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Dump Truck Overturns, Pole Down, Parkway Crash Snarl NJ Morning Commute
It was a rough start for New Jersey drivers Tuesday morning, Oct. 28, with crashes and road closures reported across several major highways.
As of 8:25 a.m., a downed pole on Route 208 northbound south of High Mountain Road in Franklin Lakes closed two of three lanes, according to state transportation officials. Those lanes were still closed as of press time.
Just before 9 a.m., a driver struck a deer on the Garden State Parkway northbound between Exit 171 (Glen Road) and Chestnut Ridge Road in Woodcliff Lake.
Then, around 9:30 a.m., an overturned dump truck shut down the right lane, …
Tractor-Trailer Hauling M&Ms Crashes On I-80, Spilling Candy Across Highway
A tractor-trailer hauling M&M candy crashed on Route 80 in Warren County, spilling its cargo across the roadway, authorities said.
At 10:17 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15, Knowlton Township Fire & Rescue crews were dispatched to a two-tractor-trailer collision in the westbound lanes near the 2-mile marker, the department said.
According to firefighters, one tractor-trailer was parked on the westbound shoulder near the 2.4 mile marker when another tractor-trailer rear-ended it, tearing open both box trailers and spilling M&Ms onto the highway.
Units including Engine 41-63, Rescue 41-73, …
Trooper Thrown Down Embankment, Seriously Injured In NY State Thruway Crash
A New York State Police trooper was seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle on a highway in upstate New York.
The Schenectady County wreck happened on the westbound Thruway (I-90) in Pattersonville, near Exit 26, at around 12:30 p.m. Friday, June 6, according to New York State Police.
A trooper was conducting a traffic stop on a Honda when a tractor, not pulling a trailer, slammed into the rear of their patrol car, which then struck the Honda. The impact knocked the trooper, who was standing on the passenger side a Honda, over the guardrail and down an embankment, police sai…
