Five-car crash leaves multiple passengers entrapped in Jersey City.

Date: 12/22/2011
Time: Around 9:45 A.M.
Location: Jersey City, New Jersey
Vehicle(s) Involved: Chevy Impala, Nissan Frontier, Ford Expedition, Suzuki Grand Viatara, Honda CR-V

By Adam Maher/The Jersey Journal

"A five-car accident ensued during this morning's commute at the intersection of Linden Avenue and Ocean Avenue in Jersey City, according to Jersey City Fire Director Armando Roman.
Immediate details were not available according to Roman, who said the accident occurred at approximately 9:45 a.m. Thursday morning.
According to witnesses, an elderly women lost control of her white Chevy Impala and crashed into multiple parked cars after clipping a moving black Ford Expedition while trying to turn onto Ocean Avenue from Linden Avenue, leaving multiple passengers entrapped in their cars for several minutes.
The driver of the Impala was taken to the hospital.
Further details were not immediately available."

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Jersey City limo driver, 24, dies in crash with tractor trailer on Tonnelle Avenue.

Date: 03/27/2012
Time: Around 3:45 A.M.
Location: Jersey City, New Jersey
Vehicle(s) Involved: Toyota Camry

By The Jersey Journal

"On what one family member said was going to be his last day on the job, a 24-year-old limousine driver died yesterday morning in a horrific crash on Tonnelle Avenue in Jersey City, The Jersey Journal reports.
Usman Chaudhry, of Storms Avenue in Jersey City, was declared dead at the scene at 3:43 a.m. after crashing a 2009 Toyota Camry into the back of a tractor trailer in the right southbound lane just south of Secaucus Road, police said."

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Driver in Dunkin' Donuts crash charged with DWI, assault by auto: cops.

Date: 08/13/2012
Time: Around 8:45 P.M.
Location: Jersey City, New Jersey
Vehicle(s) Involved: Isuzu Rodeo

By Ron Zeitlinger/The Jersey Journal 

"The driver who crashed into a Jersey City Heights Dunkin' Donuts last night, injuring eight people, has been charged with DWI, multiple counts of assault by auto and multiple motor vehicle violations, police said.
Police said Marco J. Guardiola, 55, of New York Avenue in Jersey City, was driving with a suspended license when his 1999 Isuzu Rodeo SUV smashed into the front of the crowded coffee shop at the corner of Central Avenue and Griffith Street at 8:40 p.m., spewing shards of glass everywhere.
He was treated for minor injuries at the Jersey City Medical Center and released into police custody this morning at 5 a.m. Guardiola's motor vehicle charges include reckless driving, failure to wear a seat belt and failure to exhibit registration, a driver's license and proof of insurance.
Of the seven other people injured in the crash, two were at the scene by EMS and the other five were taken to the JCMC, officials said.
A 14-year-old girl who suffered head trauma, leg fractures and facial lacerations underwent a 3-and-a-half hour surgery and two women were admitted and are in stable condition, a hospital spokesman said.
One of the women suffered multiple puncture wounds to her chest and back and abrasions on her arms and legs.
The Dunkin' Donuts reopened this morning, with plywood covering the huge glass panel that was broken last night."

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Woman sent to hospital, dog taken to vet after SUV flips over in Readington crash.

Date: 10/16/2012
Time: Around 10:00 A.M.
Location: Readington, New Jersey
Vehicle(s) Involved: Lincoln Town Car, Mazda MPV

By Hunterdon County Democrat 

"READINGTON — A two-vehicle crash in which an SUV flipped over then righted itself resulted in a Neshanic woman, Carol Chamberlain, being taken to the hospital and her dog, a passenger in the SUV, to the veterinarian.
An emergency radio broadcast heard at 10:05 a.m. today, Oct. 16, indicated that the accident took place at the intersection of Summer Road and Old York Road in Readington, not far from the Wawa convenience store on Route 202. The crossroad, which is a four-way stop, has been the site of several recent accidents.

At the crash scene this morning, Carol Chamberlain's husband said his wife was driving her Mazda SUV with her dog, a Briard breed, in a traveling crate when the SUV collided with a 1991 Lincoln Town Car. The Town Car was driven by Oswaldo Montes of Maine, who did not seem to be injured when he talked to a reporter at the scene.
The SUV, police said, rolled over at least once and came to a stop upright.
Chamberlain was transported to the hospital for treatment of her injuries, and her dog was taken to a veterinarian by her husband to be examined."

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Bayonne driver's 4 a.m. crash in Jersey City sends five in car to hospital.

Date: 08/23/2012
Time: Around 4:00 A.M.
Location: Bayonne, New Jersey
Vehicle(s) Involved: Toyota Corolla, Subaru Legacy

By Daniel Reyes/The Jersey Journal 

"A Bayonne man who may have been racing with another driver crashed his car into a wrought-iron fence early yesterday morning, sending all five people in the car to the hospital, authorities said.
Ralph Bacani, 19, of Avenue E in Bayonne, was issued numerous motor vehicle violations, including summonses for reckless driving and violating the conditions of his special learner’s permit, Jersey City police spokesman Stan Eason said.
The four passengers in the car had to be extricated by Jersey City firefighters after the 4 a.m. crash on Kennedy Boulevard near Stuyvesant Avenue, reports said.
All five people were treated at the Jersey City Medical Center for injuries that were not life threatening.
Eason said that “speeding and/or racing” may have played a role in the crash, which is still under investigation.
Bacani slammed into a parked car and a parking meter before the car came to rest on a wrought-iron fence next to a wheelchair access ramp in front of a doctor’s office."

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Driver to be cited after train collides with minivan in Bridgeton.

