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Date: 
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Area: 
Trenton-NJ

A Rosenhayn man was pronounced dead at the scene of an early morning accident Sunday involving a tractor-trailer and a van on the N.J. Turnpike, a state trooper said. The accident in the northbound outer truck lane occurred near mile marker 96 at 1:40 a.m., he said. An investigation is continuing.

John Visconti III, 48, was driving a 1997 Peterbilt tractor-trailer, when it struck a 2001 GMC Safari van that was driving below the speed limit in the right lane, police said.

Date: 
Monday, March 31, 2014
Area: 
Trenton-NJ
State police say a tractor-trailer struck and killed a Florida man who was standing on the New Jersey Turnpike. The accident occurred around 1:15 p.m. Tuesday in the northbound express lanes in Englewood. Authorities say 60-year-old Izhak Shvarz, of Lake Mary, Fla., was standing next to his vehicle and was partially in the right lane when he was hit by the truck. No tickets have been issued and the accident remains under investigation.
Date: 
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Area: 
Trenton-NJ

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.

Officials say at least two people were hurt in the crash though they have not yet revealed how serious their injuries are

Only one southbound lane is getting by near mile-marker 36 on the Turnpike as officials continue to investigate.

Date: 
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Area: 
Trenton-NJ

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.

A tractor-trailer jackknifed just north of Exit 8, near the Molly Pitcher Service Area, in Cranbury just before 6 a.m. Another vehicle was also flipped onto its side next behind the truck's cab, and a second tractor-trailer was involved in the crash.

Date: 
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Area: 
Trenton-NJ

An accident in New Jersey is causing major rush hour delays at the Lincoln Tunnel heading out of New York City.

The accident occurred Thursday afternoon on the southbound eastern spur of the New Jersey Turnpike at Exit 15X in Secaucus.

The accident has been cleared, but there are heavy residual delays of at least one hour at the tunnel.

Traffic backed up along the Turnpike all the way along Route 495, and resulted in gridlock at the approaches to the tunnel.

The West Side Highway south was also brought to a standstill from 96th Street down to 42nd Street.

Date: 
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Area: 
Trenton-NJ

Harvard University says a student has died and others have been injured in a traffic accident in New Jersey as their van was returning from a weekend competition in Virginia.

Interim undergraduate Dean Donald Pfister said in an email to students on Monday that junior Angela Mathew was killed and other students were hurt, one seriously. They were members of the Harvard Mock Trial Association.

The association’s website says Mathew, from Albuquerque, N.M., was a director for its high school seminars.

Date: 
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Area: 
Trenton-NJ
Multi-vehicle accidents shut down the New Jersey Turnpike in both directions Wednesday morning. The first accident involved a tractor-trailer, a tanker and two cars happened around 8:20 a.m. Both the tractor-trailer and tanker are overturned. Northbound lanes of the turnpike are shut down near exit 3 in Cherry Hill. Drivers can take 295 as an alternate route. The second accident happened about an hour after the first on the southbound lanes of the turnpike in Cherry Hill. It also involved an overturned tractor-trailer.