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Pileup Jams Garden State Parkway Pileup Jams Garden State Parkway
Pileup Jams Garden State Parkway A multi-car pileup jammed the Garden State Parkway in Middlesex County Friday night, Feb. 17. The crash occurred on the southbound side near Exit 129 in Woodbridge Township with only one lane getting by. Crash on Garden State Parkway southbound Exit 129 - New Jersey Turnpike (Woodbridge Twp) 1 right lane of 2 lanes blocked https://t.co/FBbmuts7Fd — 511NJ GSP (@511njgsp) February 18, 2023 This is a developing story. Check back for more.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Man, 94, Killed In Garden State Parkway Toll Plaza Crash Jersey Shore Man, 94, Killed In Garden State Parkway Toll Plaza Crash
Jersey Shore Man, 94, Killed In Garden State Parkway Toll Plaza Crash A 94-year-old man from Howell was killed when he drove into a concrete toll plaza along the Garden State Parkway, authorities said. The crash occurred at 3:13 p.m., Thursday, Feb 2 on the parkway southbound at milepost 68.9 in Barnegat Township, according to New Jersey State Police. Preliminary investigation revealed that Mario Medici was operating a Honda Accord and smashed into the concrete toll plaza divider, State Police said. As a result of the crash, Medici sustained fatal injuries. The two left toll plaza lanes were closed for approximately three hours.  The crash remains und…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
NJ State Trooper Released From Hospital In Garden State Parkway Crash NJ State Trooper Released From Hospital In Garden State Parkway Crash
NJ State Trooper Released From Hospital In Garden State Parkway Crash The New Jersey State Police trooper seriously hurt last week on the Garden State Parkway has been released from a hospital, authorities said. The trooper was investigating another crash when the accident occurred, they said. The trooper, whose name was not released, was struck on Jan. 11 in Lakewood while investigating a 6:40 p.m. crash involving multiple vehicles in the northbound lanes at milepost 89.4, according to State Police. “The trooper has been released from the hospital,” State Police Sgt. Philip Curry said Wednesday, Jan. 18. No charges had been filed against the driver who str…

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by Jon Craig
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Teens OK After Minibus From Prestigious Private School Careens Across Entire GS Parkway Teens OK After Minibus From Prestigious Private School Careens Across Entire GS Parkway
Teens OK After Minibus From Prestigious Private School Careens Across Entire GS Parkway A group of teens and their driver escaped serious injury when a minibus from a prestigious private school in Connecticut careened across both the northbound and southbound lanes of the Garden State Parkway in Paramus on Friday the 13th. The Greenwich Country Day School bus was headed north when the driver swerved to avoid a Lexus whose driver had changed lanes abruptly around 12:30 p.m. Jan. 13, New Jersey State Police Trooper II Charles Marchan said. The minibus ran off the roadway, then across the southbound lanes, before coming to rest in a ditch with a flat rear tire. Two of nearly a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Video Shows Parkway Crash That Purportedly Struck Trooper On Scene Of Another Accident Video Shows Parkway Crash That Purportedly Struck Trooper On Scene Of Another Accident
Video Shows Parkway Crash That Purportedly Struck Trooper On Scene Of Another Accident A crash that injured a New Jersey State trooper on the scene of another accident was captured on dashcam footage, according to New Jersey State Police and The Lakewood Scoop. The footage shows a vehicle plowing into another car that then overturns, and gets pushed several feet near mile marker 89.4 in Lakewood at 6:40 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11. CAUGHT ON VIDEO: A multi-accident on the GSP (mm 98) involving an overturned vehicle was caught on dashcam. It was at this accident a NJ Trooper was struck and injured. He was transported to JSUMC for treatment. pic.twitter.com/xhcXuD8T99 — The Lak…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Suspect Backed Jeep Into Detective's Vehicle, Fled Police On Jersey Shore: Prosecutor Suspect Backed Jeep Into Detective's Vehicle, Fled Police On Jersey Shore: Prosecutor
Suspect Backed Jeep Into Detective's Vehicle, Fled Police On Jersey Shore: Prosecutor A 20-year-old man from Jackson was arrested after fleeing from police and backing his Jeep into a detective's vehicle, authorities said. Kevin Valverde-Cruz was charged with three counts of aggravated assault and eluding police, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. On Oct. 18, 2022, detectives from the Lakewood Township Police Department observed a white Jeep Grand Cherokee traveling at a high rate of speed. The operator of the vehicle failed to stop and the police pursuit was ultimately terminated on the Garden State Parkway due to public safety co…

