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State Police: Mustang Driver Strikes Median, Guardrail In Morris County Route 80 Crash State Police: Mustang Driver Strikes Median, Guardrail In Morris County Route 80 Crash
State Police: Mustang Driver Strikes Median, Guardrail In Morris County Route 80 Crash A Ford Mustang driver was injured after veering off Route 80 in Morris County Friday morning, state police said. The driver veered off the eastbound lanes to the left before crashing into the center median and hitting the right guardrail at milepost 28.8 in Roxbury Township just before 6:05 a.m., NJSP Sgt. Alejandro Goez told Daily Voice. The driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the crash, Goez said. All lanes had reopened by 7 a.m., Goez said. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear.

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by Valerie Musson
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PHOTOS: Route 80 Tied Up For Hours By Multi-Vehicle Crash, Fuel Spill PHOTOS: Route 80 Tied Up For Hours By Multi-Vehicle Crash, Fuel Spill
Photos: Route 80 Tied Up For Hours By Multi-Vehicle Crash, Fuel Spill UPDATE: Westbound Route 80 traffic was snarled for several hours in Bergen County on Tuesday following a crash involving a tractor-trailer, a sedan and a heavy fuel spill. Ridgefield Park firefighters extricated the driver of a BMW that was involved in the crash  at mile marker 67.7 in the local lanes approaching Hackensack in Bogota around 2:30 p.m. No serious injuries were reported, however. Ridgefield Park firefighters extricated the BMW driver.ABC Towing for DAILY VOICE A Bergen County Hazardous Materials Unit joined firefighters in cleaning up fuel that leaked from the jack-knifed…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJSP Route 80 Pursuit Ends In Crash, Two Seized NJSP Route 80 Pursuit Ends In Crash, Two Seized
Njsp Route 80 Pursuit Ends In Crash, Two Seized Two suspects were in custody following a State Police pursuit on Route 80 Thursday morning that ended in a crash, responders said. Troopers were pursuing the vehicle on the eastbound highway -- apparently beginning in Wayne -- when it veered off at Exit 56A in Woodland Park, they said. The vehicle then returned to the highway with several troopers in pursuit, they said. It crashed a short distance later, at mile marker 58 in Paterson. There was no immediate word on injuries, other than that State Police summoned an ambulance as a precaution. Eastbound traffic was jammed. This follows ano…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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State Police: Honda Goes Up In Flames, Shuts Down Route 80 Exit Ramp In Morris County State Police: Honda Goes Up In Flames, Shuts Down Route 80 Exit Ramp In Morris County
State Police: Honda Goes Up In Flames, Shuts Down Route 80 Exit Ramp In Morris County A Honda Accord went up in flames on Route 80 Thursday morning, causing the temporary shutdown of an exit ramp in Morris County, state police said. The sedan caught fire just before 9:15 a.m. on the Exit 45 ramp of Route 80 eastbound in Parsippany, NJSP Trooper Alejandro Goez told Daily Voice. The ramp was shut down for about an hour as crews doused the blaze and cleared the scene, Goez said. No injuries were reported.

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by Valerie Musson
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$1,000,000 Worth Of Pot Found Stuffed Into SUV On Route 80, Upstate NY Man, Canadian Pal Busted $1,000,000 Worth Of Pot Found Stuffed Into SUV On Route 80, Upstate NY Man, Canadian Pal Busted
$1,000,000 Worth Of Pot Found Stuffed Into SUV On Route 80, Upstate NY Man, Canadian Pal Busted Detectives seized a whopping 360 pounds of pot that they said were in stuffed into more than a dozen duffle bags packed into an SUV stopped on Route 80. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said members of his Narcotics Task Force stopped a Ford Expedition driven by a Canadian citizen on the interstate in Lodi on Tuesday. “When the windows to the vehicle were rolled down, detectives observed the entire rear portion of the vehicle to be filled with thirteen oversized duffle bags” of marijuana worth an estimated $1 million, Musella said. The driver, Shawn R. Porter, 34, of Etobicoke, Canada…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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5 Hospitalized In Route 80 Crash 5 Hospitalized In Route 80 Crash
5 Hospitalized In Route 80 Crash A driver and four passengers were hospitalized after their sedan crashed Saturday on Route 80, authorities said. The group was headed eastbound when the driver lost control of the Volkswagen Jetta in Totowa between the Minnisink and Squirrelwood road exits around 10:30 a.m., New Jersey State Police Sgt. Lawrence Peele said. The sedan slammed the left guard rail, injuring all of the occupants, Peele said. None of the injuries appeared life-threatening, he added. State Police were investigating, he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Developing: Several Cars Collide With Tractor-Trailer On Route 80 Developing: Several Cars Collide With Tractor-Trailer On Route 80
Developing: Several Cars Collide With Tractor-Trailer On Route 80 Two lanes of Route 80 westbound were shut down following a crash involving several vehicles and a tractor-trailer, initial reports say. The crash occurred near milepost 27 in Mount Olive around 11 a.m., according to the unconfirmed report. Two left lanes of the highway were shut down as a result of the crash. State Police did not immediately respond to a request for additional information. This is a developing story. Check back for more.

