief Jeff Herzog said. The blaze was confined to the one unit, and the victim's identity was pending investigation by the medical examiner's officer, police said. Further details were not released and no other injuries were reported. The cause was under investigation Sunday afternoon. Mea…
Police & Fire
Family Narrowly Escapes Readington Township House Fire
A fire destroyed a home and nearly trapped the occupants early Monday morning, authorities said. Members of the Readington Police Department, Readington Volunteer Fire Company and the Whitehouse Rescue Squad responded to the Readington Road home after a resident called 911 around 12:20 a.m. Monday, township police said. The residents “narrowly escaped the blaze" after waking up to smoke alarms, police said. The cause of the fire is currently being investigated by Readington Township Police and the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office. "In light of this tragic loss, the Readington Police w…
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