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Police & Fire
Long Island Man, 23, Dies When Car Crashes Into 18-Wheeler On NJ Turnpike: Troopers
A Long Island man was killed when his car crashed into the back of a tractor-trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike, authorities said. Donald Butler of Wheatley Heights, died in the crash in Westampton Township on Tuesday, Oct. 15, a New Jersey State Police spokesperson said. Troopers responded to the northbound side of the turnpike near milepost 43.9 at around 9:56 p.m. The crash happened just south of Exit 5, which is the interchange for Burlington-Mount Holly Road. Investigators said Butler was driving a Mercedes-Benz E400 when his car struck the back of a Fre…
Police & Fire
Road Worker Struck During I-295 Crash:
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A road worker was struck along Interstate 295 in Mercer County, authorities said. Troopers responded to the crash at about 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 28 on I-295 north milepost 76.4 in Ewing Township. Based on a preliminary investigation, a collision occurred between a Hyundai and a Freightliner box truck subsequently causing the Hyundai to strike a pedestrian road worker, according to New Jersey State Police. The driver of the Hyundai and the pedestrian sustained minor injuries and were transported to an area hospital, State Police said. The crash remains under investigation, and there i…
Police & Fire
Orange Man Seriously Injured After Truck Crashes Into Car On Route 78:
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A 27-year-old Orange man was seriously injured after a vehicle was struck by a tractor-trailer on Route 78 on the morning of Friday, April 5, authorities said. At 5:13 a.m. on Route 78 west in Newark, a Chevrolet passenger vehicle was stopped in the right lane due to a previous crash when it was truck by a Freightliner truck, Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said. The passenger of the Chevrolet was taken to an area hospital with serious injuries, Lebron said. The crash remains under investigation, Lebron said.
Police & Fire
Diesel Tank Dislodges, Hits Car In Messy Crash That Closed Route 80 For Hours: Police
A Freightliner driver was hospitalized after being rear-ended by an SUV in a crash that closed a portion of Route 80 closed for several hours on Tuesday morning, Dec. 26, state police said. The crash occurred on the westbound side near milepost 22.4 in Allamuchy just before 8 a.m., New Jersey State Police Trooper Troy McNair told Daily Voice. A Chevy SUV lost control and rear-ended the tractor-trailer, causing its tank, which was carrying diesel fuel, to come loose and hit a Subaru passenger vehicle, McNair said. The Freightliner driver was taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries. T…
Police & Fire
Crash With Freightliner Kills Pennsylvania Driver On Route 78 In New Jersey: Police
A Honda driver from Pennsylvania was killed after hitting a Freightliner that was parked on the shoulder of Route 78 early on Tuesday, Nov. 7, police confirmed. Alejandro Reyes-Moya, 52, was driving a Honda CRV on the eastbound side near milepost 4.2 in Greenwich Township when he struck the back of a Freightliner pulling a utility trailer that was parked on the right shoulder around 4:15 a.m., Sgt. Charles Marchan told Daily Voice. Reyes-Moya, of Lebanon, PA, was killed in the crash, Marchan said. The crash remains under investigation and there was no further information as of press time.
Police & Fire
Sedan Pinballs In Route 80 Crash With Tractor-Trailer:
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A driver was seriously injured when his sedan collided with a tractor-trailer on Route 80 in Saddle Brook, hit a guard rail off the shoulder and then bounded back into the center divider, New Jersey State Police said. The Mazda driven by Carlos Encarnacion, 33, of Elmwood Park, and the Freightliner tractor semi-trailer were both headed west when the impact sent the Mazda off the road to the right and into the guardrail at milepost 62.2 shortly after 8 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, NJSP Detective I Jeffrey Lebron said. The sedan then slammed into the highway's concrete divider, he said. Encarnaci…
Police & Fire
Update
: Police Officer Stable, Witnesses Sought After Tractor-Trailer Rams Cruiser
A police officer whose cruiser was t-boned by a tractor-trailer just north of the New Jersey state line was in stable condition, her department said, as authorities sought witnesses to the horrific crash. Warwick Police Officer Jordan Tetreault was headed southwest on Route 94 when her 2019 Ford Explorer was rammed by the rig coming northwest off Warwick Turnpike at 9:47 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, New York State Police said. The 2011 Freightliner was driven by Mouhamadou Diallo, 50, of Brooklyn, they said Wednesday. The rig then struck a telephone pole and landed on its side after continuing …
Police & Fire
Fuel Truck Kills Scooter Rider In Hudson County Hit-Run Crash: Prosecutor
A scooter rider was struck and killed by a fuel truck on Route 495 in Hudson County Saturday, April 8, authorities said. The Transporo motor-scooter rider was trying to merge onto the westbound ramp for Route 495, as he came from the JFK Boulevard and 32nd Street intersection, when he was struck around 3:45 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The motor-scooter collided with the rear passenger side tires of the Freightliner fuel truck, police said. The truck fled the scene but was found nearby, along with the driver, according to Suarez. The scooter's identity has not be…
Police & Fire
Crash Closes Portion Of NJ Turnpike In Elizabeth
Twenty-five people were hospitalized in a crash involving a New Jersey Transit bus on the New Jersey Turnpike early Tuesday, Feb. 14, authorities said. A No. 139 line bus fro Lakewood was heading to Port Authority with 29 customers on board when it was involved in a collision with a Mack and a Freightliner around 7:30 a.m. near Interchange 13 in Elizabeth, NJT officials said. The 25 occupants transported to area hospitals suffered non life-threatening injuries while four refused medical attention. No further details were available.
