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Route 80 Stop: Hotel Manager From Virginia Busted With $125,000 Worth Of Pot, Prosecutor Says
The operations manager of a Virginia hotel was charged with first-degree drug possession after Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives said they caught him with 50 pounds of pot during a Route 80 traffic stop. Ryan Barnes, 45, who was traveling alone, had “inconsistencies in his story” after Narcotics Task Force investigators stopped his vehicle on the westbound highway in Bogota on Tuesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Mark Musella said. A Bergen County Sheriff’s Office K9 Unit responded and positively indicated the presence of drugs, which Musella said was found in suitcases in the trunk a…
Police & Fire
Tractor Trailer Crash Downs Pole, Closes Route 46 In Parsippany
All lanes were closed on Route 46 due to a tractor trailer crash Monday afternoon in Parsippany. As of 2:20 p.m., all traffic was being diverted to Route 80 from Edwards Road. Responders were working to clear wires and a downed pole from the eastbound side of the roadway.
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Two Hospitalized In Route 17 Pileup
UPDATE: A chain-reaction crash on Route 17 Friday afternoon sent two people to the hospital. Taken to Hackensack University Medical Center were two drivers -- one 32 out of Clifton, the other 57 out of North Arlington -- following the crash on the northbound highway in Hasbrouck Heights shortly after noon. Borough firefighters extricated one of them (see photos). The first vehicle, driven by a 62-year-old Rutherford resident, hit another, sending it into two more vehicles and a tractor-trailer just north of Franklin Avenue, authorities said. A Jeep was among the badly damaged vehicle…
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Trash-Toting Tractor-Trailer Tips On Route 46 Ramp
A trash-hauling tractor-trailer tipped Friday on the Route 46 ramp to the New Jersey Turnpike and Route 80 in Ridgefield Park. The driver escaped serious injury, responders said. Heavy wreckers were needed to right the rig, which dumped its load on the side of the roadway. LandfillJerry DeMarco The westbound ramp from Route 46 was closed while workers offloaded the trash into a roll-off dumpster and heavy-duty wreckers righted and removed the rig. Westbound traffic was backed up for miles. Westbound Route 46 traffic stretched for miles as heavy-duty wreckers righted the rig on the…
Police & Fire
Tractor-Trailer Crash Blocks Route 80 Ramp
A tractor-trailer jackknifed Monday on a busy Route 80 ramp headed toward the New Jersey Turnpike. No injuries were reported in the mishap on the Ridgefield Park ramp from the eastbound highway onto southbound Route 95 shortly before 1 p.m., responders said. A fuel leak was cleaned up before the rig was righted and removed. Firefighters and New Jersey State Police were among the responders.
Police & Fire
One Dead, Two Injured In Crash Off Route 80
Two men remained hospitalized following a Route 80 crash that killed an 18-year-old Paterson man Sunday night. Diego Guzman and another passenger were thrown from a car that veered off the westbound highway and rolled down an embankment through a bank of trees above Route 19, New Jersey State Police said. Guzman was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver and other passenger who was also ejected, both 18, were taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson. Paterson police and firefighters also responded. ****** ALSO SEE: Shock and sorrow spread through Haledon and beyo…
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Roxbury HS Grad Wins Scholarship Named For Officer Who Helped Her Mother Deliver Her
It wasn’t luck and it wasn’t playing favorites. It was a surprising and sentimental coincidence for Carly Longtine, one of two Mount Arlington residents who received this year’s Joseph S. Wargo Memorial Scholarship. The recent Roxbury High School graduate received the scholarship named in honor of the same Mount Arlington officer who helped her mother give birth to her nearly two decades ago. “This is a great accomplishment in and of itself, and Carly should be commended for her hard work and dedication to her studies,” the department said in a social media post. Officer Wargo died in 201…
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: NJ's Finest, Paterson's Bravest Rescue Female Trio In Route 80 Tractor-Trailer Crash
VIDEO: Three women whose sedan slammed into the back of a tractor-trailer on the shoulder of Route 80 were all expected to survive thanks to a trio of New Jersey State Police troopers and Paterson firefighters. Troopers George Ward, Edgar Rodriguez and Gary Rokoszak of Troop B in Totowa were the first on the scene of the crash on the highway's eastbound side just after 3 a.m. Friday. They found a front-seat passenger outside a Honda sedan that had struck the rig -- and both the driver and rear-seat passenger trapped inside. "The driver was conscious and alert," State Police reported, "but …
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Walmart Hiring 400 Employees For New Morris County Supercenter
Walmart will soon hire approximately 400 people to fill positions at the new Ledgewood Supercenter expected to open this fall at the Ledgewood Commons. Open positions include department managers, support managers, food associates, and receiving/stocking associates. Walmart has opened a hiring center has at 450 Route 10 to fill the open positions, which have starting wages between $11 and $19 per hour. The new Route 10 store is among more than two dozen retailers expected to open at the brand new 470,000 square foot open-air shopping center on Route 10 this fall. The Ledgew…
Police & Fire
Jack-Knifed Tractor-Trailer Jumps Median On Route 80
A tractor-tractor jackknifed and jumped the median on Route 80 in Paterson overnight Saturday. The mishap left the trailer on on side of the highway and part of the rig on the other part near westbound Exit 58 around midnight. Two lanes were temporarily closed on the eastbound side and one on the westbound. An ambulance took the driver to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening. Firefighters summoned a hazardous materials unit to tend to a fuel spill.
Police & Fire
Mobile Crane Goes Up In Flames On Route 80, Fire Truck Involved In Crash
Flames destroyed a mobile crane Thursday afternoon off Route 80 in Totowa, while a Wayne fire truck headed to the scene was involved in a minor crash. The westbound highway just before Minnisink Road was closed as firefighters from Wayne and Totowa and members of the West Paterson Fire Department doused the flames, which spread to nearby brush, shortly before 3 p.m. People nearby reported hearing an explosion. A large hydraulic fuel spill required attention. A New Jersey State Police trooper required medical attention for a minor injury from tire debris, responders said. The driver…
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Tractor-Trailer Tips On Route 80 Turnpike Exit
A tractor-trailer toting pallets of peat moss tipped Sunday afternoon while exiting eastbound Route 80 in Teaneck. The trailer toppled at Exit 68 to southbound Route 95 around 12:30 p.m. Responders included NJ State Police, Teaneck firefighters and others. There was no immediate word on injuries. Brookside Towing cleared the wreckage. The pallets had to be offloaded to another rig.DAILY VOICE The tractor-trailer tipped coming off Route 80 in Teaneck.DAILY VOICE
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