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Arlington Avenue, East Orange, NJ

Shooting, Bus Crash End East Orange Police Pursuit Shooting, Bus Crash End East Orange Police Pursuit
Shooting, Bus Crash End East Orange Police Pursuit A law enforcement officer fired a shot and an NJ TRANSIT bus was involved in a crash during a pursuit in East Orange on Sunday, responders said. An SUV apparently was being pursued when it crashed and its three occupants bailed out at the intersection of Springdale and Arlington avenues near the Garden State Parkway overpass around noon on March 26. No serious injuries were immediately reported from the collision, which knocked the bus onto a resident's lawn. No one apparently was struck by gunfire. The trio vanished. Detectives work the scene of the crash and bailout following a purs…
UPDATE: No Apparent Victims In East Orange Building Collapse, City Officials Say UPDATE: No Apparent Victims In East Orange Building Collapse, City Officials Say
Update: No Apparent Victims In East Orange Building Collapse, City Officials Say Preliminary searches of a vacant, boarded-up East Orange building that collapsed Saturday found no victims, city officials said. Two Paterson firefighters and a K-9 went in once it was deemed safe to search three hours after the middle of the five-story building near the corner of Williams Street and Arlington Avenue gave way around 5 p.m. The building had been under construction and there was no reason to believe anyone was inside, city officials said. Responders included members of the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI), which includes firefighters from Hackensack, Paterson, North Hu…