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Warren County Tractor-Trailer Crash Causes Large Fuel Spill, Closes Rt. 31 For Hours: Police Warren County Tractor-Trailer Crash Causes Large Fuel Spill, Closes Rt. 31 For Hours: Police
Warren County Tractor-Trailer Crash Causes Large Fuel Spill, Closes Rt. 31 For Hours: Police A crash involving a tractor-trailer and a Nissan caused a fuel spill that left Route 31 in Warren County closed for hours on Wednesday morning, Dec. 20, police said. It happened around 4:35 a.m., Washington Township Police Chief Christopher M. Jones said. A 46-year-old Belvidere man was driving a Nissan Rouge next to a 25-year-old Hackettstown man driving a tractor-trailer southbound on Route 31 in Oxford Township when the tractor-trailer “lost control, slid and pushed the Nissan off the road,” Jones said. Both drivers were unharmed in the crash. Route 31 was closed for about three hours …

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
SERIOUSLY? Yet Another Tractor-Trailer Crash Jams Morning Rush Near NJ/NY Border SERIOUSLY? Yet Another Tractor-Trailer Crash Jams Morning Rush Near NJ/NY Border
Seriously? Yet Another Tractor-Trailer Crash Jams Morning Rush Near NJ/NY Border Another tractor-trailer jack-knifed, landing on its side, on a notorious stretch of road near the New Jersey-New York border in northwest Bergen County before dawn Tuesday. Northbound Route 17 was temporarily closed near the Route 287 flyover in Mahwah just south of Rockland County near Mountainside Avenue after the 4:09 a.m. crash on Aug. 29, Police Chief Timothy O'Hara said. "The driver told the officers that he was traveling northbound in the right lane when he felt the load shift in the trailer because of what he described as 'angled pavement' in a temporary lane due to construction in …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Route 17 N/B Reopened After Overhead Sign In Wild Tractor-Trailer Crash Is Replaced UPDATE: Route 17 N/B Reopened After Overhead Sign In Wild Tractor-Trailer Crash Is Replaced
Update: Route 17 N/B Reopened After Overhead Sign In Wild Tractor-Trailer Crash Is Replaced UPDATE: Northbound Route 17 in Mahwah was reopened around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday following a wild tractor-trailer crash earlier in the day. Only one lane of the southbound highway was open during the evening rush. There miraculously were no serious injuries in the crash, which left the rig scattered across both sides of the highway near the New York State border around 10 a.m. Aug. 2, Mahwah Mayor Jim Wysocki said. The rig had split into pieces, with a huge container landing on a passing SUV on the other side of the divider and thousands of lemons spilling onto the highway. An overhead signp…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Traffic
UPDATE: Northbound Route 17 Reopened After Wild Tractor-Trailer Crash Damages Overhead Sign UPDATE: Northbound Route 17 Reopened After Wild Tractor-Trailer Crash Damages Overhead Sign
Update: Northbound Route 17 Reopened After Wild Tractor-Trailer Crash Damages Overhead Sign UPDATE: Northbound Route 17 in Mahwah as reopened around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday following a wild tractor-trailer crash earlier in the day. Only one lane of the southbound highway was open during the evening rush. There miraculously were no serious injuries in the crash, which left the rig scattered across both sides of the highway near the New York State border around 10 a.m. Aug. 2, Mahwah Mayor Jim Wysocki said. The rig had split into pieces, with a huge container landing on a passing SUV on the other side of the divider and thousands of lemons spilling onto the highway. An overhead signpo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Critically Injured Officer Airlifted After Being T-Boned By Tractor-Trailer Near NJ/NY Line Critically Injured Officer Airlifted After Being T-Boned By Tractor-Trailer Near NJ/NY Line
Critically Injured Officer Airlifted After Being T-Boned By Tractor-Trailer Near NJ/NY Line A police officer whose cruiser was rammed by a tractor-trailer just north of the New Jersey state line was in stable condition, her department said, as authorities sought witnesses to the horrific crash. Warwick Police Officer Jordan Tetreault was headed southwest on Route 94 when her 2019 Ford Explorer wast-boned by the rig coming northwest off Warwick Turnpike at 9:47 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, New York State Police said. The 2011 Freightliner was driven by Mouhamadou Diallo, 50, of Brooklyn, they said Wednesday. The rig then struck a telephone pole and landed on its side after continuing t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Tractor-Trailer Veers Off Road, Bursts Into Flames In Head-On Crash That Shut Rt. 206: UPDATE Tractor-Trailer Veers Off Road, Bursts Into Flames In Head-On Crash That Shut Rt. 206: UPDATE
Tractor-Trailer Veers Off Road, Bursts Into Flames In Head-On Crash That Shut Rt. 206: Update Route 206 remained closed hours after a tractor-trailer veered off of Route 206 and burst into flames in a head-on crash during the morning on Tuesday, April 11, authorities said. The Chester Volunteer Fire Company responded to the crash near Plant Detectives alongside the local police and first aid squads around 7 a.m., police and fire crews said. *********Road Closure******* Route 206 will be closed to motor vehicle traffic in both directions in the area of Plant... Posted by Chester Police NJ on Tuesday, April 11, 2023 The tractor-trailer was hit head-on before veering off the road…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Victim Of Fiery Crash On Cross Bronx Expressway Was Special Ed. Teacher From NJ Victim Of Fiery Crash On Cross Bronx Expressway Was Special Ed. Teacher From NJ
Victim Of Fiery Crash On Cross Bronx Expressway Was Special Ed. Teacher From NJ A 49-year-old special education teacher from New Jersey has been identified in a fiery crash on the Cross Bronx Expressway early Tuesday, Nov. 29, police said. Shelly Vilsaint's Range Rover collided with a tractor trailer contracted by the U.S. Postal Service in the westbound lanes around 12:35 a.m. near the Major Deegan Expressway, according to police and the New York Post. Vilsaint was sitting in her car behind the trailer when another tractor trailer slammed into her vehicle, igniting a fire that spread to the first tractor trailer. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Neither t…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Tractor Trailer Crash Closes Portion Of Route 78 Tractor Trailer Crash Closes Portion Of Route 78
Tractor Trailer Crash Closes Portion Of Route 78 A tractor trailer crash closed a portion of Route 78 in Somerset County during rush hour Monday, Oct. 17. The trailer overturned on the eastbound side of the highway on the Exit 36 ramp in Warren Township around 7:15 a.m., New Jersey State Police Trooper Charles Marchan said. The driver was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The crash remains under investigation and there was no additional information available.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Driver Hospitalized In Double Tractor-Trailer Crash That Dumped Fuel, Closed Rt. 78 (UPDATE) Driver Hospitalized In Double Tractor-Trailer Crash That Dumped Fuel, Closed Rt. 78 (UPDATE)
Driver Hospitalized In Double Tractor-Trailer Crash That Dumped Fuel, Closed Rt. 78 (Update) A driver was taken to a nearby hospital following a double tractor-trailer crash that dumped fuel and shut down Route 78 in the afternoon on Thursday, Sept. 29, state police said. The tractor-trailers collided in the eastbound lanes near milepost 17.4 in Clinton Township, causing one of them to spill fuel in the right and center lanes between mileposts 17.4 and 17.8. just before 1:15 p.m., NJSP Sgt. Philip Curry told DailyVoice.com. One of the drivers was taken to Hunterdon Medical Center for treatment of a lower-body injury, Curry said. The other was not hurt. The Hunterdon County HazMat…

