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Tractor Trailer Flips Blocking NJ Turnpike In Woodbridge (DEVELOPING) Tractor Trailer Flips Blocking NJ Turnpike In Woodbridge (DEVELOPING)
Tractor Trailer Flips Blocking NJ Turnpike In Woodbridge (Developing) A tractor-trailer has overturned initially closing all lanes of the New Jersey Turnpike near its interchange with the Garden State Parkway, authorities said. The crash occurred shortly after 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 7 on the outer roadway northbound near the exit ramp to Interchange 11, according to 511nj.org. Two of three lanes had reopened as of 2:30 p.m., according to the New Jersey Department of Transportation. The shoulder and one left lane remained blocked. Check back for updates.

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Two Englewood Pedestrians Struck In Back-To-Back Crashes Two Englewood Pedestrians Struck In Back-To-Back Crashes
Two Englewood Pedestrians Struck In Back-To-Back Crashes Two Englewood pedestrians were struck Friday by vehicles only three blocks and barely 45 minutes apart, authorities said. A 45-year-old woman was struck at 9:45 a.m. at the intersection of East Palisade Avenue and South Dean Street by a 1999 Buick Century driven by a 77-year-old man, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. The sedan driver was turning right onto South Dean from East Palisade when he hit her in the crosswalk on Dean Street, he said. The woman wasn’t seriously injured, the deputy chief said. Nor was a 24-year-old pedestrian who was struck around 10:30 a.m. by a 2007 GMC …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Truck Crashes Into West Orange Restaurant, Driver Hurt Truck Crashes Into West Orange Restaurant, Driver Hurt
Truck Crashes Into West Orange Restaurant, Driver Hurt A landscaping truck plowed through the front of a restaurant in West Orange Tuesday afternoon, a spokesman for the township confirmed.  The truck left the roadway and struck Huguito's Restaurant & Bar on White Street around 4:40 p.m. The building inspector and West Orange first responders were at the scene Tuesday afternoon.  The driver suffered a leg injury. There were no other reports of injuries.  The incident was still under investigation Wednesday. 

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Carlstadt Ambulance Patient Picked Up By Hasbrouck Heights EMTs After Crash Carlstadt Ambulance Patient Picked Up By Hasbrouck Heights EMTs After Crash
Carlstadt Ambulance Patient Picked Up By Hasbrouck Heights EMTs After Crash A Carlstadt ambulance transporting a patient struck the mirror of a pickup truck Wednesday afternoon in Hasbrouck Heights, requiring another rig. The 41-year-old Maywood driver of a Ford F-250 was headed north on Terrace Avenue near Kipp Avenue when the ambulance came up behind shortly before 4:30 p.m., Detective Lt. Michael Colaneri Jr. said. The Ford, which has large mirrors, “didn’t pull over completely,” Colaneri said. The patient, who was being transported to the hospital for a shoulder injury, was OK, as was the 20-year-old ambulance driver, the lieutenant said. A 23-year-old EMT in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
WATCH: Screaming Match Erupts At Vigil For Ridgewood's Devra Freelander Killed By Cement Truck WATCH: Screaming Match Erupts At Vigil For Ridgewood's Devra Freelander Killed By Cement Truck
Watch: Screaming Match Erupts At Vigil For Ridgewood's Devra Freelander Killed By Cement Truck A screaming match between upset bicyclists and passing truck drivers broke out at the vigil for an up-and-coming artist from Ridgewood, who was fatally struck by a cement truck while crossing a Brooklyn intersection on her bike. Mourners turned out Wednesday to the intersection where Devra Freelander, 28, was killed Monday by a United Transit Mix truck. The chaos ensued after a protestor began yelling at a pair of passing trucks with UTM logos that the incident was the driver's fault, Gothamist reports. The driver had the light, according to police. The protestor reportedly shouted to th…

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by Cecilia Levine