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Police: Hackensack Man Slams Windshield With Sledgehammer, Flees Police: Hackensack Man Slams Windshield With Sledgehammer, Flees
Police: Hackensack Man Slams Windshield With Sledgehammer, Flees A Hackensack man smashed a car windshield with a sledgehammer in the parking lot of a local supermarket, then led police on a brief chase Thursday afternoon before being caught in Ridgefield Park, authorities said. Responding Hackensack officers tried to stop Gary Jones, who sped off in an older-model BMW after damaging a vehicle at the West Pleasantview Avenue Stop & Shop across from his home around 2:45 p.m., Capt. Francesco Aquila said. The officers chased Jones onto Route 80 before terminating the pursuit due to safety concerns. After hearing the alert, Bogota police and Bergen Cou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Another Hellish Commute After Trucks Collide On Route 80 E. In Parsippany Another Hellish Commute After Trucks Collide On Route 80 E. In Parsippany
Another Hellish Commute After Trucks Collide On Route 80 E. In Parsippany Traffic crawled along the eastbound side of Route 80 late Tuesday morning -- hours after a two-truck crash that spilled fuel and debris across the highway in Parsippany. The four-lane highway was down to two near Exit 42 as of noon as crews worked to clear the scene, the NJDOT said. Two trucks collided around 4:30 a.m., drivers said. Motorists stuck in traffic later that morning took to Twitter to let out frustration. "It has taken me an hour and a half to go 8 miles."Twitter @BeeAshleigh "Route 80 is the devil baby of NJ"Twitter @teachwifelife *68 minutes* to my 12 mile commute…

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by Cecilia Levine
Traffic
Another Route 80 Delay: Overturned Tractor Trailer Shuts Eastbound Highway In Roxbury Another Route 80 Delay: Overturned Tractor Trailer Shuts Eastbound Highway In Roxbury
Another Route 80 Delay: Overturned Tractor Trailer Shuts Eastbound Highway In Roxbury Route 80 was backed up Friday morning after a tractor trailer overturned spilling fuel across the highway. All lanes were closed near Exit 34 - NJ 15 as of 10:30 a.m., according to 511nj.org. The incident occurred around 4:45 a.m. Photos show the trailer hanging off the guardrail. Delays of 90 minutes were reported.  Motorists urged to plan alternate routes during rush hours.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Two Motorcyclists Downed In Route 80 Pileup Two Motorcyclists Downed In Route 80 Pileup
Two Motorcyclists Downed In Route 80 Pileup One motorcyclist sat in the middle of westbound Route 80 while the other lay nearby holding his head after their rides were toppled in a multi-vehicle crash early Friday evening at the borders of Lodi, Rochelle Park and Hackensack. Already-thick traffic quickly jammed up after the pileup around 5:15 p.m. in the right local lane of what's known as Christopher Columbus Highway just before the exit for Rochelle Park and Riverview Avenue. Neither riders sustained life-threatening injuries, responders said. Moments before the crash, a driver reported the two "cutting in and out and riding betwe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
NJ State Police Chase Ends In Fair Lawn Crash, Foot Pursuit, Arrests NJ State Police Chase Ends In Fair Lawn Crash, Foot Pursuit, Arrests
NJ State Police Chase Ends In Fair Lawn Crash, Foot Pursuit, Arrests Two suspects were in custody after a State Police chase ended in a crash and foot pursuit Friday afternoon in Fair Lawn. A trooper began chasing the black Nissan Rogue with New York license plates on eastbound Route 80 a short time earlier, Sgt. Lawrence Peele said. Both suspects bailed out and went in opposite directions after the vehicle rear-ended a van at 30th and Broadway (Route 4) around 3 p.m., he said. State troopers caught one, while two Fair Lawn detectives and a patrol officer nabbed the other. A special program that began last fall providing full-time police protection in Fai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Bus Downs Utility Pole, Closes Major Roadway Between Route 17, 80 In Hackensack Bus Downs Utility Pole, Closes Major Roadway Between Route 17, 80 In Hackensack
Bus Downs Utility Pole, Closes Major Roadway Between Route 17, 80 In Hackensack A bus yanked down utility wires and snapped a pole in half in Hackensack Thursday afternoon, partially closing a major thoroughfare between Routes 17 and 80. The Camila Tours and Travel private carrier bus didn't have any passengers when it pulled out of the 7-Eleven lot on Polifly Road and snagged the wires around 2 p.m., Capt. Nicole Foley said. The 55-year-old New York driver received a summons for careless driving, Foley said. An investigation was continuing, she said. Northbound Polifly Road was temporarily closed from the Hasbrouck Heights border while a PSE&G crew replaced the p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Overturned Tractor Trailer Spills Garbage Across Route 80 Entrance Ramp In Parsippany Overturned Tractor Trailer Spills Garbage Across Route 80 Entrance Ramp In Parsippany
Overturned Tractor Trailer Spills Garbage Across Route 80 Entrance Ramp In Parsippany Traffic was backed up along Route 80 in Parsippany Tuesday evening after a tractor trailer toppled over, spilling garbage across the entrance ramp from Route 287. Delays of 15-20 minutes were reported by 511nj.org as of 5:30 p.m. The truck overturned around 4 p.m. at exit 41, state police said. The ramp and two right lanes of Route 80 westbound were closed following the crash, 511nj.org reports. State police urged commuters to seek alternate routes.  Drivers reported delays as far as Morristown.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
State Police: Stop Sticks Halt Drunk Driver In Route 80 Pursuit State Police: Stop Sticks Halt Drunk Driver In Route 80 Pursuit
State Police: Stop Sticks Halt Drunk Driver In Route 80 Pursuit New Jersey State Police deployed stop sticks Friday night to nab a drunk driver on Route 80, ending a wild chase between Morris and Warren counties. Washington Township police began pursuing 27-year-old Lucciano Pascucci of Belvidere following a domestic incident, NJSP Sgt. Lawrence Peele said. Pascucci eventually got onto Route 80 eastbound, then used a turnaround reserved for emergency vehicles to head west, the sergeant said. Stab sticks slowed Pascucci's vehicle, which hit a guardrail and finally came to a stop around milepost 19.6, he said. Pascucci was taken to Hackettstown Medical …

