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Truck Flips On Route 55 In Deptford (DEVELOPING) Truck Flips On Route 55 In Deptford (DEVELOPING)
Truck Flips On Route 55 In Deptford (Developing) A truck overturned on Route 55 in Gloucester County, authorities said. There were injuries, according to 511nj.org. The crash occurred at about 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 27 southbound south of Exit 56 (Route 47) in Deptford Township, according to the New Jersey Department of Transportation. One right lane was closed, 511nj.org reported. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES
Truck Rolls Over At Busy Rye Intersection During Winter Storm Truck Rolls Over At Busy Rye Intersection During Winter Storm
Truck Rolls Over At Busy Rye Intersection During Winter Storm Following a truck rollover at a busy Westchester intersection amid a major winter storm, police are warning residents to avoid all travel if possible.  The crash happened on Tuesday morning, Feb. 13, when a truck rolled over at the intersection of South Ridge Street and High Street in Rye, according to the City of Rye Police Department.  Although the crash appeared grisly, the driver was not injured, authorities said. The department used the incident as an example to warn residents to stay home during a major winter storm that is expected to last through Tuesday evening. "Please…
Tractor-Trailer Rolls Over, Traps Driver On I-684 In Bedford Tractor-Trailer Rolls Over, Traps Driver On I-684 In Bedford
Tractor-Trailer Rolls Over, Traps Driver On I-684 In Bedford First responders faced a tricky situation following a tractor-trailer rollover on a busy Northern Westchester highway that trapped the vehicle's driver and caused a fuel leak and lane closures.  The crash happened early on Thursday, Feb. 8, when a tractor-trailer rolled over into a jackknife position on Interstate 684 in Bedford around a mile north of Exit 4, according to the Bedford Hills Fire Department.  Arriving first responders and New York State Police troopers found that the tractor-trailer's driver was trapped, as the rollover had left the vehicle in a position where the c…
Truck Slams Into Overpass On Saw Mill Parkway In Pleasantville: Was Following GPS, Police Say Truck Slams Into Overpass On Saw Mill Parkway In Pleasantville: Was Following GPS, Police Say
Truck Slams Into Overpass On Saw Mill Parkway In Pleasantville: Was Following GPS, Police Say Multiple lanes of a busy parkway in Northern Westchester had to be temporarily closed after a truck crashed into an overpass, police said. The incident happened on Saturday, Jan. 27 just before 1 p.m., when a box truck crashed into the Bedford Road overpass on the northbound Saw Mill River Parkway near Exit 28 in Pleasantville, according to Westchester County Police Public Information Officer Kieran O'Leary. The collision damaged the truck's cargo area and caused debris to scatter on the parkway, forcing authorities to close the northbound lanes for a cleanup. The lanes were eventually reop…
Tractor-Trailer Driver Severely Burned After Glenville Bridge Strike, Explosion Tractor-Trailer Driver Severely Burned After Glenville Bridge Strike, Explosion
Tractor-Trailer Driver Severely Burned After Glenville 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…
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
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 …
Collingswood Teen Zack Foster Fatally Struck By Truck On Way To School, Loved Ones Say Collingswood Teen Zack Foster Fatally Struck By Truck On Way To School, Loved Ones Say
Collingswood Teen Zack 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…
Overturned Dump Truck Blocks I-95 Ramp On Friday Morning In Harford County Overturned Dump Truck Blocks I-95 Ramp On Friday Morning In Harford County
Overturned Dump Truck Blocks I-95 Ramp On Friday Morning In Harford County 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…
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.
