UPDATE: State Police ID Dump Truck Passenger Killed In I-295 Tractor-Trailer Collision UPDATE: State Police ID Dump Truck Passenger Killed In I-295 Tractor-Trailer Collision
Update: State Police ID Dump Truck Passenger Killed In I-295 Tractor-Trailer Collision State police have identified the passenger of a dump truck who was killed in a collision with a multi-vehicle crash in South Jersey on Tuesday. Gary W. Shute, 75, of Pedricktown in Salem County was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a state police spokesman.  The crash occurred at 2:51 p.m. on Tuesday on I-295 southbound in Deptford Township, Gloucester, County.  State Police SFC Lawrence Peele said that in the area of milepost 21 there was a multi-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer, a dump truck and a Ford Fusion.  A medevac helicopter was called to take one…
Three Extricated From Minivan, Nine Injured In Palisades Interstate Parkway Pileup Three Extricated From Minivan, Nine Injured In Palisades Interstate Parkway Pileup
Three Extricated From Minivan, Nine Injured In Palisades Interstate Parkway Pileup UPDATE: Five minivan occupants had to be hospitalized -- three of whom were extricated by police -- following a multi-vehicle crash that closed the northbound Palisades Interstate Parkway on Saturday for nearly an hour and a half, authorities said. The 2008 Chrysler minivan, a 2013 BMW X5 SUV and a 2013 Toyota coupe were involved in the 12:30 p.m. crash at Exit 4 on the parkway's northbound side in Alpine, PIP Police Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. Nine occupants in all required attention after Parkway police extricated three trapped victims from the minivan, Walter said. The five…
Burlington Crash Victims Airlifted With Serious Injuries Burlington Crash Victims Airlifted With Serious Injuries
Burlington Crash Victims Airlifted With Serious Injuries Medevac helicopters were en route to a multi-vehicle crash in Burlington County late Thursday afternoon, authorities said.  Two of the victims being airlifted to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune City were described as teenagers in an unconfirmed report. The crash occurred at Route 72 and Sooey Road in Woodland Township, according to initial reports.  Crash victims were entrapped, according to an unconfirmed report. Mutual aid was requested at about 6 p.m. from first responders in Warren Grove and Barnegat Township in Ocean County. This is a developing news stor…
Long Island Man Seriously Injured In Chain-Reaction, Five-Vehicle Crash Long Island Man Seriously Injured In Chain-Reaction, Five-Vehicle Crash
Long Island Man Seriously Injured In Chain-Reaction, Five-Vehicle Crash A Long Island man was seriously injured in an early-morning chain-reaction crash involving five vehicles. It happened just before 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3 in Smithtown. Michelange Romelien, of Mount Sinai, was driving a 2004 Hyundai Sonata westbound in front of 188 East Main St. when he apparently lost control of the vehicle, swerved into the eastbound lanes and struck another vehicle, setting off the crash with four other vehicles, Suffolk County Police said. Romelien, 46, was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of serious injuries.  Two other peop…
Clifton Baby Injured In Crash Dies, Organs Help 3 Others Live Clifton Baby Injured In Crash Dies, Organs Help 3 Others Live
Clifton Baby Injured In Crash Dies, Organs Help 3 Others Live A baby critically injured in a Route 3 crash with her mom died Monday evening, less than a week after the accident. Her organs, however, will save the lives of three other babies. "Jaelynn is a hero," the baby's cousin Kimmy Laverty said.  "She saved three children who are no longer in need of organs and life saving surgeries. These three children have been blessed with beauty and a loving soul. Let us hold our families tight as we can not see the future and won’t know when our time is to come." Jamie Yarrish and baby JaelynnCOURTESY: Kimmy Laverty Jaelynn, who turned 1 Aug. 15, and h…
Child, 1, Seriously Injured In Multi-Vehicle Dump Truck Crash On Route 3 Child, 1, Seriously Injured In Multi-Vehicle Dump Truck Crash On Route 3
Child, 1, Seriously Injured In Multi-Vehicle Dump Truck Crash On Route 3 BREAKING: A 1-year-old child was breathing but seriously injured Tuesday morning following a multi-vehicle crash involving a dump truck on Route 3 in Clifton, responders said. The truck and at least three other vehicles were involved -- among them, a sedan in which the infant was riding -- in the crash near Broad Street around 10:30 a.m. Both the child, who had a head injury, and the 25-year-old driver of that car were taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, responders said. Only the fast lane shoulder was immediately open following the crash  The Passaic County Pr…