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Paramus School Bus Driver Indicted In Fatal Route 80 Crash Paramus School Bus Driver Indicted In Fatal Route 80 Crash
Paramus School Bus Driver Indicted In Fatal Route 80 Crash A 78-year-old school bus driver was indicted Wednesday for causing a Route 80 crash with a dump truck last May that killed a Paramus fifth-grader and a teacher while injuring 40 students. Hudy Muldrow of Woodland Park is facing two counts of reckless vehicular homicide, 25 counts of assault by auto and a summons listing 16 counts of assault by auto, authorities said. East Brook Middle School fifth-grader Miranda Vargas and teacher Jennifer Williamson were killed when the bus was struck by the dump truck as Muldrow tried to reach a U-turn area designated for emergency responders by cutting a…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Hole Repair Jams Westbound Route 80 Traffic Hole Repair Jams Westbound Route 80 Traffic
Hole Repair Jams Westbound Route 80 Traffic UPDATE: Overnight repairs had to be made on a hole that opened on westbound Route 80 in Woodland Park after a drainpipe pipe below it collapsed. Monday night rush-hour traffic was backed up to the George Washington Bridge. The crack in the pipe, which connects basins at the median to the right shoulder, created a hole between the two left lanes. Drivers were urged to take alternate routes. Work begins in earnest.Contributed photo At least two lanes of westbound Route 80 in Woodland Park were compromised.Contributed photo At least two lanes of westbound Route 80 in Woodland Park …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Passaic Sheriff: Morris Security Company Worker, 48, Sexted, Sent Gifts To 12-Year-Old Girl Passaic Sheriff: Morris Security Company Worker, 48, Sexted, Sent Gifts To 12-Year-Old Girl
Passaic Sheriff: Morris Security Company Worker, 48, Sexted, Sent Gifts To 12-Year-Old Girl A 12-year-old Totowa girl received sexually explicit texts and a gift in the mail from a 48-year-old Morris County man who works for an Essex County security company, said authorities who arrested him Monday. Michael J. Chiuchiolo Jr. of Riverdale “communicated with the child for several weeks” before her mother discovered the texts, which purported to be from a man in his late teens, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. After being contacted by the mother, sheriff’s detectives found that Chiuchiolo originally connected with the girl online through a live video streaming website,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Hole Repair Jams Westbound Route 80 Traffic Hole Repair Jams Westbound Route 80 Traffic
Hole Repair Jams Westbound Route 80 Traffic UPDATE: Overnight repairs had to be made on a hole that opened on westbound Route 80 in Woodland Park after a drainpipe pipe below it collapsed. Monday night rush-hour traffic was backed up to the George Washington Bridge. The crack in the pipe, which connects basins at the median to the right shoulder, created a hole between the two left lanes. Drivers were urged to take alternate routes. Three lanes in all could be compromised, a road crew said.Contributed photo Contributed photos ****** ALSO SEE: A 12-year-old Totowa girl received sexually explicit texts and a gift in the mail fr…

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by Jerry DeMarco