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Two Tractor Trailers, Two Cars Collide On Route 80 (
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A crash involving two tractor-trailers and two passenger vehicles closed a portion of Route 80 early Wednesday, Aug. 21, police said. Troopers responded to the crash in the eastbound lanes at milepost 37.6 in Rockaway Township around 8:15 a.m., Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said. Minor injuries were reported and the crash remains under investigation.
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Two Injured In Four-Car Crash On Route 80:
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Two people were injured in a four-car crash involving multiple trucks on Route 80 in Warren County on Thursday, July 18, authorities said. At 10:47 a.m. on I-80 eastbound in Hardwick Township, a crash occurred between a tractor-trailer, two Ford pickup trucks and a Toyota sedan, Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said. Two drivers sustained minor injuries and were transported to a nearby hospital, Lebron said. The crash remains under investigation, Lebron said.
Police & Fire
Newark Flight Attendant From PA Dies After Spinout Crash With Tractor Trailer On Route 78
Jennifer Friedel-Hoffman, a 60-year-old Pennsylvania resident, was killed in a crash on Route 78 in New Jersey on Wednesday, May 29. A tractor-trailer was parked and unoccupied on the right shoulder on Route 78 West in Lebanon when a Subaru driven by Friedel-Hoffman entered the area and struck the left rear of the truck just after 9 a.m., New Jersey State Police said. The crash caused the Subaru to spin out and hit a Volkswagen passenger car traveling in the right lane, police said. Friedel-Hoffman was taken to the hospital, where she was later pronounced dead. A graduate of Northamp…
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Driver Hurt After Spinning Out In Wild Tractor Trailer Crash On Route 78: State Police
Two people were injured including one seriously after a three-vehicle crash involving a pedestrian on Wednesday, May 29 on Route 78 in Hunterdon County, authorities said. A tractor-trailer was parked and unoccupied on the right shoulder on Route 78 West in Lebanon when a Subaru driven by a 60-year-old Northampton, PA woman entered the area and struck the left rear of the truck just after 9 a.m., New Jersey State Police said. The crash caused the Subaru to spin out and hit a Volkswagen passenger car traveling in the right lane, police said. As a result of the crash, the tractor-…
Traffic
Dump Truck Overturns Within Feet Of Jackknifed Trailer On Route 78 (
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A pair of crashes just yards from one another jammed Route 78 on a rainy Thursday, Aug. 10. Traffic piled up along the eastbound side of the highway near Exit 11 in Bloomsbury/Holland Twp. as of 4:20 p.m. Traffic on 78 Aug. 10.511nj.org One crash involved and overturned dump truck, another a jackknifed tractor trailer. See updates from NJDOT below: Fuel spill and Jack-knifed tractor trailer on I-78 eastbound East of Exit 11 - CR 614/Pattenburg Rd (Union Twp) 3 Left lanes of 4 lanes closed 15 minute delay https://t.co/cmsRzWLC11 — 511NJ I78 (@511nji78) August 10, 2023 Overturned …
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Tour Bus With 15 Occupants Rear-Ends Tractor-Trailer On Rt. 80: State Police
Fifteen occupants of a tour bus were unharmed after a Route 80 collision involving a tractor-trailer on Wednesday, August 2, state police said. The bus rear-ended the trailer on the eastbound side near milepost 8 in Knowlton around 6:45 a.m., SFC Philip Curry told Daily Voice. No major injuries were reported, Curry said. Additional details were not released.
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Pedestrian Hit By Tractor-Trailer On Route 17
A 47-year-old Bogota man was hospitalized after being struck by a tractor-trailer on southbound Route 17 in Hackensack, authorities said. It was shortly after 11:30 p.m. Monday, May 15, when Hasbrouck Heights police responded to the incident at their border, Lt. John Behr said. They found the pedestrian alert and conscious in a passenger vehicle that was pulled over on the shoulder, the lieutenant said. The driver of the tractor-trailer remained at the scene, Behr said, adding that no summonses were issued. The highway was temporarily closed so the pedestrian could be tended to, witnesses…
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: Tractor-Trailer Fire Jams NJ Turnpike Rush Into NYC
A tractor-trailer burst into flames on the I-95 approach from the New Jersey Turnpike to the George Washington Bridge, clogging the Tuesday morning rush. The driver got the rig onto the shoulder of the local lanes near mile marker 117, roughly two-tenths of a mile before the Ridgefield Park exit, shortly after 6:30 a.m. May 16. Flames spread along the bottom of the trailer as the driver got out safely. Black smoke could be seen for miles. Ridgefield Park firefighters doused the blaze. No injuries were immediately reported. New Jersey State Police are investigating the cause.
