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Pedestrian Killed By Train In Union County, Delays Reported Pedestrian Killed By Train In Union County, Delays Reported
Pedestrian Killed By Train In Union County, Delays Reported Delays were reported on NJ Transit's Raritan Valley Line Sunday morning, March 26 due to a pedestrian having been fatally struck. The RVL train 5515, which left Newark Penn Station just before 9:40 a.m., struck the pedestrian around 9:50 a.m. on Galloping Hill Road near the Roselle Park station, NJT officials said.  Service was suspended between Cranford and Newark Penn Station as of 11:40 a.m. Raritan Valley Line rail service remains suspended in both directions between Cranford and Newark Penn Station due to a pedestrian fatality near Roselle Park. Substitute bus service is being pro…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ's Oldest Bus Line Ceases NYC Commuter Service NJ's Oldest Bus Line Ceases NYC Commuter Service
NJ's Oldest Bus Line Ceases NYC Commuter Service The wheels on New Jersey's oldest bus line won't be going round and round for commuters much longer. Citing ridership declines that have lingered since the COVID-19 pandemic, DeCamp Bus Lines will only offer charter and casino services as of April 7, the company announced in a customer notice. DeCamp Bus Lines started as a stagecoach in 1870, and has seven commuter routes: 33, 66,/66R/44, 99, 88, 32 and 100. "It is with a heavy heart that we announce that DeCamp Bus Lines will be ceasing commuter services to and from New York City. . ." the company said. "DeCamp Bus Lines has str…

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by Jon Craig
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Bergen Man Claims To Be NJ TRANSIT CEO, Steals Agency Garb, Starts Bus Fire, Authorities Charge Bergen Man Claims To Be NJ TRANSIT CEO, Steals Agency Garb, Starts Bus Fire, Authorities Charge
Bergen Man Claims To Be NJ Transit CEO, Steals Agency Garb, Starts Bus Fire, Authorities Charge A Bergen County man with the same name as NJ TRANSIT's top executive claimed to be him after he was caught stealing uniforms from the agency's garage in Fairview and igniting a fire on one of its buses, authorities charged. Kevin J. Corbett, an unemployed 42-year-old Hillsdale resident, entered the facility off Anderson Avenue in street clothes before dawn Saturday, March 11, a complaint on file in Superior Court in Hackensack says. He then stole an NJ Transit raincoat, an agency uniform shirt and a roll of receipt paper, it says. Transit police responded to a call from employees who grab…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Woman Struck By Train In Morris County Hospitalized Woman Struck By Train In Morris County Hospitalized
Woman Struck By Train In Morris County Hospitalized A woman was hospitalized after being struck by an NJ Transit train Saturday, March 4 in Morris County, officials said. The woman was struck at Convent Station in Morris Township around 2:30 p.m. by Morris & Essex Line train 6926, NJ Transit spokesman Jim Smith said. The train was set to arrive at Penn Station New York at 3:39 p.m. There were no injuries reported to the approximately 150 customers or the crew on board at the time. Train 6926 was cancelled at Convent Station with customers accommodated by the following train.  The woman was hospitalized in unknown conditio…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Clifton Gas Station Attendant Thrown Into Street From Stolen Car Hood Clifton Gas Station Attendant Thrown Into Street From Stolen Car Hood
Clifton Gas Station Attendant Thrown Into Street From Stolen Car Hood A 26-year-old gas station worker in Clifton was seriously injured when she jumped onto the hood of her car in an attempt to stop a thief and got thrown into the street, authorities said. The attendant had started her 2014 Audi to warm it up after finishing her shift at the Sunoco station on River Road when the thief arrived in another vehicle shortly after 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 31, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The thief, who was wearing a black ski mask, then crouched down next to her car and climbed in behind the wheel. The attendant leaped onto the hood, then lost her grip whe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Driver Rear-Ended By Bus Near MetLife Reaches $1.7M Settlement With NJ Transit Driver Rear-Ended By Bus Near MetLife Reaches $1.7M Settlement With NJ Transit
Driver Rear-Ended By Bus Near MetLife Reaches $1.7M Settlement With NJ Transit A driver whose car was rear-ended by a commuter bus after he stopped for a flat on a Route 3 bridge in East Rutherford reportedly settled a lawsuit against NJ TRANSIT for $1.7 million. Renator Pastor -- then 21 -- of Bloomfield was headed west when he got a flat, switched on his emergency flashers and pulled onto a partial shoulder on Sept. 16, 2019. Soon after, a westbound NJ TRANSIT slammed into his vehicle from behind at an estimated 40 miles an hour. Pastor, who was still sitting in the driver's seat, was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with multiple cervical and thoracic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Multi-Vehicle Collision Topples Traffic Light At Busy Paramus Intersection Multi-Vehicle Collision Topples Traffic Light At Busy Paramus Intersection
