19-Car Pileup Closes Parkway For Hours 19-Car Pileup Closes Parkway For Hours
19-Car Pileup Closes Parkway For Hours Drivers sat on the Garden State Parkway for hours due to a 19-car crash that closed the northbound of the highway. While no injuries were reported, at least 19 cars were involved in the Bass River northbound crash around 5:30 p.m., authorities said. The Parkway reopened around 8:30 p.m., and the cause remains under investigation. Have photos? Email clevine@dailyvoice.com.
UPDATE: Wires Downed In Crash That Split Pole Closes Route 9W Nearly All Day UPDATE: Wires Downed In Crash That Split Pole Closes Route 9W Nearly All Day
Update: Wires Downed In Crash That Split Pole Closes Route 9W Nearly All Day UPDATE: Route 9W remained closed in Englewood Cliffs for nearly 14 hours Sunday after a vehicle slammed into and split a utility pole. Wires were strung across Sylvan Avenue north of Charlotte Place after the pole topped onto the road in the mid-morning crash on the road's southbound side. The driver, a 20-year old Cliffside Park man, complained of pain, but he and his apparently uninjured 19-year-old male passenger from Cresskill both declined medical attention at the scene, borough police Detective Lt. Ronald Waldt said. Route 9W (Sylvan Avenue) was closed between Charlotte Place and…
Trash-Toting Tractor-Trailer Tips On Route 46 Ramp Trash-Toting Tractor-Trailer Tips On Route 46 Ramp
Trash-Toting Tractor-Trailer Tips On Route 46 Ramp A trash-hauling tractor-trailer tipped Friday on the Route 46 ramp to the New Jersey Turnpike and Route 80 in Ridgefield Park. The driver escaped serious injury, responders said. Heavy wreckers were needed to right the rig, which dumped its load on the side of the roadway. LandfillJerry DeMarco The westbound ramp from Route 46 was closed while workers offloaded the trash into a roll-off dumpster and heavy-duty wreckers righted and removed the rig. Westbound traffic was backed up for miles. Westbound Route 46 traffic stretched for miles as heavy-duty wreckers righted the rig on the…
Major NJ Highway Closing This Weekend For Repairs Major NJ Highway Closing This Weekend For Repairs
Major NJ Highway Closing This Weekend For Repairs Route 202 will be closed in both directions this weekend for drainage pipe replacement in Hunterdon County. Both southbound lanes and one right northbound lane will be closed approximately one mile north of ramp Route 29, from 7 p.m. Friday to 7 p.m. Sunday, New Jersey's transportation department said. Southbound traffic will get by in the southbound shoulder, while one right lane will be open for northbound traffic. Oversize loads wider than 8 feet and 6 inches will be prohibited from traveling on this section of the highway completely. If work is completed early, the road will reopen so…
PHOTOS: MINI Ends Up On Top Of Parked Car In Crash With Pickup, Sedan In Westwood Crash PHOTOS: MINI Ends Up On Top Of Parked Car In Crash With Pickup, Sedan In Westwood Crash
Photos: Mini Ends Up On Top Of Parked Car In Crash With Pickup, Sedan In Westwood Crash No serious injuries were immediately reported in a three-vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon in Westwood. Firefighters had to extricate the driver of a sedan involved in the crash with a pickup truck and a MINI Cooper that plowed through a fence and a row of hedges and landed on a parked car on Old Hook Road near Emerson Road around 1:45 p.m. Borough police temporarily closed the road for an investigation and clearing of the wreckage. The MINI ended up on top of a parked car.Aidan Flannery for DAILY VOICE
Route 17 Reopens Shortly Before Dawn Route 17 Reopens Shortly Before Dawn
Route 17 Reopens Shortly Before Dawn Route 17 in Saddle River finally reopened around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, more than 14 hours after utility lines fell across the roadway, closing it. A utility pole "just snapped on its own," a responder told Daily Voice -- beginning a rush-hour nightmare that became an hours-long annoyance. Traffic choked roads in several towns while crews from Orange & Rockland and Verizon made repairs. The pole "just snapped on its own," a responder said.Contributed photo Contributed photo (above) Police say it'll be awhile before things get moving again.COURTESY: Allendale PD PHOTO (above): Court…
Lyndhurst Building In Danger Of Collapse After Pickup Slams Into Storefront Lyndhurst Building In Danger Of Collapse After Pickup Slams Into Storefront
Lyndhurst Building In Danger Of Collapse After Pickup Slams Into Storefront A Lyndhurst building was deemed in danger of collapse after a pickup truck slammed into a storefront Saturday night. "We're concerned about a possible collapse," Police Chief James O'Connor told Daily Voice.  "The building was evacuated of all tenants, all utilities have been cut and the road has been closed until a structural engineer can inspect it," the chief said. The 43-year-old Lyndhurst driver told police he looked down at a piece of paper for a moment as he headed south on Stuyvesant Avenue around 9:40 p.m., O'Connor said. The pickup crossed over, mounted the c…
Falling Tree Hits Car, Blocks River Road In Elmwood Park Falling Tree Hits Car, Blocks River Road In Elmwood Park
Falling Tree Hits Car, Blocks River Road In Elmwood Park ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- The driver was OK after a falling tree struck a vehicle in Elmwood Park during Thursday night's rainstorm, authorities said. Borough firefighters and EMS workers cut up the tree and cleared River Road at Martha Avenue after the tree fell just before 9:30 p.m. Police Chief Michael Foligno said. River Road traffic in both directions was temporarily diverted, the chief said. The driver escaped without injury, but the vehicle had to be towed, he said.