Police & Fire
Crash Shuts Route 80 In Morris County (
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A serious crash closed the westbound lanes of Interstate 80 in Morris County, authorities said. The crash occurred at about 4:30 p.m. near Exit 39 (Route 53) in Denville Township, according to the New Jersey Department of Transportation. Developing reports said the crash involved a tractor-trailer and that there may have been an entrapment. New Jersey State Police were not immediately available for comment. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES
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: Motorists Report Tractor-Trailer Weaving Before Driver Is Killed In Fiery Route 80 Crash
UPDATE: A tractor-trailer driver apparently suffered a medical emergency before he died in a fiery crash off Route 80, authorities confirmed. Motorists had just reported the rig weaving back and forth in front of them when it barreled off the westbound highway close to the site of the old Marcal plant in Elmwood Park shortly before 8:30 p.m. Saturday, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. First it drifted onto the right shoulder, then it struck the guardrail and continued over the curbed median at the Exit 61 on-ramp before plowing through another guardrail and plummeting off …
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NJ Man Killed In PA Turnpike Crash That Left Tractor-Trailer Sprawled Across Highway (
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A New Jersey man was killed in a violent crash involving a tractor trailer and several cars on the PA Turnpike Friday, July 29, authorities said (scroll for photos). The crash occurred on the Northeast Extension in Carbon County 5:45 p.m. near Mahoning Valley Exit #74. Photos show the tractor's cab and trailer stretched across both sides of the median. Motorist Chris Jones detailed the scene in a Facebook post. "The accident involved a southbound tractor trailer that jackknifed to its left as the tractor jumped partway over the wall, badly damaging the wall itself with large holes," he wr…
Police & Fire
Four Dead In Fiery Newark Crash With Tractor Trailer
Four people died and one person was left critical in a crash involving two cars and a tractor trailer early Saturday, July 23 in Newark, authorities said. A car appeared to have rear-ended a tractor-trailer then burst into flames, spreading to the other car and the trailer around 4:20 a.m. on Frelinghuysen Avenue near Evergreen Avenue, Interim Newark Public Safety Director Raul Malave said. Four trapped occupants were pronounced dead while a fifth was hospitalized in critical condition. The incident remains under investigation. No further information was available.
Police & Fire
Victim Airlifted As Car Gets Trapped Under Tractor-Trailer In Hunterdon County: State Police
A driver was flown to a nearby hospital after a car collided with and became trapped underneath a tractor-trailer in Hunterdon County, state police said. The crash occurred on Route 22 east near Clark Road in Lebanon just after 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 17, Sgt. Alejandro Goez told DailyVoice.com. The car went underneath the trailer and heavily trapped the victim, according to initial reports. The driver of the passenger vehicle was airlifted to Morristown Medical Center for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, Goez said. The driver of the tractor-trailer was not hurt, Goez said. …
Police & Fire
One Killed, Others Hurt In Fiery Head-On Crash With Tractor-Trailer (
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One person was killed and others were hurt in a fiery crash with a tractor-trailer in Warren County, developing reports say. State Police responded to the head-on crash near 1245 Hope Bridgeville Rd. in Blairstown shortly before 10:30 a.m. Monday, according to initial and unconfirmed reports. A tractor-trailer overturned during the crash and began leaking fluids, which then caught fire, the initial report said. Meanwhile, multiple people were thrown from another vehicle, and at least one victim was receiving CPR, according to the report. A medical helicopter was requested but declined due…
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Driver Knocked Off Route 80 By Tractor Trailer Settles Suit For $2 Million
A lumber salesman whose car was knocked off Route 80 in Morris County by a tractor-trailer owned by a Long Island company has reportedly received a $2 million settlement for his injuries. Kevin Smith, 49, of Newton was headed east in the slow lane when the rig drifted from the center lane and bumped his car, sending it careening off the highway in Mount Olive on June 25, 2019, police said at the time. Smith, formerly of Hackettstown, underwent surgery for "multiple fractures and herniations of the lumbar spine," the New Jersey Law Journal reported. He later spent a week in a rehab center a…
Obituaries
Driver Killed In Turnpike Crash ID'd As Central Jersey Man, 31
