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Mary Jamison, in critical condition, delivers a baby by C-section, several other adults and children injured, all transported to hospitals, after a van carrying a church group crashes into a utility pole on State Route 40 in Pittsgrove.

Date: 
Monday, April 14, 2014
Area: 
Trenton-NJ
A pregnant woman and several children were among the injured when a church group smashed into a utility pole in Pittsgrove, New Jersey on Tuesday morning. State police tell Action News that it was around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday when a Maryland church group of 10 was on its way west along Route 40, headed home from an event in Atlantic City, when the driver fell asleep. The van ran off the road and hit a utility pole. All of the passengers in the van were injured.

Richard C. Bitterle III, 22, killed, after his car leaves the State Route 9 roadway near Toms River, and crashes into a tree.

Date: 
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Area: 
Trenton-NJ

A 22-year-old Toms River man was killed in a single-vehicle crash Monday night, police said.

Richard C. Bitterle III was driving north on Route 9 when his 2013 Kia crossed the center line and struck a tree, authorities said. The crash took place around 10:48 p.m. just north of Sunset Avenue.

Bitterle was taken to Community Medical Center in Toms River, where he was pronounced dead. He was alone in the vehicle.

Police are investigating the cause of the crash.

Jared Hill, 25, Kenneth Vorce, 46, injured, transported to hospital, after a car and SUV collide head-on near Chester Township on State Route 206.

Date: 
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Area: 
Trenton-NJ
A head-on collision sent two drivers to a hospital and shut down a lane of Route 206 in Chester Township for two hours early Monday morning, police said. Police responded to Route 206 between Old Chester Road and Fox Chase Road for a reported head-on collision, police said. Jared Hill, 25, of Newton was driving a north in a 2008 Honda Accord when it crossed the center line and struck 46-year-old Kenneth Vorce's Chevrolet Suburban on the shoulder of the southbound side of the road, police said. Both drivers were taken to Morristown Medical Center by the Chester First Aid Squad, police said.

Dorothy Gorman, 84, killed, Mary Gilson, Dennis Gilson, Erica Glenz, 16, Eric Glenz, 39, injured, all transported to hospitals, after a two-car crash on State Route 50 near Estell Manor.

Date: 
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Area: 
Trenton-NJ

The woman killed in a two-car crash in Estell Manor Sunday afternoon has been identified State Police as 84-year-old Dorothy Gorman.

Gorman was in a Chevy Lumina traveling southbound on State Route 50 when it was struck while trying to turn left and sent spinning into the other lane.

She was found in the back seat. She was not wearing a seatbelt and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Also in the vehicle were driver Mary Gilson and her husband Dennis Gilson, both of Woodbine. They were transported to a hospital for medical attention. Mary Gilson is Gorman’s daughter.

50-year-old woman killed, after her vehicle left the State Route 130 South roadway near North Brunswick, and crashed into a utility pole.

Date: 
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Area: 
Trenton-NJ
A 50-year-old woman died in an accident on Route 130 South just south of Quarry Lane on Friday morning after her vehicle struck a utility pole. The fatal crash occurred at about 8:20 a.m. when the vehicle struck a utility pole, causing it to fall onto the roadway, according to police. Police closed Route 130 in both directions following the accident, according to Lt. John Haas.  

One person killed, after their car leaves the Garden State Parkway roadway near Middletown, crosses into the median and crashes into a tree.

Date: 
Monday, April 7, 2014
Area: 
Trenton-NJ

State Police say the driver of a car died after the vehicle slammed into a tree in the center median on the Garden State Parkway in Middletown.

The victim's name has not yet been released.

Tuesday morning's crash closed the northbound express lanes, creating a 13-mile traffic backup and causing delays for motorists. Traffic was backed up to I-195.

A State Trooper stated that it's unclear if weather played a role in the crash. Police also says there was debris from a dead deer in the road and it's not clear if the motorist had swerved to try to avoid it.

John Visconti III, 48, killed, on other person injured, taken to hospital, after a tractor-trailer rear-ends a SUV, traveling below the speed limit, then overturns and catches fire, on the New Jersey Turnpike near Linden.

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.

Britzi Flores, 22, killed, Jessenia Morales, 23, Jose Flores, driver Kenneth Fonseca, 23, who was arrested, seriously injured, transported to hospital, after their car struck a guardrail on the Garden State Parkway near Brick Township, and overturned.

Date: 
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Area: 
Trenton-NJ
A 22-year-old woman traveling in a gray Scion with three other people died this morning after the car crashed on the Garden State Parkway in Brick Township, New Jersey State Police said. The driver of the vehicle faces multiple charges, including driving while intoxicated, driving while his license was suspended, and causing death while driving with a suspended license, a State Police spokesman Trooper said.

Two people injured, a student and an aide, after their small school bus is struck by a car on Passaic Street in Hackensack, New Jersey

Date: 
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Area: 
Trenton-NJ
A student and an aide were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center Friday morning after a car crashed into a school bus, according to city police. The small bus, carrying four students, was traveling east on Passaic Street when a vehicle making a turn from Esplenade onto Passaic struck the bus at about 8 a.m., Hackensack Police said. A student and a bus aide complained of back pain and were taken to the hospital, police said. The other students were uninjured but evaluated by medical personnel. Police are still on scene investigating the accident.

Izhak Shvarz, 60, killed, after he is struck by a tractor-trailer while standing next to his disabled vehicle on the New Jersey Turnpike near Englewood, New Jersey

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.