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
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…
Camper Rollover Crash On I-81 In Newville: Authorities (DEVELOPING) Camper Rollover Crash On I-81 In Newville: Authorities (DEVELOPING)
Camper Rollover Crash On I-81 In Newville: Authorities (Developing) 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…
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…
Truck Flips On Route 55 In Franklin Township (DEVELOPING) Truck Flips On Route 55 In Franklin Township (DEVELOPING)
Truck Flips On Route 55 In Franklin Township (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
60K Pounds Of Garbage Spills From Allston Tractor-Trailer Across Highway: Police 60K Pounds Of Garbage Spills From Allston Tractor-Trailer Across Highway: Police
60K Pounds Of Garbage Spills From Allston Tractor-Trailer Across Highway: 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…
Holy Guacamole! I-81 Avocado Spill Leaves Tractor-Trailer Dangling: PennDOT Holy Guacamole! I-81 Avocado Spill Leaves Tractor-Trailer Dangling: PennDOT
Holy Guacamole! I-81 Avocado Spill Leaves Tractor-Trailer Dangling: PennDOT A truck carrying avocados has spilled on Interstate 81, according to Pennsylvania Department of Transportation officials.  The tractor-trailer, "failed to make a curve" from the I-81 North ramp to US 22 around 8 a.m. on Friday, May 12, 2023, PennDOT spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler explained.  The trailer split open– along with hundreds of avocados, as they rolled, smooshed, and splattered onto the highway below. The trailer was also dangling off the ramp but crews have been working to put it back on the roadway, which also caused the trailer to rupture open even further– spilling …
Man Killed In Fiery Garbage Truck Crash On Rt. 23 In Pequannock (PHOTOS) Man Killed In Fiery Garbage Truck Crash On Rt. 23 In Pequannock (PHOTOS)
Man Killed In Fiery Garbage Truck Crash On Rt. 23 In Pequannock (Photos) UPDATE: The 45-year-old dump truck driver has been charged with vehicular manslaughter as authorities say he was on his phone at the time of the accident. A man was killed in a fiery crash with a garbage truck before dawn on Monday, May 8, Pequannock Police have confirmed. The crash occurred on Route 23 north near the intersection of Alexander Avenue just before 5:20 a.m. The victim was driving a 2020 Chevy Traverse when he collided with a garbage truck, police said. The garbage truck driver worked alongside a Good Samaritan to remove the unconscious man from the Chevy before police arriv…
Tractor-Trailer Flips On Side After Rolling Off Mass Pike In Auburn: Police Tractor-Trailer Flips On Side After Rolling Off Mass Pike In Auburn: Police
Tractor-Trailer Flips On Side After Rolling Off Mass Pike In Auburn: Police Crews are expected to remove a tractor-trailer that rolled off a ramp on the Mass Pike in Central Massachusetts during the morning commute this week, authorities said. State Troopers responded to the incident at the I-290/Route 12 split in Auburn on Tuesday morning, May 2, according to Massachusetts State Police on Twitter. Troopers onscene of tractor-trailer rollover on ramp from Pike EB to Rt 290/12 split in Auburn. Truck is off road and down embankment. No injury to driver. Plan is for the truck to be removed tonight after evening commute to minimize impact of closing the ramp. #MATr…
Dump Truck Plows Into Jersey Shore Home, Downs Power Lines Dump Truck Plows Into Jersey Shore Home, Downs Power Lines
Dump Truck Plows Into Jersey Shore Home, Downs Power Lines A dump truck toppled a utility pole and smashed into a house in Ocean County, authorities said. A 55-year-old truck driver crashed into the home at the intersection of McLean Avenue and Route 35 North at 3:05 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5, Point Pleasant Beach police said.  The operator of the truck, Ronald Bennett, of Point Pleasant, was treated at the scene by the Point Pleasant First Aid & Rescue Squad and taken to the hospital, police said. There were no other injuries and the residence was unoccupied at the time of the crash, police said. Ocean Fire Company and Point Pleasant Beach…
Monkey Business: Truck Carrying Bananas Slams Into Overpass On Parkway In New Rochelle Monkey Business: Truck Carrying Bananas Slams Into Overpass On Parkway In New Rochelle