Multi-Vehicle Collision Topples Traffic Light At Busy Paramus Intersection An SUV toppled a traffic light pole in a mid-afternoon multi-vehicle crash at a busy Paramus intersection. A young woman driving a Toyota that got the worst of it was OK after the collision involving another SUV and an NJ TRANSIT bus at Paramus Road and West Midland Avenue/Grove Street shortly after 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4. No other injuries were reported, either. The young female Toyota SUV driver wasn't injured in the crash in Paramus on Wednesday, Jan. 4.Boyd A. Loving Bergen County sheriff's officers joined Paramus police at the scene, where officers had to direct traffic that…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Violent Fugitive From Bergen County Captured Violent Fugitive From Bergen County Captured
Violent Fugitive From Bergen County Captured A violent fugitive being sought by state authorities forced some schools in northwest Bergen County to shelter in place during a manhunt that ended in his capture early Tuesday, authorities said. Ex-con Justinian Rocco, 26, of Allendale was seized by Waldwick police shortly after 7:30 a.m. Jan. 3 after colleagues from Saddle River, Midland Park and Wyckoff -- along with a K-9 unit --  converged on the area to assist, they said. Rocco had absconded from a state facility last Thursday, Dec. 29, after spending time behind bars for a variety of convictions. Then came a call early Tuesday …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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YOUR OTHER LEFT: Wrong-Way Sedan Gets Stuck On Bergen Tracks, Service Delayed Nearly An Hour YOUR OTHER LEFT: Wrong-Way Sedan Gets Stuck On Bergen Tracks, Service Delayed Nearly An Hour
Your Other Left: Wrong-Way Sedan Gets Stuck On Bergen Tracks, Service Delayed Nearly An Hour A driver who stuck to the GPS instructions got stuck on the railroad tracks in Ho-Ho-Kus, leading to delays Monday night of nearly an hour. The driver had come down Glenwood Road from Ridgewood during the Dec. 20 evening rush and, following the GPS, made a left near the Ho-Ho-Kus train station -- only too soon. The Ford sedan instantly got stuck on the tracks. NJ TRANSIT's Emergency Services Unit got the car off the tracks in Ho-Ho-Kus.Boyd A. Loving Citywide Towing initially sent a lift instead of a flatbed, so NJ TRANSIT's Emergency Services Unit responded to free the vehicle so it c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Teens Kick NJ Transit Driver On Ground Before He Pulls Gun, Shoots In Jersey City (VIDEO) Teens Kick NJ Transit Driver On Ground Before He Pulls Gun, Shoots In Jersey City (VIDEO)
Teens Kick NJ Transit Driver On Ground Before He Pulls Gun, Shoots In Jersey City (Video) Newly-surfaced video footage shows the moment a 48-year-old NJ Transit driver shot a group of teens after an alleged assault (scroll for video). Footage posted by HudPost shows the group kicking Staten Island's Charles Fieros — identified by authorities – on the ground outside the bus at Monticello and Jewett Avenue in Jersey City around 9:40 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17. Fieros then appears to reach into his waistband and pull out a handgun. Rumors circulated that the driver stole the gun from the teens, however, police said that was not the case. Bullets struck a 15-year-old boy who was in cr…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police: Drunken NJ TRANSIT Passenger Hospitalized After Furious Fight Police: Drunken NJ TRANSIT Passenger Hospitalized After Furious Fight
Police: Drunken NJ Transit Passenger Hospitalized After Furious Fight A drunk and disorderly bus passenger was arrested after he assaulted Hasbrouck Heights police officers who responded to the driver's call for help, authorities said. The NJ TRANSIT driver stopped the bus at Baldwin Avenue and Boulevard after Eloy Ulloa, 39, of Clifton became persistently disruptive around noontime Saturday, Dec. 3, Police Sgt. John Behr said. Ulloa assaulted Officer Joseph Olivo and tried to flee but was immediately tackled by the officer on the front lawn of a nearby home, Behr said. Ulloa kept trying to punch and kick Olivo, Officer Joseph Armeli and Sgt. James Loos, th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Commuter Bus Topples Traffic Light At Border of Hackensack, Hasbrouck Heights Commuter Bus Topples Traffic Light At Border of Hackensack, Hasbrouck Heights
Commuter Bus Topples Traffic Light At Border of Hackensack, Hasbrouck Heights No injuries were reported when a commuter bus downed a traffic light Monday afternoon at a busy intersection at the border of Hackensack and Hasbrouck Heights. Somehow the NJ TRANSIT bus being leased by Coach USA was the only vehicle damaged in the collision across from the 7-Eleven on South Summit Avenue off the corner of West Pleasantview Avenue around 2 p.m. Southbound South Summit Avenue into Boulevard remained closed for cleanup, repairs and an investigation of the accident's cause. No one was reported injury in the Monday afternoon crash Dec. 5 at the Hackensack/Hasbrouck Heights…

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by Jerry DeMarco