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Tuesday, jun 23
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Interstate 78
Police & Fire
Mustang Passenger, 21, Photographer, ID'd As Passenger Killed In Multi-Vehicle I-78 Crash: PD
A young photographer has been identified as the victim killed in a multi-vehicle wreck over the weekend on Interstate 78. Genna Spina was a passenger in a Ford Mustang involved in a chain reaction crash on Saturday, Aug. 30 at 1:46 a.m. in the westbound lanes of Hillside, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Charles Marchan said (scroll for more crash details). Genna Spina Genna Spina Instagram Remembering Genna Spina's social media profiles show she was a photographer who attended the County College of Morris. She had been working as an assistant photographer at Fred Marcus Phot…
Police & Fire
Passaic Man Pushing Car On I-78 Killed In PA Tractor-Trailer Crash ID'd: Coroner
A 33-year-old New Jersey man has been identified as the person killed while pushing a vehicle on Interstate 78 in Northampton County, the coroner announced on Tuesday, June 17. Tyler R. Kolaja, of Hamburg, was fatally struck by a tractor-trailer while pushing a 2010 Chevrolet Equinox that had run out of gas on I-78 Eastbound near Mile Marker 74.3 in Glendon Borough around 10:15 p.m. on Monday, June 16, according to Pennsylvania State Police Troop M – Belfast and the Northampton County Coroner’s Office. Troopers said Kolaja had been pushing the SUV in the right lane while a woman from New Je…
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NJ Trucker Killed In PA I-78 Overturn Crash: Coroner
A New Jersey truck driver was killed when his tractor-trailer veered off the road and overturned on Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania, officials announced on Thursday, March 6. Timothy O. Atanda, 48, of Newark, was behind the wheel when the crash happened at mile marker 60.7 in Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, at approximately 2:01 p.m. on Wednesday, March 5, the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office said. Atanda was pronounced dead at 2:47 p.m. in the emergency department at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest. An autopsy determined his cause of death was blunt force injuries due to a motor veh…
Police & Fire
Support Rising For Bergen County Teen Killed In Route 78 Pennsylvania Crash
The community is rallying to support the family of a vibrant 19-year-old from Bergen County, NJ who tragically died in a car accident along Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania earlier this week. Ciarra Sanchez was heading east on I-78 in Upper Saucon Township when the vehicle veered off the road and struck a concrete bridge pillar on Monday, Nov. 11, according to Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio. She was pronounced dead on the scene at 1:38 a.m., with the cause of death listed as multiple blunt force injuries. In the wake of her sudden passing, Ciarra’s mother’s colleagues at Christ Hospital…
Traffic
23-Year-Old Airlifted After Driver Sends Car Into Oncoming Traffic On I-78: Police
A 23-year-old woman was flown to the hospital in a crash on Interstate 78 Sunday, June 25, New Jersey State Police said. An Acura Integra driven by a 23-year-old Manville man ran off the highway to the left and crossed the center median, entering the westbound lanes around 9 a.m. near milepost 22.7, in Clinton Township, NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan said. The Acura was struck by a westbound Hyundai. The 23-year-old Acura driver was seriously injured, as was his passenger, a Middlesex woman, who was flown to the hospital. The Hyundai's passengers suffered moderate injuries.
Police & Fire
35-Year-Old Driver Dead In Route 78 Crash
A 35-year-old man died after his vehicle overturned and struck a tree Friday on Interstate 78 in Somerset County. Stephan Tarnowsky was heading west when his Ford Crown Victoria went off the road and struck a tree around 11:15 a.m. near milepost 36.5 in Warren, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. The Washington (Warren County) resident was airlifted to Morristown Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead. The crash remains under investigation.
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HIM? $5,000 Reward For Info On Warren County Shooting Suspect
QuVa Pharma is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to the arrest of a suspect in a shooting in Greenwich Township, state police said. Cory Vernon, 39, of Easton, Pennsylvania was shot three times in the head, hand and chest in her vehicle on the Exit 6 off-ramp on Interstate 78 shortly before 6 a.m. on Tuesday, March 31, authorities said. He was treated at the scene and transported to a local hospital, authorities said. The suspect, described as a white male with dark clothing, was believed to be traveling in the area of Interstate 78 east between Exit 75 (Morgan …
Police & Fire
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Seeks Public's Help Finding Gunman Who Shot Woman In Car Off North Jersey Highway
State Police asked the public's help finding a gunman who shot a woman in a car on an entrance ramp to Route 78 in Warren County early Tuesday following an incident somewhere in New Jersey or Pennsylvania. Troopers responding to a shots fired call at Exit 6 in Greenwich Township, which runs through a truck weigh station, found the woman in her vehicle shortly before 6 a.m., the NJSP said. She was "conscious and alert," having sustained gunshot wounds to her head, hand and chest, State Police said. The 39-year-old victim was conscious but unable to speak when taken to a hospital by am…
Police & Fire
Woman Found Shot In Car Off North Jersey Highway
State Police asked the public's help finding a gunman who shot a woman in a car on an entrance ramp to Route 78 in Warren County early Tuesday following an incident somewhere in New Jersey or Pennsylvania. Troopers responding to a shots fired call at Exit 6 in Greenwich Township, which runs through a truck weigh station, found the woman in her vehicle shortly before 6 a.m., the NJSP said. She was "conscious and alert," having sustained gunshot wounds to her head, hand and chest, State Police said. The 39-year-old victim was conscious but unable to speak when taken to a hospital by ambulanc…
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