Monkey Business: Truck Carrying Bananas Slams Into Overpass On Parkway In New Rochelle A truckload of bananas had to be offloaded from a tractor-trailer after it struck an overpass on a busy parkway in Westchester.  The crash happened on Thursday, March 23 at 7:40 p.m., when a tractor-trailer traveling north on the Hutchinson River Parkway in New Rochelle hit the Wilmot Road Bridge, according to Westchester County Police Spokesman Kieran O'Leary.  Luckily, the bananas that the truck was carrying did not spill out onto the busy parkway. However, the fruits had to be taken from the trailer before it was towed away.  The driver, who was headed to Massachusetts, w…
Fuel Spill With Side Of Fries: Truck Hits Overpass On Hutchinson River Parkway In Scarsdale Fuel Spill With Side Of Fries: Truck Hits Overpass On Hutchinson River Parkway In Scarsdale
Fuel Spill With Side Of Fries: Truck Hits Overpass On Hutchinson River Parkway In Scarsdale This story has been updated. A truck carrying 42,000 pounds of frozen french fries struck an overpass on a Westchester County parkway, causing a fuel spill and a closure of the roadway's lanes in one direction.   The incident happened on Wednesday morning, Feb. 1 around 6:50 a.m., when a tractor-trailer traveling south on the Hutchinson River Parkway in Scarsdale hit the Mamaroneck Road bridge, Westchester County Police Public Information Officer Kieran O'Leary said.  As a result of the crash, 75 gallons of diesel fuel spilled from the trailer's refrigeration unit onto the parkway and int…
Marine, Ephrata Dad Of Three, Dies After Climbing On Moving Tractor-Trailer On Christmas Day Marine, Ephrata Dad Of Three, Dies After Climbing On Moving Tractor-Trailer On Christmas Day
Marine, Ephrata Dad Of Three, Dies After Climbing On Moving Tractor-Trailer On Christmas Day A Marine, registered nurse, and father of three from Ephrata died after climbing onto the underside of the chassis of a truck between the trailer and the tractor, authorities announced on Wednesday, Jan. 4.  Video footage revealed how 39-year-old Paul Donnelly climbed "onto a tractor trailer truck and lie down on the chassis between the cab and the trailer while it was stopped at an intersection in Ephrata Borough" on  December 25, 2022 at approximately 12:25 a.m., the Eprata police stated in the release. He then "held onto the underside of the chassis upside down as the truck pul…
Fiery Crash Involving Amazon, Cement Trucks Hospitalizes Drivers On Route 78 (VIDEO) Fiery Crash Involving Amazon, Cement Trucks Hospitalizes Drivers On Route 78 (VIDEO)
Fiery Crash Involving Amazon, Cement Trucks Hospitalizes Drivers On Route 78 (Video) Two truck drivers were hospitalized in a fiery crash late Friday, Dec. 9 on Route 78 in Hunterdon County, authorities said. An Amazon truck and cement truck both erupted in flames in the 10 p.m. crash in Bethlehem Township around 9:50 p.m. at mile marker 8.4, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. Both truck were empty. It was a busy Friday for 43 fire as we went mutual aid into Warren county in the early morning hours for a vehicle,... Posted by Bloomsbury Hose Co. #1 on Saturday, December 10, 2022 The drivers, a 44-year-old man of Hialeah, FL, and 41-year-old man of Sugar …
Police ID Driver Crushed To Death By Steel Beams Being Transported Through Northeast DC Police ID Driver Crushed To Death By Steel Beams Being Transported Through Northeast DC
Police ID Driver Crushed To Death By Steel Beams Being Transported Through Northeast DC New information has been released by Metropolitan Police investigators after a truck driver was killed when the cargo he was shipping shifted and crushed him to death. Original story - Driver Dies After Being Pinned By Cargo He Was Shipping Through DC, Police Say Richard William Farmer, 49, of Greensboro, North Carolina, was killed on Monday, Dec. 5 on Queens Chapel and Bladensburg Road in Northeast DC, according to police. Update crash with entrapment Queens Chapel Rd & Bladensburg Rd NE. Victim is severely pinned. Requesting the Rescue Crane to assist with the extrication. #DCsB…
Flipped Truck On Berks Highway Shuts Down Traffic, Officials Say Flipped Truck On Berks Highway Shuts Down Traffic, Officials Say
Flipped Truck On Berks Highway Shuts Down Traffic, Officials Say A truck flipped over on US Route 222 near the Laureldale exit in Berks County early on Monday, Nov. 28, shutting down northbound traffic as emergency crews worked the scene, according to officials.  Blandon Fire Department posted a photo of the truck just before 3:30 a.m. Monday. Authorities said the accident would shut down the northbound lane "for an extended period."  The department was not immediately available for comment at midday Monday, and it's not clear if anyone was injured in the crash. 