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by Valerie Musson
Obituaries
Passenger, 19, Killed In Route 80 Tractor-Trailer Crash: State Police Passenger, 19, Killed In Route 80 Tractor-Trailer Crash: State Police
Passenger, 19, Killed In Route 80 Tractor-Trailer Crash: State Police A 19-year-old Nissan passenger was killed in a tractor-trailer crash on Route 80, state police confirmed. A Nissan Versa was heading east on Route 80 in Hope Township when it ran off the left side of the road, crossed the grass median, and entered the westbound lanes near milepost 13.1 in Hope Township around 7:15 a.m. on Monday, July 18, NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan told DailyVoice.com. The Nissan was then struck by a Volvo tractor-trailer, which was heading west on Route 80, Marchan said. One of the passengers in the Nissan — identified as Melanise Torres, of Newark — was killed in the c…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Fiery Tractor Trailer Crash Closes Route 78 In Newark Fiery Tractor Trailer Crash Closes Route 78 In Newark
Fiery Tractor Trailer Crash Closes Route 78 In Newark A fiery tractor trailer crash with one fatality closed Route 78 in Newark early Saturday, July 16, developing reports say. The truck apparently jumped the median on the westbound highway near Exit 56 around 6:15 a.m., trapping the driver, who was killed, RLS Media reports. Smoke billowed above the scene and could be scene from the tarmac at Newark Airport. This is a developing story. Check back for more.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Double Tractor-Trailer Crash Causes Serious Delays, Fluid Spill On Route 78: DEVELOPING Double Tractor-Trailer Crash Causes Serious Delays, Fluid Spill On Route 78: DEVELOPING
Double Tractor-Trailer Crash Causes Serious Delays, Fluid Spill On Route 78: Developing A crash involving two tractor-trailers spilled fluid on the roadway and serious delays on Route 78, developing reports say. The crash occurred in the eastbound lanes west of Exit 11 to Route 614/Pattenburg Road in Bethlehem Township around 7 a.m. on Friday, July 8, according to 511NJ. Crash and Fuel spill on I-78 eastbound West of Exit 11 - CR 614/Pattenburg Rd (Bethlehem Twp) 1 Right lane of 3 lanes closed https://t.co/0aKQTOOj4A — 511NJ I78 (@511nji78) July 8, 2022 Two of three right lanes remained closed as of 9:40 a.m. with delays of around 40 minutes, the outlet said. Crash an…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Double Tractor-Trailer Crash Slows Traffic On Rt. 33 In Northampton County; Injuries Reported Double Tractor-Trailer Crash Slows Traffic On Rt. 33 In Northampton County; Injuries Reported
Double Tractor-Trailer Crash Slows Traffic On Rt. 33 In Northampton County; Injuries Reported At least one person was hurt in a tractor-trailer crash that slowed traffic on Route 33 in Northampton County, authorities said. The crash occurred in the northbound lanes near milepost 5.6 in Lower Nazareth Township during the afternoon on Wednesday, June 29, according to a Twitter post from PSP Trooper Nathan Branosky. Tractor Trailer crash of two Tractor Trailer’s on State Route33 N/B, MM 5.6, Lower Nazareth Twp., Northampton Co. expect intermittent lane closures and prepare for evening commute to be affected. @wfmztraffic @mcall @lehighvalley @LehighAlerts pic.twitter.com/NRRRA7sAJ…