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by Jon Craig
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Crash Reported On Garden State Parkway South Jersey Crash Reported On Garden State Parkway South Jersey
Crash Reported On Garden State Parkway South Jersey There was a serious crash reported on the Garden State Parkway, authorities said. The crash occurred at about 4 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 5 southbound South of Exit 52 in Bass River Township, according to the New Jersey Department of Transportation. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES

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by Jon Craig
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‘Polícia!’ Getaway Driver Shouts Before Colombian Burglary Crew Is Captured By Paramus PD ‘Polícia!’ Getaway Driver Shouts Before Colombian Burglary Crew Is Captured By Paramus PD
‘Polícia!’ Getaway Driver Shouts Before Colombian Burglary Crew Is Captured By Paramus PD A watchful neighbor gave Paramus police the drop on a Colombian burglary crew that had just broken into a local home, leading to four quick arrests, authorities said. “Polícia!” the getaway driver shouted into his cell phone as Officers Kevin Osback and Dan DiRienzo arrived at the Haywood Drive home shortly after 11:30 a.m. last Friday, Dec. 23, Deputy Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. The officers and several other colleagues converged on the block after a resident called to report two hooded bandits dressed all in black entering the rear of a neighbor’s home, the deputy chief said on Tue…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Front Of Car Split In Half Slides Across Parkway Killing 40-Year-Old Driver Front Of Car Split In Half Slides Across Parkway Killing 40-Year-Old Driver
Front Of Car Split In Half Slides Across Parkway Killing 40-Year-Old Driver A 40-year-old woman died after her car was split in half then struck, ejecting her on the Garden State Parkway on Friday, Dec. 23. Christina M. Citarella, of Bayville, was heading north in a Toyota Camry when she ran off the road to the left and struck a wooden traffic sign and impacted a concrete sign to her left near mile post 80.7 in Toms River around 6:40 p.m., New Jersey State Police Trooper Charles Marchan said. After impact, the Toyota split in half and the front section or the Camry re-entered the roadway, slid all three travel lanes and was struck by a Jeep in the right lane. The …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Two Dead In Monmouth County Parkway Crash Two Dead In Monmouth County Parkway Crash
Two Dead In Monmouth County Parkway Crash Two people died in a crash Sunday, Dec. 18 on the Garden State Parkway on Monmouth County, authorities said. Jerome Digiovanni, 75, of Toms River, was partially stopped in the right lane in a Chevrolet Equinox with Ronald Devingo, 57, also of Toms River, standing to the left of the vehicle near mile post 97.7 in Wall Township around 1:30 p.m., New Jersey State Police said. A Jeep Wrangler driven by a 24-year-old Belmar man struck the left side of the vehicle and Devingo, killing both Devingo and Digiovanni, NJSP Sgt. Philip Curry said. The right two lanes of the GSP northbound were cl…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Crash Reported On Garden State Parkway (DEVELOPING) Crash Reported On Garden State Parkway (DEVELOPING)
Crash Reported On Garden State Parkway (Developing) There was a serious crash on the Garden State Parkway, authorities said. The crash occurred at about 9 a.m. Friday, Dec. 16 in the local lanes northbound north of Exit 105 in Tinton Falls, according to the New Jersey Department of Transportation.  New Jersey State Police said there were no serious injuries.

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by Jon Craig
Obituaries
Retired Nun Of 67 Years Dies In Parkway Crash Retired Nun Of 67 Years Dies In Parkway Crash
Retired Nun Of 67 Years Dies In Parkway Crash The 88-year-old driver killed in a weekend crash on the Garden State Parkway in Monmouth County was identified as a retired nun of 67 years. Sister Joan Eileen Butler, 88, a Sister of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, died Saturday, Dec. 10, at Bay Shore Medical Center, Holmdel, following the crash. Sister Joan Eileen was born in Jersey City. She entered the Sisters of Charity on Sept. 6, 1955, according to her obituary. Sister Joan Eileen was an educator and served in health ministry in New Jersey and Massachusetts. She served as a teacher at Saint Peter Elementary School, New Brunswick, Our La…

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by Jon Craig