2 speed boats collide off Sandy Hook

SANDY HOOK (WABC) -- An engaged couple suffered injuries when two boats collided in in Spermaceti Cove in Sandy Hook Bay on Sunday.

The collision ripped a hole into the back of motorboat that had to be towed ashore.

The accident occurred just before 1 p.m. on Sunday, according to the Coast Guard.

A 26-year-old woman was thrown overboard into Sandy Hook Bay. She was airlifted to Jersey Shore Medical Center with a broken pelvis.

Her 28-year-old fiance, who jumped in after her, is also being treated for serious injuries.

It's not thought alcohol was a factor in the crash, officials said.

NJSB is currently investigating.

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NJT Train, car collide in Jersey City

  Eyewitness NewsNEW JERSEY (WABC) -- Normal service has resumed on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail line more than six hours after a train hit a car and derailed early Friday.

The accident happened at 6th Street, causing the train to derail just after 3:00 a.m.

Investigators said it appeared the driver went thru a red light.

The driver was extricated from the vehicle and hospitalized with injuries, but officials said the person is expected to survive.

There were no passengers on the train.

The light rail train was knocked off its tracks in the crash and unable to be moved for hours.

First, workers had to remove the car, which became wedged between the train and a utility pole.

They then had to get the train back on the rails and inspect the tracks before service could resume.

There were delays in both directions between Tonnelle Avenue and 8th Street in Bayonne. Buses and PATH honored light rail tickets.

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2 killed when motorcycles, vehicles collide in NJ

  Eyewitness NewsMAURICE RIVER TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Two women were killed and two men were injured in a crash on a southern New Jersey highway this weekend involving two motorcycles, two cars and a pickup truck.

State Police Sgt. Stephen Jones says the pickup was northbound on Route 347 in the Cumberland County community of Maurice River Township when it crossed over the center lane and crashed into two southbound motorcycles around 2 p.m. Saturday. One of the motorcycles was then pushed back into a car traveling behind it, and that car was then rear-ended by a second vehicle.

One motorcyclist and a passenger on the other motorcycle were killed in the crash, while the other motorcyclist was critically injured. The driver of the second vehicle sustained minor injuries.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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