Albany, NY
News
Tractor-Trailer Driver Severely Burned After Capital Region Bridge Strike, Explosion Tractor-Trailer Driver Severely Burned After Capital Region Bridge Strike, Explosion
Tractor-Trailer Driver Severely Burned After Capital Region Bridge Strike, Explosion A tractor-trailer driver is hospitalized with severe burns after he crashed into a railroad bridge in the region, triggering a massive explosion and fire. The Schenectady County incident happened at around 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 21, in Glenville on Maple Avenue. Fire officials said the truck, carrying individual containers of compressed natural gas, was too tall to clear the 10-foot-high steel truss overpass and exploded on impact. Photos and videos on social media show flames shooting up hundreds of feet into the air, as well as the truck’s cab gutted by fire. When emergency crews firs…

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by Michael Mashburn
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
Driver Hospitalized After Fair Lawn Crash Dumps Load Of Lumber Driver Hospitalized After Fair Lawn Crash Dumps Load Of Lumber
Driver Hospitalized After Fair Lawn Crash Dumps Load Of Lumber A driver was injured when his truck slammed into a guard rail, dumping a load of lumber near a busy Fair Lawn intersection. The Blue Ridge Lumber driver was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center by a Fair Lawn EMS ambulance following the crash on Plaza Road near Berdan Avenue shortly before 2:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 18. A team of co-workers from the Fair Lawn lumber company brought a huge forklift and cleaned up the mess. A heavy-duty wrecker removed the truck. Fair Lawn police are investigating the cause. Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Police & Fire
Fuel Truck Crashes Through Fence, Clips Pole, Nearly Hits Elmwood Park Home Fuel Truck Crashes Through Fence, Clips Pole, Nearly Hits Elmwood Park Home
Fuel Truck Crashes Through Fence, Clips Pole, Nearly Hits Elmwood Park Home  A single-axle tanker truck filled with heating oil sideswiped a utility pole, crashed through a chain link fence and finally stopped short of hitting a house near a Garden State Parkway overpass in Elmwood Park on Monday. No injuries were reported in the Nov. 20 mishap in the 900 block of River Drive near the Garden Drive intersection. No oil leaked from the Fairclough fuel truck out of Paterson, either. River Drive was closed in both directions between the Garden State Parkway and Route 46 overpasses while a PSE&G crew replaced the pole. Boyd A. Loving Power was knocked out only …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cherry Hill, NJ
News
South Jersey Teen Zach Foster Fatally Struck By Truck On Way To School, Loved Ones Say South Jersey Teen Zach Foster Fatally Struck By Truck On Way To School, Loved Ones Say
South Jersey Teen Zach Foster Fatally Struck By Truck On Way To School, Loved Ones Say Support was surging for the family of a 17-year-old boy who loved ones say was fatally struck by a truck on his way to school in South Jersey. A GoFundMe launched for Zach Foster's family says he was crossing the street on his way to school Sept. 14 in Collingswood, when he was hit by a 16-foot-long truck. Police in Collingswood said only that the accident remains under investigation and were not at liberty to release details. "Zach was so bright and made a great impression on everyone he met," reads the GoFundMe for Zack's family. "Zach loved listening to music, singing, making TikTok vid…

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by Cecilia Levine
Bel Air, MD
Traffic
Overturned Dump Truck Blocks I-95 Ramp On Friday Morning In Maryland Overturned Dump Truck Blocks I-95 Ramp On Friday Morning In Maryland
Overturned Dump Truck Blocks I-95 Ramp On Friday Morning In Maryland Traffic was tied up in Northern Maryland on Friday afternoon when a dump truck overturned on Mountain Road at the ramp to southbound I-95. First responders in Harford County were called to the area in Clayton before noon on Friday, Sept. 15, temporarily blocking part of the ramp as crews were called to the scene. A Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Department spokesperson at the scene said that Harford County Department of Emergency Services personnel were also responding to pump the remaining diesel fuel out of the tank of the dump truck so it can be towed away safely. Volunteer Firefight…

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by Zak Failla
Franklin Township, NJ
Traffic
Truck Overturns On Rt. 287 In Bridgewater Truck Overturns On Rt. 287 In Bridgewater
Truck Overturns On Rt. 287 In Bridgewater A truck overturned on Route 287 in Somerset County, shutting down a portion of the highway on Friday afternoon, August 25. The accident occurred on the southbound side of the express lanes south of exit 21 to Rt. 78 in Bridgewater around 1 p.m., according to 511NJ: Overturned Truck on I-287 Express Lanes southbound South of Exit 21 - I-78 (Bridgewater Twp) 2 Right lanes of 3 lanes closed https://t.co/uUTqTho1f8 — 511NJ I287 (@511nji287) August 25, 2023 Two of three left lanes were closed as crews responded. This is a developing story. Check back for more.