Police & Fire
Box Truck Driver Suffers Medical Emergency, Crashes Into Rt. 280 Guardrail: State Police
A Freightliner box truck driver suffered a medical emergency before veering off of Rt. 280, across the center median, and slamming into the guardrail, state police said. The crash occurred in the eastbound lanes near milepost 0.5 in Parsippany just before 6:05 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 25, Sgt. Alejandro Goez told DailyVoice.com. The driver was heading east on Rt. 80 Locals exit 47A onto Rt. 280 east before suffering a medical emergency, Goez said. The truck veered off the left side of the ramp and across the curbed median before crossing all Rt. 280 eastbound lanes, entering the median, hitti…
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Toddlers Among 7 Hurt In Serious Chain-Reaction Crash On Route 78: State Police (
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Two toddlers were among the seven victims hurt in a serious chain-reaction crash on Route 78, state police confirmed. The crash occurred in the eastbound lanes near milepost 7.2 in Bloomsbury around 4:25 p.m. on Monday, July 25, NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan told DailyVoice.com. A 2007 Freightliner pulling a utility trailer was heading east in the center lane in front of a Toyota Camry, which was in front of a Mazda CX-5, Marchan said. Meanwhile, a Kia Sorrento was in the left lane alongside the 2007 Freightliner, which also had a 2015 Freightliner box truck to its right. A 2019 Kentworth…
Police & Fire
Philadelphia Tractor Trailer Driver Killed In Fiery Multi-Truck Route 78 Crash
A 45-year-old Philadelphia Freightliner driver was killed when his vehicle veered off Route 78 in Newark, NJ and struck more tractor trailers after crossing several highway lanes causing a fiery crash early Saturday, July 16, authorities said. Israel Herrera Flores was heading east in the left lane of the local lanes when he struck the left metal guardrail around 6:15 a.m. at milepost 57.4, New Jersey State Police Trooper Brandi Slota said. The Freightliner traveled east until the guardrail ended and then began crossing roadways to the left. The Freightliner traveled across curbed medi…
News
Services Held For Longtime Bergen Mom Killed In Wrong-Way Sussex Crash
A longtime Saddle Brook resident who was killed in a fiery wrong-way crash in Sussex County last week was laid to rest. Janet Esser, 58, was driving a Ford Escape that crossed the double-yellow lines and crashed head-on into a Freightliner box truck on Ross Corner Sussex Road (Route 565) in Wantage Township last Wednesday, May 11, authorities said. Her SUV burst into flames, killing her, NJ State Police said. An investigation was continuing, they said, without speculating on a cause. SEE: Driver Killed In Fiery Sussex County Crash With Box Truck, State Police Say The Hackensack-born Esser…
Police & Fire
Driver Killed In Fiery Sussex County Crash With Box Truck, State Police Say
A driver was killed in a fiery crash with a box truck in Sussex County, state police confirmed. A Freightliner box truck was heading southbound on Route 565 in Wantage when it was struck head-on by a northbound Ford Escape that crossed over the double-yellow lines near milepost 5.5 just after 6:25 p.m. on Wednesday, May 11, NJSP Trooper Brandi Slota told DailyVoice.com. The Ford then went up in flames, killing the driver, Slota said. The victim’s identity was pending family notification. The cause of the crash remained under investigation.