Date: 04/01/2011
Time: Morning
Location: Bridgeton, New Jersey
Vehicle(s) Involved: Train, Dodge Caravan

By Stephen Smith - The News of Cumberland County

"BRIDGETON — A Winchester & Western train smashed the front-end of a fully-packed minivan Friday morning at Route 49 and Buckshutem Road.

While no injuries were reported, police said the accident could have been much worse.
It appeared as if the driver of the minivan was either distracted or was attempting to beat the train across the tracks, said Bridgeton police Lt. James Battavio.

A post accident check of the train showed that all lights, bells and whistles had been working, and statements from witnesses to the police suggested that the train actually blew its horn at the van as it was traveling south on the tracks that run by the intersection of Broad Street (Route 49) and Buckshutem Road.

Battavio said it appeared the van had stopped just short of the tracks and the train then clipped its front end. He said if the van had not stopped where it did the outcome could have been much worse.

Five people were in the van when it crashed, and they were all taken to area hospitals, though police could not release any names or to which hospitals they were taken Friday.
Battavio said the driver will be receiving traffic citations. "

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NJ Turnpike lanes reopened after fatal crash, but major traffic delays remain.

Date: 10/03/2012
Time: Around 9:50 A.M.
Location: Robbinsville, New Jersey
Vehicle(s) Involved: Dump truck

By Jenna Pizzi - The Times of Trenton

"ROBBINSVILLE — The New Jersey Turnpike has reopened all lanes northbound and one lane southbound following a fatal dump truck crash and fire this morning near exit 7A in Mercer County.
Eastbound I-195 has also been reopened, but westbound lanes remain closed to through traffic, said Tim Greeley a spokesman for the state Department of Transportation. Drivers going westbound on I-195 are able to enter the Turnpike southbound at the 7A interchange.
The dump truck driver was killed in the fiery 9:53 a.m. crash when the truck veered into a barrier on the road and slid on the side of the truck beneath the I-195 overpass on the NJ Turnpike's southbound lanes, authorities said.
State Police Sgt. Brian Polite said this afternoon that the victim is believed to be a 49-year-old Belleville man. Police would not release the name of the victim. Polite said police are awaiting further medical examination to verify the man’s identity.
Greeley asked drivers to seek alternate routes while traffic clears in the area. Greeley said traffic on local roads that are being used as detours will be more congested than usual. He encouraged drivers to call 511 from cell phones or check 511nj.org for traffic updates.
The NJ Turnpike and I-195 were closed in both directions for more than five hours as firefighters extinguished the blaze, which spread to the I-195 overpass bridge.
The Department of Transportation and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority conducted an assessment of the overpass and determined that it was safe for motorists this afternoon, Greeley said.
The truck was driving in the center southbound lane of the Turnpike when it veered into the barrier, Grossman said. The cause of the crash was not available. There is ongoing construction in the area of the crash as part of a Turnpike widening project and a realignment of the I-195 overpass.
NJ Transit is letting customers use their bus passes to board trains on the North Jersey Coast Line and Northeast Corridor Line to help avoid Turnpike delays."

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Woman killed in Galloway Twp. crash ID'd.

Date: 06/21/2012
Time: Around 9:00 A.M.
Location: Galloway Township, New Jersey
Vehicle(s) Involved: Pontiac Sunfire, Chevy Tahoe

By ABC6 Action News

"GALLOWAY TWP., N.J. - June 21, 2012 (WPVI) -- The woman killed in a crash with an SUV from the Atlantic County prosecutor's office has been identified.

Police say 25-year-old (censored), of Aloe Street in Galloway Township, died in the crash on Thursday morning.
The crash happened around 9:00 a.m. at the intersection of Route 30 (White Horse Pike) and Avenue A.
Galloway Police said, in the moments before the crash, they received several calls about an erratic driver in the eastbound lanes of Route 30.
That vehicle, a 2003 Pontiac Sunfire, crossed into the westbound lanes and struck the SUV, a 2011 Chevy Tahoe, which then overturned.
That Tahoe was owned by Atlantic County and was being driven by a member of the Atlantic County prosecutor's office.
English, the driver of the Sunfire, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the Tahoe, Chief Darren Dooley of the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office, was taken to the hospital. His family told police he is in stable condition with no life-threatening injuries.
Galloway Township Police and the New Jersey State Police are investigating this crash.
The roadway was shut down in the area as an investigation into this crash continues."

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Bayonne Police identify 20-year-old victim of fatal Route 440 crash.

Date: 10/05/2011
Time: Around 10:40 A.M.
Location: Bayonne, New Jersey
Vehicle(s) Involved: Pontiac Grand Am, Toyota Camry

By Charles Hack/The Jersey Journal  

"Bayonne Police have identified the 20-year-old Jersey City woman who died in a fatal two-car accident this morning that also seriously injured three other people.
The woman, Tynesia Brown, of Rutgers Avenue in Jersey City, was the passenger in a Pontiac Grand Am that police say made an illegal U-turn on Rt. 440 at the intersection with Pulaski Street near the border of Jersey City and Bayonne at around 10:40 a.m.
Brown was declared dead at the scene.
Deputy Police Chief Ralph Scianni said that the roads that had been closed after the accident were reopened as of 3 p.m. The victim's mother and father have been notified of their daughter's death, police said. Brown would have turned 21 in November, police said.
Three other people have been taken to Jersey City Medical Center trauma center and are being treated for possible internal injuries, police said.
Bayonne Police, who arrived on the scene at 10:41 a.m., said a Toyota Camry was heading southbound on Rt. 440, when the motorist of the Pontiac Grand Am committed an "illegal U-turn onto the southbound lane of Rt. 440," causing the collision.
Firefighters worked along with McCabe Ambulance Service to tend to victims, who were reportedly transported by ambulance to Jersey City Medical Center for further medical attention.
Fire Department members also worked to clean up leaking vehicle fluids."

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