Authorities have identified the driver killed in a collision on the New Jersey Turnpike. Andrew N. Disney, 31, of Edison, was killed when his sedan slammed into the rear of a tractor-trailer pulled over along the turnpike, according to New Jersey State Police Trooper Brandi Slota. Good Samaritans tried to rescue Disney from the wreckage at about 2 p.m. on Monday. Videos show a silver sedan wedged underneath a tractor trailer -- the driver slumped over the steering wheel. New Jersey State Police Sgt. Philip Curry says the crash occurred on the northbound side of the western spur near mile…
Police & Fire
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: RV Collides With Tractor-Trailer On Route 78
Both drivers suffered minor injuries after an RV collided with a tractor-trailer on Route 78 east, authorities said. The crash occurred near milepost 3.6 just before Exit 3 in Phillipsburg on Friday around 12 p.m., according to the Huntington Volunteer Fire Co. The front end of the RV was significantly damaged in the crash, causing debris to land in the roadway, the fire company said. On Friday afternoon at 12:00pm, Huntington & Alpha Fire responded out to 78E around MM 3.6 just before Exit 3 for an MVA... Posted by Huntington Volunteer Fire Co. #1 Station 75 Fire on Monday, Augus…
Police & Fire
State Police: Tractor-Trailer Crash Shuts Down Route 78 in Hunterdon County
A crash involving a tractor-trailer and a Lexus shut down Route 78 eastbound in Hunterdon County Thursday afternoon, State Police said. The crash was reported near milepost 13.1 in Union Township just before 12:40 p.m., NJSP Trooper Alejandro Goez told Daily Voice. Traffic was temporally diverted off Exit 11 following the crash, Goez said. No injuries were reported in the crash, and all lanes were reopened around 1:30 p.m., Goez said.
Police & Fire
Tractor Trailer, Train Collide In Morris County
Service to the Morris and Essex line was suspended Thursday evening due to a crash involving an NJ Transit train and a tractor trailer. There were three crew members and no passengers on board when the train struck a disabled trailer on the tracks at a grade crossing just east of the Mt. Tabor Station around 8:20 p.m., NJ Transit spokeswoman Kate Thompson said. Two of the crew members were transported to the hospital with minor, non-life threatening injuries, and the driver of the tractor trailer was treated on scene by EMS for minor injuries, Thompson said. Rail service was briefly suspe…
Police & Fire
Several Motorcyclists Injured In NJ Turnpike Crash With Tractor-Trailer
Several motorcyclists were involved in a crash with a tractor-trailer Friday night on the New Jersey Turnpike in East Rutherford, responders said. Five ambulances were initially requested following the crash at mile marker 115 on the turnpike's western spur shortly after 11:30 p.m. At least three motorcycles were involved, responders said. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS
Police & Fire
Back-To-Back Route 95 Crashes: Teaneck Native Killed By Tractor-Trailer, Police Car Hit
A 21-year-old Teaneck native was killed when she got out of her car following a crash on Route 95 in Fort Lee late Wednesday and was struck by a tractor-trailer. Jada Smith was pronounced dead at the scene after CPR efforts failed, responders said. Smith, of Brooklyn, was headed back to Teaneck with fellow family members in two vehicles when she was involved in a crash in the southbound express lanes, responders said. Smith's mom and dad were in a car behind hers coming off the George Washington at the time. Smith got out of her SUV to call her mother and was standing in the road on the p…
Traffic
Bus, Tractor-Trailer Crash On Route 80 In Blairstown
Six or seven people sustained minor injuries in a crash involving a passenger bus and tractor trailer on the eastbound side of Route 80 Tuesday morning, authorities said. The crash near mile marker 8.9 shattered the bus window and sent two or three people to a local hospital with minor injuries around 5:30 a.m., initial reports say. The bus was moved to the right shoulder of the highway around 7 a.m., as workers cleared shattered glass from the roadway, state police said. No major traffic detours were reported and drivers were urged to use caution. From inside the bus.Christopher John…
Police & Fire
Update
: Man Runs Into Traffic During Route 80 Stop, Fatally Struck By Tractor-Trailer
One person died after a motor vehicle accident on Route 80 in Montville early Thursday morning, authorities said. ** UPDATE: A New York man who was pulled over in a motor vehicle stop on Route 80 early Thursday morning was fatally struck by a tractor-trailer when he ran into oncoming traffic after being asked to get out of his car by a Montville police officer ** The 2 a.m. westbound crash closed the right and center lanes of the highway before rush hour, the state's department of transportation said. The Daily Record reported the fatality as a pedestrian. No further information was …
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