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by Valerie Musson
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Paterson Man Charged With Sex Assault On Drunken Woman At Saddle Brook Hotel Off Route 80 Paterson Man Charged With Sex Assault On Drunken Woman At Saddle Brook Hotel Off Route 80
Paterson Man Charged With Sex Assault On Drunken Woman At Saddle Brook Hotel Off Route 80 A Paterson man took advantage of an incapacitated woman at a Saddle Brook hotel, authorities charged. Hakeem Taylor, 22, was “fully aware” that the woman was both under the influence and sleeping in a room at the Crowne Plaza Hotel off Route 80 following a party on Jan. 31, according to a criminal complaint. Eight days later, the woman reported unwelcomed cunnilingus from him to township police, records show. The victim was “incapacitated and unable to provide consent,” Bergen County Prosecutor Musella said Friday in announcing Taylor’s arrest on first-degree aggravated sexual assault char…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Luxury Sedan Slams Into Goodwill Building Off Route 80 Luxury Sedan Slams Into Goodwill Building Off Route 80
Luxury Sedan Slams Into Goodwill Building Off Route 80 A driver escaped serious injury after his luxury sedan skidded off Route 80 and into the new Goodwill warehouse in South Hackensack. The driver told police he lost control of the BMW 650i Wednesday after hitting black ice on the eastbound side of the highway on the warm, nearly 50-degree night. The sedan then hit the rear of the 125,500-square-foot Goodwill Industries Outlet and Donation warehouse, offices and thrift store on Huyler Street. The non-profit human rights organization's largest North Jersey facility opened there this past July. The driver, who climbed out of the totaled sedan…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Just Passing By: Hackensack Firefighters Help Douse Ridgefield Park Candle Factory Blaze Just Passing By: Hackensack Firefighters Help Douse Ridgefield Park Candle Factory Blaze
Just Passing By: Hackensack Firefighters Help Douse Ridgefield Park Candle Factory Blaze UPDATE: Firefighters doused a Wednesday afternoon blaze that damaged solar panels and a portion of the roof of a Ridgefield Park candle factory. Flames and smoke brought not only village firefighters but also their colleagues from Hackensack, who were passing by following a call on Route 80 and could see the roof of Star Candle Company on Industrial Avenue from the highway shortly after 12:30 p.m. The building was evacuated and no injuries were reported. Hackensack firefighters used dry-chemical extinguishers to hold the flames in check until their village colleagues arrived. The fire we…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Firefighters Douse Blaze In Paterson Mixed-Use Building Firefighters Douse Blaze In Paterson Mixed-Use Building
Firefighters Douse Blaze In Paterson Mixed-Use Building PHOTOS: Responders were relieved when a report of a resident trapped during a fire Wednesday in Paterson proved unfounded. Flames raced through the upper two floors of apartments in the three-story, mixed-use building on Main Street near Route 80 after breaking out around 3 p.m. City firefighters had the blaze knocked down in under a half hour. It was declared under control soon after. No injuries were reported. No injuries were reported in the Paterson fire.Jo Fehl for DAILY VOICE At the scene.Jo Fehl for DAILY VOICE Fire damaged the upper floors.Jo Fehl for DAILY VOICE

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Slaughterhouse Goat That Roamed Route 80 For Months Miraculously Saved By Rescuers (VIDEO) Slaughterhouse Goat That Roamed Route 80 For Months Miraculously Saved By Rescuers (VIDEO)
Slaughterhouse Goat That Roamed Route 80 For Months Miraculously Saved By Rescuers (Video) This animal rescue story could be the GOAT -- greatest of all time. A goat that escaped a slaughterhouse and spent the following months roaming the cliffs above Route 80 in Allamuchy was brought to safety by a local animal rescue organization (scroll down for video). The animal had become accustomed to the rocky cliffs above the highway, grazing along the guardrail and the 18-wheelers that whizzed past her.  People, however, frightened her. Rescuers from Buddha Dog Rescue and Recovery (BDRR) tried for weeks to help her. She bolted as soon as anyone would approach, the rescue said. "Severa…

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by Cecilia Levine