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by Valerie Musson
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Traffic
Box Truck Being Towed Tips Beneath Route 80 Overpass Box Truck Being Towed Tips Beneath Route 80 Overpass
Box Truck Being Towed Tips Beneath Route 80 Overpass A box truck tipped while being towed beneath a Route 80 overpass in Elmwood Park, jamming area traffic early Friday afternoon. Another tow was needed to straighten and remove the truck owned by Salerno's Custom Cabinetry in Saddle Brook from the corner of River Road and Market Street shortly after 1 p.m. No injuries were reported. Elmwood Park police and firefighters responded. Jo Fehl took the photos and contributed to this story. No injuries were reported.Jo Fehl for DAILY VOICE

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by Jerry DeMarco
Allentown, PA
Police & Fire
Driver In Tractor Trailer Crash That Closed Rt. 22 For Hours Faces Numerous Citations Driver In Tractor Trailer Crash That Closed Rt. 22 For Hours Faces Numerous Citations
Driver In Tractor Trailer Crash That Closed Rt. 22 For Hours Faces Numerous Citations A trucker was cited by state police after his tractor trailer overturned on a Lehigh County on-ramp on Monday, July 3, authorities say.  It happened at the Route 22 west on-ramp from Cedar Crest Boulevard in South Whitehall, troopers wrote in a police report.  The driver, in a "commercial vehicle carrying waste," failed to negotiate the ramp and flipped the truck, "spilling the waste across all lanes of travel," police said.  Troopers said 52-year-old Richard Weatherspoon of Allentown was was driving the truck "at a high rate of speed" and "is at fault for the crash." He rec…

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by Mac Bullock
Hampden-Silver Spring, PA
Traffic
Camper Rollover Crash On I-81 In PA: PennDOT Camper Rollover Crash On I-81 In PA: PennDOT
Camper Rollover Crash On I-81 In PA: PennDOT A overturned trailer has blocked all lanes on Interstate 81 in Central Pennsylvania on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, authorities said.  The crash happened on I-81 southbound 1.4 miles south of Exit 37: PA 233 - Newville around 4 p.m., according to PennDOT. Crash on I-81 southbound at Mile Post: 36.0. There is a lane restriction. — 511PA Harrisburg (@511PAHarrisburg) June 20, 2023 "A truck towing a camper overturned, blocking southbound I-81 at Mile 36," Dave Thompson District Press Officer with PennDOT told Daily Voice, "as of 4:19 p.m. one lane is open to traffic."  The traffic appears t…

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by Jillian Pikora
Bristol, PA
News
Trucker Killed In I-95 Wreck Was A Father And Veteran, Loved Ones Say Trucker Killed In I-95 Wreck Was A Father And Veteran, Loved Ones Say
Trucker Killed In I-95 Wreck Was A Father And Veteran, Loved Ones Say Nate Moody, the New Jersey truck driver who died in the Philadelphia I-95 wreck that collapsed a portion of the highway on Sunday, leaves behind a family, loved ones say.  Moody was driving under a highway overpass in Tacony early on June 11 when his truck caught fire, causing the roadway above to buckle, Daily Voice reported. His remains were pulled from the wreckage the following day.  Now, loved ones and community members are raising money to assist the wife and children he left behind.  "Nate was a father of three, a veteran, and a hardworking devoted family man," s…

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by Mac Bullock
Washington Township, NJ
Traffic
Truck Flips On Route 55 South Jersey (DEVELOPING) Truck Flips On Route 55 South Jersey (DEVELOPING)
Truck Flips On Route 55 South Jersey (Developing) A truck overturned on Route 55 in Gloucester County, authorities said. The crash occurred at about 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 13 southbound at Exit 39 (Route 40) in Franklin Township, according to the New Jersey Department of Transportation. There were no immediate details on injuries. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES

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by Jon Craig
Dorchester, MA
Police & Fire
60K Pounds Of Garbage Spills From Tractor-Trailer Driven By Lynn Driver: Police 60K Pounds Of Garbage Spills From Tractor-Trailer Driven By Lynn Driver: Police
60K Pounds Of Garbage Spills From Tractor-Trailer Driven By Lynn Driver: Police A Massachusetts truck driver was injured in a tractor-trailer rollover that closed a Route 16 exit ramp for hours, officials say. The tractor-trailer, which belongs to Ram Transport Inc. of Allston, rolled over on Wednesday, May 17 around 10:15 a.m. when its driver attempted to merge from Route 16 onto Know Marsh Road, according to New Hampshire State Police. The driver, identified as Leandro Done Garcia, of Lynn, drove over granite curbing when trying to merge, made an overcorrection, and overturned the trailer, which was filled with 60,000 pounds of garbage. TRACTOR-TRAILER ROLLOVER…

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by Morgan Gonzales