Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Office of Sen. James Holzapfel working to get answers from Turnpike Authority
Before Jerry Roselli put a 12 foot fence up along the back of his property on Todd Road in Toms River, he could not hear his wife call out to him while he was working in the backyard. In Brick, some residents have to hold family parties in their front yards. These are some of the issues homeowners are facing as the expansion of the Garden State Parkway continues. The project was said to increase shoulder width, remove obstructions, improve sight distance and reconstruct the roadway between mile markers 83 and 100 in both directions. “I literally now live on the parkway,” Margie McMahon of Parkway Drive in Brick said following a meeting with a representative from the office of Sen. James Holzapfel and Assemblymen Dave Wolfe and Greg …
Monday, March 18, 2013
All but one resulted in minor injuries
State police responded to 21 accidents, one fatal, on the Lacey stretch of the Garden State Parkway this past weekend, Sgt. Adam Grossman said. Grossman could not say how many people were hospitalized as a result of the accidents; all but one of the injuries was reported to be minor. A passing motorist killed Anibal Espinoza, 34, of North Plainfield when he and a group of friends were attempting to assist a Barnegat woman with her disabled car. Two were charged in the accident. From mile markers 60 to 80 north and southbound, police responded to a total of 40 motor vehicle accidents, some single and others involving multiple cars, Grossman said. Grossman described the accidents as a “fluid situation.” According to the Atlantic City Press, …
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Accident happened at mile marker 74.7 northbound, State Police say
A man who was trying to help push a disabled car off the northbound lane of the Garden State Parkway in Lacey Township died when a passing car struck and killed him early this evening, State Police said. Preliminary reports indicate the man was one of four who stopped to push the disabled car onto the shoulder of the roadway, Sgt. Adam Grossman said. "The person at the rear left of the vehicle was struck by a passing motor vehicle," he said. "Unfortunately it looks like a Good Samaritan...they are still trying to sort things out." The man - whose identify is being withheld for now - was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune by the Lacey Township First Aid Squad. "He was pronounced dead at the hospital," Grossman said. …
Early morning accident still under investigation, State Police say
A Brooklyn man was injured when his black BMW left the Garden State Parkway northbound, struck a guardrail twice, then came to rest in the center of the roadway, State Police said. Suhrob Nosirov, 25, was heading northbound at 6:54 a.m. near the Forked River Service Area, when his car left the roadway at mile marker 72.1, and struck the guardrail, Sgt. Adam Grossman said. The car then "rotated" from the impact and struck the guardrail again. It ended up in the center of the roadway, which was closed for half an hour after the accident, Grossman said. The BMW was heavily damaged. The other three male occupants were uninjured. Nosirov was taken to Community Medical Center in Toms River, he said. The cause of the accident is under …
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
A van carrying up to five passengers struck the guardrail on the Garden State Parkway
One was reported injured after a van collided with a guardrail on the Garden State Parkway in Forked River, Lt. Stephen Jones with the state police said. The van, which was carrying up to five senior citizen passengers, struck the side guardrail on the Garden State Parkway northbound at approximately 4:10 p.m. Tuesday, he said. One woman sustained a hand injury and was transported to Southern Ocean County Medical Center, he said.
Monday, November 19, 2012
The accident has been cleared
Three were injured in an motor vehicle accident on the Garden State Parkway in Lacey Township. The accident that occurred at mile marker 72.7 southbound at 12:47 p.m. involved a blue Mercury and silver Chevy, Lt. Steven Jones said. Both vehicles overturned resulting in three injuries. One vehicle overturned into the center lane while the other went into the trees off of the highway, Sgt. Adam Grossman said. Initial reports were for people who were unconscious and entrapped, Jones said. The driver of the Mercury was airlifted with severe injuries to Jersey Shore Medical Center. Another was transported to Southern Ocean Medical Center and the third to Community Medical Center, Jones said. Those both had minor to moderate injuries, Grossman …
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Brandon Beebe, Island Heights, was ejected from the vehicle, state police said
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
The Turnpike Authority recently settled litigation involving property damage to the Lacey Road bridge after a truck collision in 2008
The New Jersey Turnpike Authority approved a $4.3 million settlement for damage that was done to a Forked River overpass after a truck struck the structure. “The incident caused significant damage to the overpass,” a memorandum from the Authority said. “The damage to the bridge, along with the cost of a temporary bridge, resulted in the New Jersey Turnpike Authority incurring expenses totaling $5.6 million.” The settlement that was approved on Tuesday will cover expenses that were incurred as a result of the accident, which occurred on June 4, 2008. On that day, an improperly loaded car crusher trailered by Porchtown Recyclers, Inc. was traveling southbound on the Garden State Parkway when it crashed into the Lacey Road overpass, said …
Friday, July 27, 2012
The troopers have been criminally charged in connection with the March 2012 incident.
Two New Jersey state troopers accused of leading a high-speed escort on the Garden State Parkway for a fleet of luxury cars have been criminally charged, the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office announced. The New Jersey State Police (NJSP) received complaints regarding the March 2012 caravan to Atlantic City, and the troopers were subsequently suspended without pay in April. In a press conference in Trenton on Friday, Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa said the troopers who conducted the unauthorized escort "turned our highway into a virtual speedway." "What they did was absolutely wrong," he said. An investigation by the Division of Criminal Justice into the incident found that the troopers, Sgt. First Class Nadir Nassry, 47, and Trooper…
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Minor injuries reported, according to NJ State Police
Traffic is moving along on the Garden State Parkway southbound following a motor vehicle accident that involved an overturned car, according to a NJ State Police spokesman. The accident did not involve a bus, the spokesman said. The accident occurred at approximatley 1:43 p.m. just south of milemarker 63 on the southbound side.
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9:32 pm on Saturday, May 4, 2013
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