Truck Driver Hurt, Plywood Spills In Central Jersey Crash Truck Driver Hurt, Plywood Spills In Central Jersey Crash
Truck Driver Hurt, Plywood Spills In Central Jersey Crash A 53-year-old truck driver was seriously hurt when he overturned on Route 1 in South Brunswick, authorities said. The crash occurred at 10:11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9 when the truck swerved onto Promenade Boulevard to avoid a car, South Brunswick police said. The plywood on the truck spilled onto the highway and struck four vehicles, police said. No other injuries were reported.
Illinois Man ID'd Following York County Milk Truck Crash: Coroner Illinois Man ID'd Following York County Milk Truck Crash: Coroner
Illinois Man ID'd Following York County Milk Truck Crash: Coroner A cargo truck driver has been identified following a deadly crash involving a milk truck in York County on Saturday, Nov. 5, authorities say.  Patrick Moynihan, 61, of Summit, IL, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash at 2882 Delta Road in Chanceford Township, Airville around 4 a.m., according to a release by the York County coroner's office.  He had driving south on Delta Rd. when a milk truck entered the road from an adjacent highway but Moynihan did not seem to notice the milk truck and directly hit it "without slowing down or braking" around 2:30 a.m., Coroner Pam…
Overturned Dump Truck Spills Fuel Onto Roadway, Shuts Down I-270 In Frederick County Overturned Dump Truck Spills Fuel Onto Roadway, Shuts Down I-270 In Frederick County
Overturned Dump Truck Spills Fuel Onto Roadway, Shuts Down I-270 In Frederick County An overturned dump truck that spilled fuel into the roadway led to a closure on I-270 in Frederick County on Friday afternoon. Shortly before noon on Friday, Oct. 21, first responders were called to a stretch of the parkway near Urbana, forcing a shutdown of all northbound lanes and tying up traffic. UPDATE: Frederick County; Crash; I-270 N at Baker Valley Rd; All lanes closed; Motorists should use MD 355 as an alternate route. #MDtraffic #MDOTnews KM — MD State Highway Adm (@MDSHA) October 21, 2022 The driver had to be extricated from the truck and was airlifted by a Maryland State P…
Rolled Dump Truck Closes Rensselaer County Highway, Knocks Down Power Lines Rolled Dump Truck Closes Rensselaer County Highway, Knocks Down Power Lines
Rolled Dump Truck Closes Rensselaer County Highway, Knocks Down Power Lines Crews were working to reopen a highway in the region after a dump truck rolled over, knocking down power lines and sending the driver to the hospital. The Rensselaer County crash happened shortly after noon Monday, Oct. 3, in the Town of North Greenbush, on State Route 43 near Holland Drive, according to police. In an update at around 1 p.m., police said the cause of the crash was still being investigated, but speed had been ruled out and driver error is the likely culprit. The truck driver suffered minor injuries in the crash and was taken to the hospital for treatment, police said. Ther…
I-83 Reopens At Queen Street Bridge Following Stuck Dump Truck Crash: Authorities I-83 Reopens At Queen Street Bridge Following Stuck Dump Truck Crash: Authorities
I-83 Reopens At Queen Street Bridge Following Stuck Dump Truck Crash: Authorities A stuck dump truck crash along Interstate 83 has closed the roadway in both directions in York County as on Wednesday, August 24, according to the Pennsylvania department of transportation.  On 8-24-22 at 1520 hrs Station 26 was dispatched to box 19-832 I 83 NB at Queen St. to assist multiple Fire Police... Posted by Strinestown Community Fire Company 26 on Wednesday, August 24, 2022 The crash happened at the overpass between Exit 16B: PA 74 North Queen Street and Exit 15: I-83 BUSINESS - South George Street around 3 p.m., PennDOT officials say.  The bed of the dump truck was seemingl…