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by Valerie Musson
News
Tipped Load Of Frozen Food Closes Flyover At NJ/NY Border For Hours, Second Crash Of Morning Tipped Load Of Frozen Food Closes Flyover At NJ/NY Border For Hours, Second Crash Of Morning
Tipped Load Of Frozen Food Closes Flyover At NJ/NY Border For Hours, Second Crash Of Morning UPDATE: An early-morning tractor-trailer crash kept a notorious stretch of highway at the New Jersey/New York border closed well into the afternoon on Tuesday. The driver told police that his load of frozen food shifted and the rig tipped on the flyover where Routes 17 and 287 meet in Mahwah around 7:30 a.m. He was uninjured. The flyover connection has been a constant nightmare and headache for motorists as well as emergency responders for years. This time, the road remained closed at that point into the late afternoon as boxes of tater tots, mozzarella sticks and stuffed jalapenos were o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Tractor-Trailer Topples Two Poles On Route 46, KOs Power To Teterboro Muni Building Tractor-Trailer Topples Two Poles On Route 46, KOs Power To Teterboro Muni Building
Tractor-Trailer Topples Two Poles On Route 46, KOs Power To Teterboro Muni Building A tractor-trailer downed two utility poles -- and with them two transformers -- Tuesday morning outside the Teterboro Municipal Building on westbound Route 46. Utility workers said they expect power to the building to remain out for the day and that it would likely be "well into the evening" before their work is completed, authorities said. The driver got out under his own steam and was OK following the early-morning crash across from Teterboro Airport, responders said. The cause wasn't immediately determined. Moonachie police were investigating.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Fiery Double Tractor-Trailer Crash Causes Massive Delays On Route 78 [PHOTOS] Fiery Double Tractor-Trailer Crash Causes Massive Delays On Route 78 [PHOTOS]
Fiery Double Tractor-Trailer Crash Causes Massive Delays On Route 78 [Photos] Two tractor-trailers crashed and burst into flames Thursday morning, drawing emergency departments from several surrounding towns and causing major delays on Route 78, authorities said. The trailers collided and went up in flames in the eastbound lanes near milepost 11 before exit 11 in Bethlehem Township around 4:30 a.m., according to the Pattenburg Volunteer Fire Department. The drivers had safely exited the vehicles upon arrival of the Bloomsbury Hose Co., which also assisted with fire suppression, they said. Early morning call on 78, Engine 43-2 arrived second due and assisted wit…

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by Valerie Musson
News
Mom Overheard Crash That Killed NJ High School Sweethearts, Lawsuit Alleges Mom Overheard Crash That Killed NJ High School Sweethearts, Lawsuit Alleges
Mom Overheard Crash That Killed NJ High School Sweethearts, Lawsuit Alleges A New Jersey mother was talking to her daughter on the phone when she overheard the tractor-trailer crash that ended her and her boyfriend's lives in Illinois over the summer, a new lawsuit alleges. Point Pleasant high school sweethearts Marsada "Sadi" Connors, 20, and Cole Young, 19 — along with their yellow lab, Maezy — died when a tractor trailer veered into oncoming traffic and hit their 2008 Honda Odyssey on Route 70 in Illinois on Friday, Aug. 20. Connors' mom Kimberly Kohler says she heard her daughter scream before the trailer hit the van and the line cut out, NJ.com reports. …

