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Truck Slams Into Warren County Home (PHOTOS) Truck Slams Into Warren County Home (PHOTOS)
Truck Slams Into Warren County Home (Photos) Numerous emergency crews rushed to the scene of a truck that slammed into a home in Warren County. The Oxford Emergency Squad responded to the crash at a home in Oxford shortly after 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 1, the department said. The vehicle was unoccupied at the time of the crash, according to South Branch Emergency Services, Inc., which also responded. Crews worked to stabilize the home and remove the truck without causing additional damage. No injuries were reported. Other assisting agencies include the Washington Township Police Department, Oxford Volunteer Fire Department, Wa…

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by Valerie Musson
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Car Slams Into Hunterdon County Home (Photos) Car Slams Into Hunterdon County Home (Photos)
Car Slams Into Hunterdon County Home (Photos) A car barreled into a Hunterdon County home over the weekend, authorities said. The crash occurred outside a home in Alexandria Township shortly before 3:50 p.m. Saturday, according to the Hunterdon County Technical Rescue Task Force. The crash destroyed a column between the home’s garage doors, which then had to be stabilized before the vehicle could be safely pushed back into the driveway, the task force said. The second-floor joists that had lost their support from the column were restored and stabilized using a three-post vertical shore. “The shore was built in place in order to work…

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by Valerie Musson
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PHOTOS: Man Airlifted In Hunterdon County Construction Site Accident Involving Soil Compactor PHOTOS: Man Airlifted In Hunterdon County Construction Site Accident Involving Soil Compactor
Photos: Man Airlifted In Hunterdon County Construction Site Accident Involving Soil Compactor A construction worker was airlifted with serious lower body injuries after a Thursday morning accident involving a soil compactor in Hunterdon County, authorities said. Emergency crews were called to a construction site on Robin Hill Way in Raritan Township shortly after 10:40 a.m. on a report that a soil machine had overturned into a septic system, the Flemington-Raritan First Aid and Rescue Squad said on Facebook. Upon arrival, EMS members observed a man who had fallen into a 10-foot hole for a future septic bed after jumping out of the way when the soil compactor accidentally overturned,…

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by Valerie Musson
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PHOTOS: Firefighters Rescue Teen Stuck In Tree Hanging Over Hunterdon County Waterfall PHOTOS: Firefighters Rescue Teen Stuck In Tree Hanging Over Hunterdon County Waterfall
Photos: Firefighters Rescue Teen Stuck In Tree Hanging Over Hunterdon County Waterfall Firefighters rescued a teenage boy stuck in a tree hanging over a waterfall in Hunterdon County Friday. High Bridge police responded to a wooded area near the Lake Solitude waterfall off the Columbia Trail behind houses on Mountain Avenue just after 12:30 p.m., authorities said. The teen -- who was not injured but couldn't move -- was on a branch of a tree sticking out of the side of a cliff approximately 50 or 60 feet above the water at the base of the dam, Hunterdon County Technical Rescue Task Force said in a Facebook post. Firefighter and EMT James Regan rappelled off the cliff in ful…

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by Cecilia Levine