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Crash With Injuries Shuts Down Lanes On I-80 Crash With Injuries Shuts Down Lanes On I-80
Crash With Injuries Shuts Down Lanes On I-80 A crash with injuries shut down two lanes on Route 80 in Bergen County Wednesday, Oct. 15. As of 1:20 p.m., the westbound lanes east of Exit 61 were closed, the NJDOT site says. No additional details on the number or extent of injuries were immediately available. On Monday morning, Oct. 13, a jackknifed tractor trailer in the same area closed the highway for hours. Motorists were advised to expect delays and residual backups in the area while emergency crews worked to clear the highway.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Traffic Nightmare: Jackknifed Tractor-Trailer Closes Route 80 Traffic Nightmare: Jackknifed Tractor-Trailer Closes Route 80
Traffic Nightmare: Jackknifed Tractor-Trailer Closes Route 80 A jackknifed tractor-trailer shut down two lanes on Route 80 in Bergen County late Monday morning, Oct. 13, authorities said. As of 11:23 a.m., the crash was blocking the two left lanes of the four-lane highway in both directions east of Exit 61 in Elmwood Park, according to 511NJ. Drivers were advised to expect heavy delays in the area while crews worked to clear the scene.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Crash Closes Route 17 Overpass In Paramus: Police Crash Closes Route 17 Overpass In Paramus: Police
Crash Closes Route 17 Overpass In Paramus: Police Drivers across North Jersey faced a rough commute Wednesday morning, Oct. 1, as multiple crashes snarled traffic and shut down lanes, officials said. In Paramus, Linwood Avenue eastbound on the overpass over Route 17 was closed due to a motor vehicle accident around 9:20 a.m., according to police. As of 9:10 a.m., a crash on NJ 3 westbound east of Passaic Avenue in Clifton closed two of three lanes, according to the DOT site. Earlier, around 8:56 a.m., an overturned tractor trailer blocked all lanes and the left shoulder on the New Jersey Turnpike northbound north of Interchange 5 (CR 541)…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Drooping Wire Snarls Route 4 Traffic For Hours, Some Lanes Reopened: Police Drooping Wire Snarls Route 4 Traffic For Hours, Some Lanes Reopened: Police
Drooping Wire Snarls Route 4 Traffic For Hours, Some Lanes Reopened: Police Traffic on Route 4 was tied up for hours Saturday, Sept. 27, after a low-hanging communications cable forced lane closures near the Bergen Town Center in Paramus, officials said. Photo(s) of the day, 09/27/2025: Traffic on Route 4 eastbound and westbound near the Bergen Town Center in Paramus was... Posted by Boyd A. Loving on Saturday, September 27, 2025 Two travel lanes in each direction were shut down by NJDOT crews in the afternoon due to the drooping wire. The closures caused heavy congestion on both the eastbound and westbound sides of the highway. As of 6 p.m., a two-person…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Tractor-Trailer Hauling M&Ms Crashes On I-80, Spilling Candy Across Highway Tractor-Trailer Hauling M&Ms Crashes On I-80, Spilling Candy Across Highway
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, …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Tractor Trailer Overturns On Route 17 To Route 4 Tractor Trailer Overturns On Route 17 To Route 4
Tractor Trailer Overturns On Route 17 To Route 4 A tractor-trailer rollover is causing traffic delays in Paramus, authorities said. UPDATE: The highway had reopened as of 3:45 p.m. View this post on Instagram A post shared by @dailyvoicenewjersey At approximately 11:40 a.m., Paramus police responded to the bottom of the ramp from Route 17 North to Route 4 West for a crash involving a cargo transport tractor-trailer, Paramus Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. There were no reported injuries. The Paramus Fire Department is on scene, the chief said. One westbound lane is currently closed, an…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Traffic Nightmare: Overturned Dump Truck Shuts Route 3 During Day After Greasy Mess Traffic Nightmare: Overturned Dump Truck Shuts Route 3 During Day After Greasy Mess
