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Animals Rescued After Trailer Crashes Into Hunterdon County Barn: Authorities Animals Rescued After Trailer Crashes Into Hunterdon County Barn: Authorities
Animals Rescued After Trailer Crashes Into Hunterdon County Barn: Authorities Numerous animals had to be rescued after an 18-wheeler crashed into a barn in Hunterdon County on Monday, July 22, authorities said. At 9 a.m., the Whitehouse Rescue Squad in Readington responded to a report of a tractor crashing into a barn, they said in a release. The trailer of an 18-wheeler broke free from a tractor, overturning and then striking the barn, first responders said. Numerous animals were inside and crews removed chickens, goats and other birds from the structure to a safe location, outside a potential collapse zone, first responders said. Whitehouse Rescue Squad Facebook…

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by Sam Barron
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Driver Hospitalized As Dump Truck Overturns In Hunterdon County Driver Hospitalized As Dump Truck Overturns In Hunterdon County
Driver Hospitalized As Dump Truck Overturns In Hunterdon County A dump truck driver was hospitalized after the vehicle overturned in Hunterdon County, authorities said. The vehicle overturned at the intersection of County Route 579 and Route 523 near the border of Delaware and Raritan Townships the afternoon of Wednesday, Feb. 9, according to the Flemington-Raritan First Aid and Rescue Squad. The driver self-extricated and was taken by the rescue squad to Hunterdon Medical Center for evaluation of minor injuries. The road remained closed until the scene was cleared. Delaware Township Police were leading the investigation with help from the Raritan To…

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by Valerie Musson
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Driver Taken To Trauma Center In Hunterdon County Rollover Crash: Police Driver Taken To Trauma Center In Hunterdon County Rollover Crash: Police
Driver Taken To Trauma Center In Hunterdon County Rollover Crash: Police A driver was taken to a nearby trauma center following a rollover crash in Hunterdon County, authorities said. The vehicle crashed into a telephone pole and overturned on Route 523 near Edgewood Road in Readington around 6:15 p.m. Friday, township police said in a release. The driver was taken to a trauma center by the Whitehouse Rescue Squad for treatment of unspecified injuries, police said. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear.

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by Valerie Musson
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SEE ANYTHING? Police Seek Witnesses In Hunterdon County Crash That Seriously Injured 3 SEE ANYTHING? Police Seek Witnesses In Hunterdon County Crash That Seriously Injured 3
SEE Anything? Police Seek Witnesses In Hunterdon County Crash That Seriously Injured 3 Police in Hunterdon County are seeking witnesses after a Morris County woman and two passengers were hospitalized with serious injuries in a crash on Route 523. Diego Gonzalez-Destefan, 25, was driving a Mercury Sable east on Stanton Road when he drifted out of his lane and crossed over Route 523 without stopping at the stop sign last Friday shortly before 6:40 a.m., Readington Township Police said. Gonzalez-Destefan, of Hampton, collided with Lisa Coston, 52, who was driving south on Route 523, police said. Coston, of Netcong, was taken to Hunterdon Medical Center for treatment of injurie…

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by Valerie Musson
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Police: Flemington Man Was On Heroin When He Crossed Double Yellow Line In Head-On Crash Police: Flemington Man Was On Heroin When He Crossed Double Yellow Line In Head-On Crash
Police: Flemington Man Was On Heroin When He Crossed Double Yellow Line In Head-On Crash A Flemington man was under the influence of heroin when he crashed his pickup truck into another driver in Readington Township, said authorities who charged him. Jordon Weber, 29, was headed northbound on Route 523 at Ivy Court when he crossed over the double-yellow lines and hit a Whitehouse driver heading traveling southbound in a Volkswagen around 1 p.m. April 16, Readington Township Police said on Facebook. Police found Weber had been using heroin, and a search of his car turned up a syringe and an empty heroin fold -- as well as two vials of suspected testosterone, authorities sai…

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by Valerie Musson