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2 Killed When Tractor-Trailer Carrying Watermelons Crashes On New Jersey Turnpike
The male truck driver was ejected and killed. A male passenger in the tractor-trailer was also killed.
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The male truck driver was ejected and killed. A male passenger in the tractor-trailer was also killed.
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New Jersey State Police say the single-vehicle accident happened in the northbound lanes of the turnpike in Robbinsville around 9:45 a.m.
The ruling came in a legal challenge filed in 2017 by two motorists who claimed the hiking of the fee roughly six years earlier was unreasonable and in violation of state law.
The accident happened between Exits 4 and 5 on the turnpike southbound around 3:30 p.m.
New Jersey State Police say the tractor-trailer caught on fire on the southbound side of the turnpike near Exit 3 in Cherry Hill Township around noon.
Three people were injured in the accident, but the extent of their injuries are not known.
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One person was transported to the hospital.
State police say the crash happened around 11:30 p.m. Saturday in the Mount Laurel area.
New Jersey Turnpike Police say a tractor trailer carrying recycled goods overturned on the turnpike northbound near Interchange 3 around 9:45 a.m.
The passengers were able to exit the bus.
Authorities identified him as Christopher Angelo Pizzichetta, 46, of Lewes, Delaware.
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Police say a portion the New Jersey Turnpike northbound is closed due to a truck accident.
Police say the driver of the tractor-trailer suffered minor injuries.
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Most major highways had been cleared by early Sunday, including the Garden State Parkway and the New Jersey Turnpike. But reduced speed limits were in place on most of those roadways.
It happened shortly before 4 a.m. Monday in the northbound lanes just south of Interchange 7A.
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The threat of severe weather is over, and the start of the week will be calmer.
Streets in Ocean City, Margate and Sea Isle, New Jersey, flooded after torrential rain early Sunday morning, and another round of potentially severe storms later in the evening could create more flooding.
The CBS Philadelphia weather team has declared Sunday a NEXT Weather Alert Day as severe storms impact our area.
The community in Lumberton, New Jersey, is wrapping its arms around the family of Michael Stewart, a 6-year-old boy who drowned at a Bordentown summer camp earlier this week.
Potential severe storms could roll through late Saturday night and again Sunday afternoon into the evening.
The threat of severe weather is over, and the start of the week will be calmer.
Streets in Ocean City, Margate and Sea Isle, New Jersey, flooded after torrential rain early Sunday morning, and another round of potentially severe storms later in the evening could create more flooding.
The CBS Philadelphia weather team has declared Sunday a NEXT Weather Alert Day as severe storms impact our area.
Potential severe storms could roll through late Saturday night and again Sunday afternoon into the evening.
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