Complete New Jersey accident reports and news.
New Jersey - The Garden State, known for vast farmlands, gorgeous coastline, and historic resort towns
New Jersey is bordered on the north and east by New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania, and on the southwest by Delaware. New Jersey is the fourth-smallest state but the 11th-most populous and the most densely populated of the 50 United States. New Jersey is the third-wealthiest U.S. state by per capita income as of 2014.
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Major roadways in New Jersey include:
The New Jersey Turnpike is one of the most prominent and heavily traveled roadways in the United States. This toll road carries interstate traffic between Delaware and New York, and the East Coast in general.
The Garden State Parkway, or simply "the Parkway," carries relatively more in-state traffic than interstate traffic and runs from the town of Montvale along New Jersey's northern border to its southernmost tip at Cape May for 172.4 miles. It is the trunk that connects the New York metropolitan area to Atlantic City and is consistently one of the safest roads in the nation.
Other expressways in New Jersey include the Atlantic City Expressway, the Palisades Interstate Parkway, Interstate 76, Interstate 78, Interstate 80, Interstate 95, Interstate 195, Interstate 278, Interstate 280, Interstate 287, Interstate 295, and Interstate 676. Other major roadways include U.S. 1, New Jersey Route 4, U.S. 9, New Jersey Route 10, and New Jersey Route 17.
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A 50-year-old Freehold woman was identified as the victim in Monday’s fiery crash on Route 9, Middlesex County Acting Prosecutor and the Old Bridge Police Chief said Tuesday.
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A Somerville woman was killed and a man injured when a Manville driver struck them Saturday night on South Main Street, police said.
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A tractor-trailer crash snarled traffic along a heavily-traveled road in South Jersey Friday morning.
The crash happened shortly after 6 a.m. in the northbound lanes of I-295 at the Creek Road underpass approaching Route 42.
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An 8,500-gallon tanker truck hauling gasoline crashed and burst into flames near train tracks on a New Jersey highway Thursday morning, briefly snarling several rail lines and closing streets, officials say.
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One lane is now getting by on the New Jersey Turnpike after a car-carrier truck accident that injured two people.
Officials say a box truck and a car-carrier truck collided on the Turnpike in Mount Laurel, New Jersey early Monday evening.
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Commuters in the Garden State faced a nightmare morning commute after a major accident shut down the northbound lanes of the New Jersey Turnpike early Wednesday.
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A plane crashed on the runway at the Atlantic City International Airport in the early evening Tuesday.
The aircraft, a Piper PA-28, was attempting to take off when it collided with a fence and flipped over at the end of the runway around 5 p.m., according to officials.
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Man suffers minor injuries after his SUV leaves roadway and crashes in Assunpink Creek near Trenton.
A man is recovering after police say he crashed his vehicle into a creek in Trenton.
The man was driving his SUV at North Clinton Avenue and Mulberry Street late Monday afternoon when he somehow lost control and went into the Assunpink Creek.