Traffic Nightmare: Overturned Dump Truck Shuts Route 3 During Day After Greasy Mess A dump truck rollover shut down all lanes of Route 3 eastbound in Clifton early Thursday, Sept. 4 — the second major highway mess in as many days, police said. Officers were called to the scene near Main Avenue at 5:33 a.m. for a report of an overturned dump truck loaded with gravel, Clifton Police Lt. Robert Anderson said. The driver was already out of the vehicle and was not injured. All eastbound lanes were closed due to the overturned truck and spilled gravel. Cleanup crews are working to restore the highway, and closures and heavy traffic delays are expected to last throughout the day.…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Transit Train With 320 On Board Strikes Truck In Bergen County, Delays Reported NJ Transit Train With 320 On Board Strikes Truck In Bergen County, Delays Reported
NJ Transit Train With 320 On Board Strikes Truck In Bergen County, Delays Reported A New Jersey Transit train struck a truck in Fair Lawn Monday evening, June 9 causing delays of up to 30 minutes on the Bergen County Line, officials said. The crash occurred around 5:18 p.m. when Train 1165, which left Hoboken at 4:51 p.m., hit an unoccupied truck near the west end of Broadway Station, according to an NJ Transit spokesperson. There were no reported injuries to the 320 customers and crew on board, the spokesperson said. The train was scheduled to arrive in Suffern at 5:54 p.m., but delays were expected throughout the evening commute. NJ Transit Police are leading the inve…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Trooper Thrown Down Embankment, Seriously Injured In NY State Thruway Crash Trooper Thrown Down Embankment, Seriously Injured In NY State Thruway Crash
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…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Toddler On Baggage Belt Nearly Swept Away At Newark Liberty Airport: Reports Toddler On Baggage Belt Nearly Swept Away At Newark Liberty Airport: Reports
Toddler On Baggage Belt Nearly Swept Away At Newark Liberty Airport: Reports Trouble keeps circling around Newark Liberty Airport. Amid an ongoing air traffic controller crisis that has forced delays and canceled flights at the airport, a new controversy struck in Jersey when a toddler nearly took a strange trip of his own. Port Authority police at the airport had to leap into action, according to multiple reports, when a child playing on a checked baggage conveyor belt nearly got swept away with the luggage. The fast-acting officers manning Terminal A prevented a potentially dangerous situation this week, police say, as they boy's mother was talking to agents behi…

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by Zak Failla
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'Not A Pothole:' Emergency Repairs Close Route 80 'Not A Pothole:' Emergency Repairs Close Route 80
'Not A Pothole:' Emergency Repairs Close Route 80 Yet another portion of Route 80 is currently closed for repairs. This time, it's not a pothole causing trouble, officials said. Two lanes and a shoulder of the eastbound lanes near Exit 37 in Rockaway were shut down shortly after 5 p.m. on May 12, according to the New Jersey Department of Transportation. The closures were caused by a collapsed sewer basin, NJDOT said. Officials noted that the issue is not a sinkhole. Crews were responding Monday night and expected to work overnight to fix the damaged drainage system. It was not immediately clear how long the repairs would take. D…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Tractor Trailer Fire Shuts All Lanes Of Route 206 In Mount Olive Tractor Trailer Fire Shuts All Lanes Of Route 206 In Mount Olive
Tractor Trailer Fire Shuts All Lanes Of Route 206 In Mount Olive A tractor trailer fire shut down all lanes on a busy South Jersey highway Tuesday morning, May 13, officials said. The blaze broke out around 8:30 a.m. on US 206 southbound at CR 613/Drakesdale Road in Mount Olive Township, according to the New Jersey Department of Transportation. All lanes in the area were closed as emergency responders worked the scene. Drivers were being advised to avoid the area and expect delays. No additional details on injuries or what caused the fire were immediately released.

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by Cecilia Levine