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Sussex County Man, 42, Airlifted In Head-On Crash With Tractor-Trailer On Route 206 Sussex County Man, 42, Airlifted In Head-On Crash With Tractor-Trailer On Route 206
Sussex County Man, 42, Airlifted In Head-On Crash With Tractor-Trailer On Route 206 A 42-year-old Sussex County man was airlifted with serious injuries after crashing head-on into a tractor-trailer on Route 206 Wednesday afternoon, police confirmed. Christopher A. Morales, of Newton, was driving southbound on Route 206 in a 2008 Jeep Patriot when he veered into the northbound lanes and crashed head-on into a 2013 Peterbilt tractor-trailer near the intersection of Brighton Road around 3:50 p.m., Andover Township police said. Morales was treated at the scene for head and leg injuries by Lakeland EMS and St. Clare's ALS before being airlifted to Morristown Medical Center via …

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Fiery Tractor-Trailer Crash Hospitalizes Driver, Closes Rt. 80 Near Warren County State Forest Fiery Tractor-Trailer Crash Hospitalizes Driver, Closes Rt. 80 Near Warren County State Forest
Fiery Tractor-Trailer Crash Hospitalizes Driver, Closes Rt. 80 Near Warren County State Forest A fiery tractor-trailer crash shut down Route 80 westbound near the parking area of a state forest in Warren County Thursday morning, authorities said. The tractor-trailer ran off the right side of the highway and across the ramp to Dunnfield Creek in Hardwick Township before hitting several trees and catching fire, NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan told Daily Voice. The driver was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Marchan said. The Knowlton Township Fire and Rescue Company asked motorists to avoid the area over the next several hours as they operated at the scene. …

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Tractor Trailer Driver Dies In Fiery Crash On I-78 Tractor Trailer Driver Dies In Fiery Crash On I-78
Tractor Trailer Driver Dies In Fiery Crash On I-78 A tractor trailer driver died in a fiery crash on Interstate 78 in Somerset County late Wednesday night, authorities said. The multi-vehicle crash involved two tractor trailers and occurred on the eastbound side at milepost 29.4 in Bedminster Township, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. The driver's identity was not immediately released and further details were not available. The right lane remains closed for the accident investigation.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
State Police: Driver, 33, Killed In Fiery Tractor-Trailer Crash In Hunterdon County State Police: Driver, 33, Killed In Fiery Tractor-Trailer Crash In Hunterdon County
State Police: Driver, 33, Killed In Fiery Tractor-Trailer Crash In Hunterdon County A 33-year-old driver was pronounced dead at the scene of a fiery tractor-trailer crash in Hunterdon County Sunday afternoon, state police said. Michael Shorter of Atlanta, Georgia was driving the trailer through the intersection of Routes 519 and 619 in Milford when the vehicle ran off the road and struck a guardrail, a utility pole, the deck of a residence and a tree around 2 p.m., NJSP Trooper Lawrence Peele told Daily Voice. The cab of the trailer went up in flames and trapped Shorter, who was pronounced dead at the scene, Peele said. The intersection was closed for approximately 7 hour…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
PHOTOS: Double Tractor-Trailer Crash Scatters Debris Throughout Route 78 In Hunterdon County PHOTOS: Double Tractor-Trailer Crash Scatters Debris Throughout Route 78 In Hunterdon County
Photos: Double Tractor-Trailer Crash Scatters Debris Throughout Route 78 In Hunterdon County A crash involving two tractor-trailers shut down the westbound lanes of Route 78 and scattered debris throughout the highway Thursday afternoon, authorities said. The tractor-trailers collided near the rest stop just before Exit 7 in Bloomsbury, the Stewartsville Volunteer Fire Company said on Facebook. The tractor-trailers were significantly damaged in the crash, which spread debris throughout the highway, authorities said. The Bloomsbury Hose Co. assisted with cleanup while the Pattenburg Rescue Squad provided patient care. The crash remains under investigation.

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Tractor Trailer Crash Downs Pole, Closes Route 46 In Parsippany Tractor Trailer Crash Downs Pole, Closes Route 46 In Parsippany
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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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Not One, Not Two, But Three Tractor-Trailers Crash On Notorious Route 287 Stretch Not One, Not Two, But Three Tractor-Trailers Crash On Notorious Route 287 Stretch
Not One, Not Two, But Three Tractor-Trailers Crash On Notorious Route 287 Stretch A driver was serious injured during a series of tractor-trailer crashes that closed both sides of a notorious stretch of Route 287 in Oakland, jamming traffic until well after sunrise Wednesday. Two rigs crashed separately on the rain-soaked highway's northbound side near Skyline Drive barely 15 minutes apart just after 2:30 a.m.  A medical chopper was summoned for the seriously injured driver and then cancelled because of the weather. Responders said he'd been ejected from the cab of his rig. Another tractor-trailer tipped in the southbound lanes about four hours earlier. State Police …

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by Jerry DeMarco