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: Truck Hauling Prosecco Knocked Over, Southbound Route 17 Shut Down
UPDATE: A notorious stretch of southbound Route 17 remained closed after a tractor-trailer knocked a box truck onto its side at the border of Paramus and Rochelle Park. So was the exit from eastbound Route 4 onto 17. An International tractor-trailer hauling cases of prosecco was in the left lane at the bottleneck headed into Rochelle Park when it was clipped on the right by a Freightliner around 11:15 a.m. Monday, April 11, Paramus Deputy Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. The impact knocked the International into the median and onto its side, gashing a saddle tank that wound up spilling …
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All That Was Missing Was RC Cola: Tractor Trailer Hauling Moon Pies Rolls Off Route 80
A tractor-trailer hauling moon pies rolled off a Route 80 exit ramp in Paterson late Friday morning, responders said. The driver got out OK after the load of popular confections shifted, tipping the trailer and Freightliner tractor, coming off the westbound highway at Madison Avenue, they said. The exit was closed while Classic Towing used heavy wreckers to right and remove the rig. City firefighters and police responded, along with New Jersey State Police.
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: PIP Officer Saves Suspects From Burning SUV After Pursuit Ends In Crash Near
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UPDATE: A Palisades Interstate Parkway police sergeant rescued two suspects from a burning SUV after it crashed into two other vehicles and overturned during a stolen-vehicle chase Thursday afternoon, authorities said. A group of suspects who'd become the subjects of a suspicious persons report fled the Englewood Cliffs Marina in a GMC Envoy shortly before 3 p.m., PIP Police Sgt. First Class Raymond Walter said. An alert went out to surrounding departments about the SUV, which had been reported stolen out of Onondaga County, NY, he said. Englewood Cliffs police began pursuing the vehicle b…
Police & Fire
State Police: Middlesex County Man, 44, Critically Injured In Route 287 Tractor-Trailer Crash
A 44-year-old tractor-trailer driver was critically injured after crashing into a guardrail on Route 287 early Thursday morning, state police said. Weharken Dorsainvil, of Piscataway, was driving a Freightliner Tractor Trailer northbound when he veered to the left and hit a guardrail near milepost 32 in Harding Township around 3 a.m., NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan told Daily Voice. Dorsainvil was seriously injured in the crash, which remains under investigation, Marchan said. Additional details were not immediately available.
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IT? Video Shows Truck Involved In Route 17 Crash That Killed Elmwood Park Motorcyclist
VIDEO: A semi-trailer truck that authorities said kept going after a motorcyclist from Elmwood Park was killed on Route 17 is seen in a brief surveillance video clip released by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. "The maroon or red semi-trailer truck slowed down to a stop in the right lane of Route 17 South due to traffic ahead" around 8:40 p.m. Tuesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Motorcyclist Mario Andres Uran Gaviria, 41, couldn't stop in time and hit the "bobtail" truck from behind in front of Allied Carpet, the prosecutor said. Gaviria, previously of Montgomery Vi…
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Update
: Elmwood Park Motorcyclist, 41, Killed In Route 17 Crash
VIDEO (UPDATE): A semi-trailer truck that kept going after a motorcyclist from Elmwood Park was killed on Route 17 is seen in a brief surveillance video clip released by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. "The maroon or red semi-trailer truck slowed down to a stop in the right lane of Route 17 South due to traffic ahead" around 8:40 p.m. Tuesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Motorcyclist Mario Andres Uran Gaviria, 41, couldn't stop in time and hit the "bobtail" truck from behind in front of Allied Carpet, the prosecutor said. Gaviria, previously of Montgomery Village, M…
Police & Fire
Father Of NJ Police Officer Who Died In 2011 Motorcycle Crash Killed The Same Way, 63
A 63-year-old motorcyclist from Burlington County was killed in a Route 31 collision with a school bus over the weekend -- just more than nine years after his son died in a motorcycle crash. Alex Harvilla, of Chesterfield, was heading southbound on a Honda motorcycle when he struck an eastbound Freightliner school bus near milepost 15 around 3:20 p.m. Sunday, NJSP Trooper Alejandro Goez said. Harvilla was pronounced dead at the scene. None of the 14 passengers on the school bus nor the 64-year-old driver from Somerville were injured, Goez said. Harvilla's son, Joh…
Police & Fire
Trucker Charged With Vehicular Homicide, Assault In Fatal NJ Turnpike Crash
A chain-reaction crash on the NJ Turnpike in Ridgefield that claimed the life of a Long Island man was caused by a Seattle truck driver, said State Police who charged him vehicular homicide. Stefan (Stephen) Shipinkoski, 22, remained held Thursday in the Bergen County Jail on death-by-auto and assault-by-auto charges following his arrest Wednesday. Shipinkoski was driving a Freightliner box truck that rear-ended a Nissan Altima, igniting the chain-reaction crash on the Turnpike’s southbound western spur just after 2 p.m. Saturday, NJ State Police Trooper Alejandro Goez said. Luis Choez-Pad…
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