State Police: 8 Injured In Work Van Crash On Garden State Parkway State Police: 8 Injured In Work Van Crash On Garden State Parkway
State Police: 8 Injured In Work Van Crash On Garden State Parkway Eight people were injured after a work van collided with a minivan on the Garden State Parkway In Atlantic County Tuesday afternoon, state police said. The work van crashed into a minivan, causing the minivan to overturn in the northbound lanes near milepost 47.3 in Port Republic just before 2:35 p.m., NJSP Sgt. Philip Curry told Daily Voice. The eight occupants of the minivan suffered non-life-threatening injuries, Curry said. The crash remains under investigation, authorities said.
Atlantic City Woman, 57, Struck, Killed While Helping Stranded Motorist At Route 30 Crash Scene Atlantic City Woman, 57, Struck, Killed While Helping Stranded Motorist At Route 30 Crash Scene
Atlantic City Woman, 57, Struck, Killed While Helping Stranded Motorist At Route 30 Crash Scene A motorist who stopped to help another motorist involved in a crash was struck and killed in South Jersey, authorities said.  Atlantic City police were called to Route 30 on a report of a collision about 10 p.m. Wednesday, a department spokesman said. Responding patrol officers found  that a Jeep SUV operated by an unidentified driver, 35, from Atlantic City, struck a center median and became disabled in the left lane of eastbound traffic. Several vehicles stopped to assist in the removal of the woman from the disabled vehicle, according to Lt. Kevin Fair. Then, as a Toyota Camr…
NJSP: Driver Tosses Pistol During Police Pursuit That Ends In Paterson Crash NJSP: Driver Tosses Pistol During Police Pursuit That Ends In Paterson Crash
Njsp: Driver Tosses Pistol During Police Pursuit That Ends In Paterson Crash The fleeing driver of a vehicle that crashed into two others in Paterson during a pre-dawn New Jersey State Police chase Sunday tossed a gun out the window, authorities said. The occupant of one of the struck vehicles was hospitalized with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening following the crash at 10th Avenue and East 24th Street around 2 a.m., responders said. The other vehicle that was hit was parked, they said. Along the way, the driver tossed a bag on northbound Route 20, police said. Inside the bag was a 9mm Ruger that troopers recovered, they said. The driver was tak…
State Police ID Men Killed In Mercer County Crash Where Watermelons Were Strewn On NJ Turnpike State Police ID Men Killed In Mercer County Crash Where Watermelons Were Strewn On NJ Turnpike
State Police ID Men Killed In Mercer County Crash Where Watermelons Were Strewn On NJ Turnpike State Police have identified the two men killed in last week's tractor-trailer crash in which watermelons were strewn across the New Jersey Turnpike in Mercer County. Malcom Cope, 55, of Douglas, Georgia, and Van Huston, 56, of Jamaica, New York, were pronounced dead after the northbound truck veered off the turnpike, struck a guard rail and slammed into a concrete bridge support near milepost 60.3, state troopers said.  Cope was the driver and Huston was a passenger. A Peterbilt tractor pulling a semi-trailer loaded with watermelons was heading north in the inner lanes when it ran off th…
UPDATE: Jersey Shore Woman, 25, Dead, 4 Injured In Fiery Route 24 Chain Reaction Crash UPDATE: Jersey Shore Woman, 25, Dead, 4 Injured In Fiery Route 24 Chain Reaction Crash
Update: Jersey Shore Woman, 25, Dead, 4 Injured In Fiery Route 24 Chain Reaction Crash A 25-year-old Jersey Shore driver died in a Morris County crash Saturday, authorities said. Stephanie Santora, of Jackson, was behind the wheel of an unknown vehicle that was struck by a truck pulling a utility trailer east in the left lane of Route 24 near mile post 5.7 at 12:22 p.m., NJSP Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. The impact of the crash sent Santora's car into a Toyota RAV4, which then struck a Jeep Cherokee, Goez said. Santora's car went up in flames and she was pronounced dead, while her 26-year-old male passenger was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. The truck d…
PA Motorcyclist Streams His Deadly Crash On Facebook Live PA Motorcyclist Streams His Deadly Crash On Facebook Live
PA Motorcyclist Streams His Deadly Crash On Facebook Live A 26-year-old motorcyclist was streaming live on Facebook when he crashed on Interstate 83 and died Sunday. The 43-second clip posted to Patrick Clafferty's Facebook page appears to show him flying off of his motorcycle on the northbound side of the highway. More than $15,000 had been raised as of Monday afternoon on a GoFundMe launched in an effort to help Clafferty's family, including his three children. Clafferty, of York City, apparently lost control of the bike hit the median, ejecting him from from his vehicle, the York County Coroner's Office said. As Clafferty was l…
Six Years Later, Son Finds Dad's Missing Cellphone At Spot Of Fatal Mahwah Crash Six Years Later, Son Finds Dad's Missing Cellphone At Spot Of Fatal Mahwah Crash
Six Years Later, Son Finds Dad's Missing Cellphone At Spot Of Fatal Mahwah Crash Glenn Slater Jr. had been to the spot in Mahwah where his dad died in a horrific crash nearly three dozen times the past six years. But a visit on Friday was unlike any other. “As always, if I'm nearby I visit the site” in the northwest corner of Bergen County where Glenn Sr. was killed in a horrific crash, he said. Glenn Jr., 33, of West Milford returned on Friday and was about to leave when he spotted it. “On the ground, covered by a layer of dirt…I found my dad's cell phone,” he wrote. “Or maybe it found me.” Glenn Sr., 62, was driving a water tank that struck several trees and flippe…
State Police ID South Jersey Motorcyclist, 24, Killed In Weekend Crash State Police ID South Jersey Motorcyclist, 24, Killed In Weekend Crash
State Police ID South Jersey Motorcyclist, 24, Killed In Weekend Crash Authorities have identified a motorcyclist killed in a weekend crash in South Jersey as an Atlantic County resident. Miguel Lebron, 24, of Galloway Township, was riding a motorcycle north on Shaffer Avenue in Lawrence Township, Cumberland County, about 6:40 a.m. on Saturday when the vehicle ran off the roadway and struck a tree, according to Sgt. First Class Lawrence Peele, a New Jersey State Police spokesman. Lebron was pronounced dead at the scene, Peele said on Tuesday. Funeral arrangements are being handled by DeMarco-Luisi Funeral Home in Vineland.
Lightning Strikes Jersey Shore Church, Homes In Mid-Morning Storm Lightning Strikes Jersey Shore Church, Homes In Mid-Morning Storm
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…
South Jersey Man, 33, Killed In Montana Rollover Crash Down Rugged Dirt Road South Jersey Man, 33, Killed In Montana Rollover Crash Down Rugged Dirt Road
South Jersey Man, 33, Killed In Montana Rollover Crash Down Rugged Dirt Road A 33-year-old man from South Jersey was killed and his 29-year-old passenger seriously hurt Saturday in Montana when their SUV struck trees and rolled down a rocky embankment, authorities said. Benjamin Clayton of Galloway was traveling on a rugged dirt road when he lost control of his vehicle on a curve, struck several trees and rolled down a 300-foot embankment, a spokesman for the Montana Highway Patrol said. Clayton's female passenger, who was not identified,  was able to crawl out of the SUV and call 9-1-1, authorities said. The area near Hungry Horse, Montana, is very scenic, ru…