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NJ Trucker Killed In PA I-78 Overturn Crash: Coroner
A New Jersey truck driver was killed when his tractor-trailer veered off the road and overturned on Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania, officials announced on Thursday, March 6. Timothy O. Atanda, 48, of Newark, was behind the wheel when the crash happened at mile marker 60.7 in Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, at approximately 2:01 p.m. on Wednesday, March 5, the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office said. Atanda was pronounced dead at 2:47 p.m. in the emergency department at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest. An autopsy determined his cause of death was blunt force injuries due to a motor veh…
Police & Fire
4 Children Stranded On NY Highway After NJ Family’s Motorhome Struck By Tractor-Trailer
A New Jersey family of nine was heading to Niagara Falls over the weekend when their motorhome was struck by a tractor-trailer at full speed, leaving two injured and stranding four children on a New York highway, authorities said. Deputies from the Wyoming County Sheriff’s Office responded to the crash on State Route 20A at State Route 238 in the Town of Orangeville around 9:35 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 17 and found that a full sized tractor trailer had collided with a full sized motorhome occupied by a New Jersey family comprising four adults and five children on their way to Niagara Falls. It …
Police & Fire
Tractor-Trailer Crash Closes Route 1 In Central Jersey
An overturned tractor-trailer closed all lanes on Route 1 in Edison, authorities said. The crash occurred at about 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 16 southbound south of Interstate 287, according to the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
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Banana Load Shifts, Tractor-Trailer Tips Exiting Route 80
A tractor-trailer driver was hospitalized after his rig tipped coming off Route 80 with a load of bananas, responders said. The driver climbed out of his cab after the rig landed on its side at the Green Street exit off the westbound highway in Hackensack shortly before 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered serious. Hackensack firefighters cleaned up a minor fuel spill. New Jersey State Police responded and are investigating the cause.
Police & Fire
Tractor-Trailer Crash With Injuries Reported On Route 1 Central Jersey
A crash involving a tractor-trailer and other vehicles resulted in multiple injuries, according to developing and unconfirmed reports. The crash occurred at about 10:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 29 in the 4100. block of Route 1 in South Brunswick, initial reports said. No other details were immediately available. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES
Obituaries
Driver Killed In Horrific Turnpike Crash Was 'Determined To Succeed'
The death of a 41-year-old Bayonne woman who was ejected then run over by a tractor trailer last weekend on the New Jersey Turnpike has left those who knew her reeling. Olga Armijo was heading north in a Toyota Corolla when she was struck by a Honda Accord around 4:15 a.m. Sunday, April 24 near milepost 105.9 in Newark, New Jersey State Police Trooper Charles Marchan said. The impact caused the Toyota to cross the roadway and strike the right guardrail. As a result of the crash, Armijo was ejected then struck by a tractor trailer, Marchan said. Those who knew Armijo said she was full of li…
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Turnpike Authority Worker Seriously Hurt When Tractor-Trailer Leaves Road In Edison:
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UPDATED: A Turnpike Authority worker from Monmouth County was seriously hurt when he was struck by a tractor-trailer that veered into the median on the New Jersey Turnpike in Central Jersey, authorities said. The crash occurred shortly before 9 a.m. on Wednesday, April 13 in the southbound lanes at milepost 87.9 in Edison, State Police said. A tractor trailer hauling a shipping container was traveling southbound. William Martisch, 55, of Union Beach, a NJ Turnpike worker, was conducting operations in the median between the outer and inner roadway at that location, police said. The t…
Police & Fire
Tractor-Trailer Crash Reported In Central Jersey
A collision between a car and tractor-trailer occurred in Central Jersey, authorities said. The crash happened before 12:30 p.m. Tuesday on Old Country Road in Middletown, according to initial reports. The drivers suffered minor injuries, according to Middletown police.
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Tractor-Trailer Flips, Leaks Fluid On Route 206 South Jersey
Police, firefighters and EMS crews were called on a report of a tractor-trailer rolling over in Burlington County, authorities said. The truck overturned about 11:30 a.m. Friday on the 1000 block of Route 206 in Bordentown, according to initial reports. The trailer reportedly was carrying a non-hazardous load, but fuel was leaking from the truck's engine. It was unclear whether the driver was hurt. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES
Police & Fire
Tractor-Trailer Flips On Route 522 In Central Jersey
Police, firefighters and EMS crews were called on a report of a tractor-trailer overturning in Middlesex County, authorities. The crash was reported about 3:10 p.m. Thursday along Route 522 near Stouts Lane in South Brunswick Township, initial reports said. It was not immediately known if the truck's driver was trapped or injured. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES
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Trucker Gets 4 Years In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Woman, 21, Near GWB
A Florida trucker was sentenced to a plea-bargained four years in state prison for fleeing a tractor-trailer crash that killed a 21-year-old Teaneck native on Route 95 in Fort Lee last year. Joel Lasanta, 39, was captured by New Jersey State Police two days after the June 4, 2020 crash, authorities said at the time. Jada Smith had been headed back to Teaneck from Brooklyn with fellow family members in two vehicles when she was involved in another accident in the southbound express lanes of Route 95 shortly before 10:30 p.m. Smith's mom and dad were in a car behind hers coming off the Georg…
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NJ Truck Driver Charged In Chain-Reaction Long Island Crash
A truck driver from New Jersey is facing several charges after a chain-reaction Long Island crash caused multiple injuries. The incident unfolded just after 10 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 14 in Bellmore. David Gonzalez, 38, of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, was driving a tractor-trailer on Sunrise Highway (Route 27) when he struck a vehicle that was stopped in a left-hand turning lane at the intersection of Bellmore Avenue, Nassau County Police said. That in turn, caused that vehicle one to strike another vehicle also in the turning lane, according to police. The driver of the first vehicl…
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