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Fiery Tractor-Trailer Crash Hospitalizes Driver, Closes Rt. 80 Near Warren County State Forest Fiery Tractor-Trailer Crash Hospitalizes Driver, Closes Rt. 80 Near Warren County State Forest
Fiery Tractor-Trailer Crash Hospitalizes Driver, Closes Rt. 80 Near Warren County State Forest A fiery tractor-trailer crash shut down Route 80 westbound near the parking area of a state forest in Warren County Thursday morning, authorities said. The tractor-trailer ran off the right side of the highway and across the ramp to Dunnfield Creek in Hardwick Township before hitting several trees and catching fire, NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan told Daily Voice. The driver was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Marchan said. The Knowlton Township Fire and Rescue Company asked motorists to avoid the area over the next several hours as they operated at the scene. …

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by Valerie Musson
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Police: Driver Charged After Truck Hits Hackettstown Overpass, Overturns Police: Driver Charged After Truck Hits Hackettstown Overpass, Overturns
Police: Driver Charged After Truck Hits Hackettstown Overpass, Overturns The driver of a box truck was charged Wednesday after his vehicle struck a Hackettstown underpass, overturned and started leaking diesel fluid, authorities said. Steven Zemanek, 31, was heading south on Grand Avenue in the 2012 truck when he hit the underpass and overturned just before 2:15 p.m., Hackettstown police said. Zemanek, of Succasunna, was able to get out of the truck, which was two feet and one inch taller than the height of the underpass, police said. He suffered a minor hand injury and was treated at the scene before being charged with careless driving and delaying traffi…

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by Valerie Musson