Not Over Yet: Treacherous Travel With Downed Trees, Slick Roads In Area Not Over Yet: Treacherous Travel With Downed Trees, Slick Roads In Area
Not Over Yet: Treacherous Travel With Downed Trees, Slick Roads In Area It's not over yet. The Nor'easter tearing through the area has left thousands without power, hundreds of downed trees and power lines and numerous road closures, resulting in treacherous travel that will continue through Saturday morning. In the Hudson Valley, an 11-year-old boy was killed Friday afternoon when a tree crashed through a home amid the storm in Putnam County. One town in the area, Greenburgh, had 13 downed tree incidents as of late Friday afternoon. A total of 70,000 were left without power early Friday afternoon in Dutchess County, making it what a Central Hudson spokesman …
Two Sections Of 9W Closed Due To Downed Trees, Poles Two Sections Of 9W Closed Due To Downed Trees, Poles
Two Sections Of 9W Closed Due To Downed Trees, Poles As the severe weather continues to intensify, downed trees and utility poles have closed two sections of Route 9W Friday in Rockland County. Stony Point Police Department advised that Route 9W from Main Street to Hastings Lane continues to be closed due to multiple utility poles down. Route 9W southbound is also closed in Orangetown due to a downed tree, police said. Both northbound and southbound lanes were closed early Friday as the tree blocked both lanes of travel south of I-87 in Orangetown, Orangetown Police said. Police did not have a time estimate of when the roads will reopen.  …
UPDATE: Northbound Rt. 17 Remains Closed After Crash In Upper Saddle River UPDATE: Northbound Rt. 17 Remains Closed After Crash In Upper Saddle River
Update: Northbound Rt. 17 Remains Closed After Crash In Upper Saddle River UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A box truck slammed into a utility pole on northbound Route 17 in Upper Saddle River early Saturday night, igniting a chain reaction that kept the highway closed for hours. The pole snapped in half, downing wires across the highway -- which fell onto a tour bus and Jeep in the southbound lanes. No serious injuries were immediately reported in the crash near Lake Street, which also involved a tractor-trailer jack-knifing. Traffic remained detoured at Allendale Avenue past 10:30 p.m., more than 5½ hours after the incident.
Stretch Of Bergen Boulevard Closed All Day Tuesday After Hit-Run DWI Crash Stretch Of Bergen Boulevard Closed All Day Tuesday After Hit-Run DWI Crash
Stretch Of Bergen Boulevard Closed All Day Tuesday After Hit-Run DWI Crash FAIRVIEW, N.J. -- A stretch of Bergen Boulevard in Fairview and Ridgefield was expected to be closed all day Tuesday after a hit-and-run drunk driver downed a utility pole overnight, police said. Both directions were closed from Walker Street to Park Avenue after the white Ford Escape crashed near Jersey Avenue around 5 a.m. The southbound lanes were closed from Edgewater Avenue in Ridgefield to Park Avenue. The 45-year-old driver from North Bergen "tried to get away, but we caught him," Police Chief Martin Kahn said. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS