HOBOKEN, NJ – A New Jersey State Trooper was over twice the legal blood alcohol limit when he crashed into a police car in Hoboken early Saturday morning. According to Daily Voice, 28-year-old Roy Sanchez was driving the wrong way on First Street when his car caught the attention of Officer Harry Montalvo at about… Read more »
EDGEWATER, NJ – A woman fled after crashing into a utility pole and fire hydrant then barely escaped her car before it caught fire in Edgewater on Monday. According to Daily Voice, Zaira Hernandez-Cortez struck a utility pole and a fire hydrant with her Mazda CX-5 near the intersection of North Street and Myrtle Avenue… Read more »
SECAUCUS, NJ (HUDSON COUNTY) – Two people were injured after an allegedly drunk driver collided with another vehicle in Secaucus earlier this week, according to the Daily Voice. The crash happened on Paterson Plank Road, just after 10 p.m. Tuesday night, when a 39-year-old Mark Ortiz, of Jersey City, reportedly lost control of his 2002… Read more »
SALEM COUNTY, NJ – An intoxicated man crashed into a business on Route 49 in Pennsville Township on Tuesday night then fled from the scene on foot. According to NJ.com, the 27-year-old man was southbound in a Jeep Cherokee on Route 49 when he veered across the center line and drove off the road. At… Read more »
RARITAN, NJ – A Newark driver was arrested on drunk driving charges after crashing into a pickup truck on Route 2020 in Raritan on Saturday evening. According to a local news report, the 44-year-old man was driving a 2003 Cadillac Escalade at high speeds on Route 202 when he crashed into a stopped 2015 Ford… Read more »
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ – A man was charged with driving while intoxicated after crashing into a parked vehicle in Nutley Township last Thursday. According to a local news report, a 50-year-old Belleville man was arrested after he left the scene of the accident at the corner of Centre Avenue and Bloomfield Avenue on Thursday, January… Read more »
TOMS RIVER, NJ – A driver attempted to flee the scene of a crash on the Garden State Parkway on Tuesday afternoon, according to RLS Media. A 25-year-old man sideswiped another driver while attempting to exit the Garden State Parkway at Route 37 at about 4 p.m. The man continued down the exit ramp onto… Read more »
TOMS RIVER, NJ – A drunk driver caused a large-scale power outage after crashing into a utility pole and causing a fire in Toms River on Sunday. According to Daily Voice, a 47-year-old man swerved off the road at the intersection of Bay Avenue and Tanglewood Road after trying to answer his cellphone at about… Read more »
PASSAIC COUNTY, NJ – A drunk driver, who led a high-speed pursuit on Route 208, crashed his pickup in Franklin Lakes late on Wednesday night. According to Daily Voice, an officer was northbound in his marked car on Route 208 in Fair Lawn when the incident began shortly before midnight. 39-year-old Sean Fachner sped up… Read more »
UPPER FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP, NJ – A drunk driver from Staten Island, NY, crashed into a police car on I-195 in Upper Freehold Township on Sunday evening. According to Daily Voice, the police vehicle was parked in the righthand travel lane of eastbound I-195 while an investigation was being conducted on the right shoulder. The right… Read more »
