Vehicle Rolls Over, Kills Man Working Under It In Brick Township, Police Say
A 61-year-old Brick Township man was found dead after being pinned beneath a vehicle Sunday morning, Jan. 11, authorities said.
Officers responded to the area of Lagoon Drive West around noon for a report of an unconscious man under a vehicle, Brock Township police said.
When officers arrived, they found Robert Grippe partially underneath the passenger side of the vehicle, police said. Grippe was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
A preliminary investigation indicates that Grippe may have been working on the vehicle when it rolled toward him, causing fatal injuries, poli…
Firefighter, Army Vet Seriously Injured By Wrong-Way Driver On NJ Turnpike In Ridgefield Park
A Hudson Valley firefighter, US Army veteran, and young father is facing a long road to recovery after being struck by a wrong-way driver on the NJ Turnpike last weekend, loved ones say.
Guillermo Mollins, 39, of Poughkeepsie, was in a Honda sedan when he was struck by a Ford pickup truck driven by 44-year-old Bruce Canfield, of Pottstown, PA, who was traveling south in the northbound lanes of the Turnpike early Saturday, Jan. 3, NJSP Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said.
Canfield died as a result of the head-on crash near milepost 117.8, which sent the pickup into a concrete …
Brooklyn Man Killed In Route 23 Montague Twp New Year's Crash: Njsp
A 21-year-old Brooklyn man was killed in a crash on Route 23 in Sussex County on New Year's Day, authorities said.
At 11:58 a.m., on Thursday, Jan. 1, troopers responded to Route 23 south in Montague Township, when a Audi SUV driven by Nazar Bilous was negotiating a curve when it ran off the roadway to right, struck a large rock, re-entered the roadway, ran off the roadway to the right again, and struck a large tree stump and a tree, Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesperson for the New Jersey State police said.
Bilous was pronounced dead at the scene, Lebron said. His passenger, a 21-year-old Br…
