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? Rider Goes Missing After Motorcycle Crashes, Burns On Garden State Parkway
UPDATE: Authorities turned to the public for help finding the rider of a crashed, burning motorcycle that was found in the left lane of the southbound Garden State Parkway in Paramus early Monday night. The crash occurred around 5:30 p.m. near mile marker 162.4, New Jersey State Police Sgt. First Class Lawrence Peele said Tuesday. Officers responding to the call found the motorcycle in flames, skid marks on the roadway and no rider. Fearing a possible ejection into the woods, state troopers summoned a Maywood police bloodhound and a Northstar helicopter with thermal imaging cameras. …
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: Driver, 70, Killed In Labor Day Weekend Crash On Garden State Parkway
UPDATE: A 70-year-old driver from Middlesex County was killed in a Labor Day weekend crash on the Garden State Parkway, authorities confirmed. The mid-2000 model Ford 500 sedan driven by Rick Attanasio, ran off the road in the southbound lanes at the Exit 137 ramp in Cranford and hit a metal traffic post before slamming into a tree at noon Saturday, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Philip Curry said. A medical chopper landed on the Parkway but was dismissed after Cranford firefighters extricated Attanasio. State Police were investigating the cause, Curry said. The crash occurred around no…
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: NJ State Police Cruiser Rammed Twice In Multi-Town Pursuit
A New Jersey State Police cruiser was struck twice during a wild pursuit that began on Route 80 and ended on a quiet suburban street, authorities said. The cruiser was one of three NJSP vehicles in all that were damaged by a stolen van whose two occupants – a man and woman -- bailed out and fled following a nearly half-hour chase, they said. It began when a trooper tried to stop the speeding white Ford Econoline on westbound Route 80 in Woodland Park shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday, NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan said. The driver exited the interstate onto the Route 23 service road in Wayne,…
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: Couple Killed In Route 3 Motorcycle Crash Struck Deer
UPDATE: A man and woman who were killed in a horrific overnight motorcycle crash on Route 3 in Clifton hit a deer, responders said. Richard Stuart, Jr., 23, of Passaic had Raquel Prada-Galvez, 24, of Clifton on back when the 2011 Suzuki GSXR crashed in the highway's eastbound lanes between Bloomfield Avenue and the Garden State Parkway shortly before 1:30 a.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Thomas Rinaldi said in a joint announcement. Sources with direct knowledge of the incident said the motorcycle hit a deer, slicing it in half. The rider-less …
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Police: Thieves Steal SUV Left Unlocked In Glen Rock With Keys Inside, Crash On GS Parkway
A Glen Rock resident who left an SUV unlocked – with the keys inside – got it back in much different shape, authorities said. Whoever took off with the 2006 Honda Pilot also rummaged through another vehicle that was also left unlocked in the Doremus Avenue homeowner's driveway, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The keys, three folding sports chairs and some old clothing was taken from that vehicle, he said. Several hours later, the stolen Pilot was involved in a crash on the Garden State Parkway, Ackermann said. NJ State Police from the Bloomfield barracks found it abandoned on the h…
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Prosecutor Details How Driver Caused Deadly Parkway Crash Then Tried To Cover It Up
A 43-year-old Newark man has been charged with causing a deadly crash earlier this week on the Garden State Parkway then trying to cover up his role in it, authorities said. Ronaldo Godwin was heading southbound behind the wheel of a Range Rover when he struck a Lexus SUV driven by Christopher Meikle, of East Orange, at a high rate of speed around 2:45 a.m. Feb. 15, members of the Union County Prosecutors Office said. Responding New Jersey State troopers found 46-year-old Meikle's SUV engulfed in flames near the highway's center median shortly before 2:45 a.m. near mile marker 136 in …
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SUV Rolls In Route 80 Pileup
A driver was injured when his SUV overturned in a multi-vehicle crash Monday night on rainy Route 80, responders said. No fewer than seven vehicles were involved in the pileup on the highway's westbound side in Elmwood Park shortly before 8:30 p.m. A Little Falls Fire Department EMS unit and NJ Department of Transportation unit joined Saddle Brook and New Jersey State Police at the scene. The driver was responsive before the rig took him to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, responders said. It was one of several crashes reported in a half-hour period in Bergen and Passaic …
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: Woman, 18, Struck, Killed On Route 17 In Paramus
An 18-year-old woman was struck and killed early Saturday on southbound Route 17 in Paramus, responders said. "The victim was walking in right lane of the highway" when she was struck around 5:30 a.m. near the Garden State Parkway overpass and Midland Avenue, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg told Daily Voice. Furious efforts to save her life failed. The driver remained at the scene as the victim was taken to a nearby hospital. No other information about the crash was immediately available. The highway remained closed at Midland Avenue for nearly four hours before reopening. CHEC…
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'Dangerous, Reckless' Trump Caravan Clogs Garden State Parkway, Cuomo Bridge
A caravan of cars sporting Trump 2020 and Israeli flags jammed up parts of North Jersey and Westchester County Sunday. Footage of the parade reportedly lead by a Jewish group in support of President Donald Trump shows drivers getting out of their cars and halting traffic on the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge and Garden State Parkway. The parade stopped briefly at rally in the West Nyack Palisades Center, but continued on toward another in Union County, reports say. The caravan backed the northbound side of the Garden State Parkway up nearly five miles, police said. JEWS FOR @realDonaldTru…
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Woman Rescued From Rape Attempt On Busy Paramus Street
A good Samaritan rescued a Paramus woman who was tackled and pulled into the bushes on a local street in broad daylight by a would-be rapist carrying a knife, authorities said. The 35-year-old victim told police she was walking on Oradell Avenue near Wilsey Court and the Garden State Parkway when Hector W. Alameda, 34, of Paterson approached her shortly before 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Alameda asked her where the bus stop is, then demanded she kiss him, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. The woman said she yelled and tried to get away, but Alameda knocked her down, groped her and “attempted …
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State Police ID Tinton Falls Driver, 70, Killed After Roadmaster Veers Off Garden State Parkway
A 70-year-old man from Tinton Falls was killed early Friday after his vehicle ran off the Garden State Parkway in Monmouth County, authorities said. Victor Munoz was taken to Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune City, where he was later pronounced dead as a result of his injuries, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Lawrence Peele said. The cause of the single-car crash remains under investigation. The crash occurred at 4:11 a.m. in the express lanes of the parkway southbound, Peele said. The crash occurred at milepost 105.6 in Tinton Falls, Peele said. There were no other occupant…
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Lightning Strikes Jersey Shore Church, Homes In Mid-Morning Storm
A severe thunderstorm triggered multiple house fires and downed trees in Monmouth and Ocean counties Wednesday morning. A church was struck by lightning in Little Egg Harbor Township, and trees struck at least two homes on the 100 block of Hickory Lane in the Lincroft section of Middletown. Power was cut as one tree crashed through a roof, fire officials said. No one was reported hurt. There were also several storm-related house fires reported in Middletown and Barnegat townships. In Lincroft, a tree caused significant damage to a home on Greengrove Court, according to an initi…
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