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Six Hospitalized When Tractor Trailer Flips Onto Cars On Rt. 22 (UPDATE) Six Hospitalized When Tractor Trailer Flips Onto Cars On Rt. 22 (UPDATE)
Six Hospitalized When Tractor Trailer Flips Onto Cars On Rt. 22 (Update) Six people were hospitalized when a tractor-trailer overturned onto several vehicles in Warren County Monday, Aug. 14, police said. The Allentown-bound truck was cut off by another vehicle on Rt. 22 at St. James Avenue just before 12:50 p.m. in Pohatcong, local police said. The other vehicle collided with the truck and caused the truck to swerve off the road. The truck went off Rt. 22 and onto St. James Avenue where it crashed into three other cars and rolled over onto its side. A total of six people were transported to the hospital for multiple different injuries, all non-life-threa…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Warren County Diner Goes Up In Flames Morning Of Soft Opening: ‘I’m So Heartbroken,’ Owner Says Warren County Diner Goes Up In Flames Morning Of Soft Opening: ‘I’m So Heartbroken,’ Owner Says
Warren County Diner Goes Up In Flames Morning Of Soft Opening: ‘I’m So Heartbroken,’ Owner Says A new diner in Warren County went up in flames just hours before it was scheduled to have its soft opening, leaving the owner heartbroken and desperate to rebuild. Tony Arzuaga of Jersey City was planning to hold the soft opening for Catch 22 Diner on Route 22 East in Lopatcong Township on Friday, Sept. 16 when the building caught fire before dawn, he documented in a social media post in the ‘Lehigh Valley Food’ group. “I’m so heartbroken,” Arzuaga writes. “At 4 a.m. I get a call from my daughter that [the] diner is on fire…I thought I was dreaming but it was real.” An inspection by the fi…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Phillipsburg Man, 19, Points Gun At Family During Vigil For Deceased Son In Easton, Report Says Phillipsburg Man, 19, Points Gun At Family During Vigil For Deceased Son In Easton, Report Says
Phillipsburg Man, 19, Points Gun At Family During Vigil For Deceased Son In Easton, Report Says “F*** you and your dead son. I’ll kill you right now, I don’t give a f***,” a Phillipsburg man allegedly said while pointing a gun at a family who had gathered at an Easton park to hold a balloon release for a deceased relative last week. Quahmir Conley, 19, fled from Riverview Park on Lehigh Drive in Palmer Township after making the negative statements and threatening to shoot the family as the mother was holding a 1-year-old and mourning her son’s death on May 18, LehighValleyLive reports. Conley was later arrested in Pohatcong and will be charged upon extradition with making terroristic …

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
2 Warren County Volunteer Firefighters Injured In Engine Crash During Hydrant Detail 2 Warren County Volunteer Firefighters Injured In Engine Crash During Hydrant Detail
2 Warren County Volunteer Firefighters Injured In Engine Crash During Hydrant Detail Two volunteer firefighters performing a hydrant detail in Warren County were injured in a crash that disabled one of the station's engines, authorities said. Members of the Huntington Volunteer Fire Co. #1 Station 75 were performing a hydrant detail when their truck was hit by another vehicle while turning onto Haig Boulevard in Pohatcong around 5:50 p.m. on Feb. 2, according to a post on the station’s Facebook page. Two firefighters sustained minor injuries in the crash, which fully disabled the engine, authorities said. “We would like to reach out to everyone and thank you all for your c…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
POLICE: Lehigh Valley Man Found With Cocaine, Heroin, $70K Cash Had 5 Children In Car POLICE: Lehigh Valley Man Found With Cocaine, Heroin, $70K Cash Had 5 Children In Car
Police: Lehigh Valley Man Found With Cocaine, Heroin, $70K Cash Had 5 Children In Car A Lehigh Valley man had five children in the car when he was pulled over and found with heroin, cocaine and about $70,000 in cash, authorities charged. Jesus Serano, 38, was stopped for several violations on Route 22 in Pohatcong on Tuesday, township police said. A K-9 search of the car turned up cocaine, heroin and around $70,000 in cash, police said. Serano, of Allentown, PA, was arrested and charged with money laundering and endangering the welfare of a child in addition to numerous narcotics possession and distribution offenses, police said. The five children inside the vehicle were r…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
WATCH: Surveillance Tapes Catch Warren County Driver Hit Two Cars, Speed Off WATCH: Surveillance Tapes Catch Warren County Driver Hit Two Cars, Speed Off
Watch: Surveillance Tapes Catch Warren County Driver Hit Two Cars, Speed Off Police in Warren County are seeking information after a speeding driver was caught on camera hitting not one but two cars -- then fleeing. The crashes occurred near the intersection of South Main Street and New Brunswick Avenue in Pohatcong around 9:10 a.m. Sunday, township police said. The video shows the suspect vehicle — which police say may have been a newer Ford Taurus — coming from the right side. The vehicle will have damage to the front driver’s side and passenger headlight and fender areas, police said. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Sgt. Matt Ra…

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by Valerie Musson