Tow truck crashes into store in West Orange

  Eyewitness NewsWEST ORANGE (WABC) -- Two people suffered injuries when multiple vehicles crashed and a tow truck ended up smashing into a store in West Orange, New Jersey.

The accident happened at Main and Washington Streets in West Orange just after 2:00 p.m. are still being sorted out.

Officials said a tow truck lost its brakes, causing the multi-vehicle accident. The tow truck went out of control and crashed into the store. The driver of the tow truck and one person inside the store suffered injuries, police said. Those injuries were described as minor.

The building was badly damaged. Police say there are obviously structural concerns and the upper floors are residential, which have been evacuated.

They also say if it were not a holiday, this block would have been very crowded with school children.

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Fiery wreck on NJ Turnpike kills truck driver

  Eyewitness NewsEAST WINDSOR, N.J. -- A truck driver died in a fiery crash that delayed southbound traffic on the New Jersey Turnpike for hours.

Acting State Police Sgt. Adam Grossman says the preliminary investigation shows that a box truck in the center lane crashed into the back of a UPS tractor-trailer in East Windsor at 12:26 a.m. Tuesday.

Grossman says the front of the box truck and rear of the trailer burst into flames.

Grossman says the driver of the box truck, 33-year-old Phillip Frey of Toms River, died.

The UPS driver was not injured.

Southbound turnpike traffic was diverted at Interchange 9 in East Brunswick until 6:15 a.m.

The accident investigation remains ongoing.

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Cheese truck overturns on I-80 in New Jersey

  Eyewitness NewsMOUNT OLIVE, New Jersey (WABC) -- A tractor trailer carrying cheese flipped over on Interstate 80 in Mount Olive, New Jersey.

The accident happened late Thursday night and traffic delays continued into Friday morning.

The full size trailer was carrying 38,000 pounds of cheese that continues to be off-loaded. There were no major injuries in the accident.

The road was cleared after 10 am on Friday.

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Tire flies off truck on New Jersey Turnpike

A tire flew off a truck on a highway shattering the front windshield of a tractor trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike in Fort Lee. (WABC Photo)

  Eyewitness NewsFORT LEE, N.J. (WABC) -- A tire flew off a truck on a highway shattering the front windshield of a tractor trailer.

The accident happened on the New Jersey Turnpike in Fort Lee just after 8:00 a.m.

The northbound truck was hit by the tire near mile marker 122. The driver was treated for unknown injuries.

The truck that lost the spare tire continued heading southbound before pulling over.

No injuries were reported.

Police are investigating what caused the truck to lose the tire.

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10 Samaritans lift truck off NJ bicyclist

  Eyewitness NewsNORTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. -- Police say 10 good Samaritans lifted a pickup truck off a woman who was struck on her bicycle in New Jersey.

North Plainfield police say 57-year-old Katie Miller was riding the bike through an International House of Pancakes parking lot in North Plainfield when she was hit Monday.

Restaurant manager Jose Preciado tells The Courier News of Bridgewater that he, a cook and several diners acted because Miller was having difficulty breathing and turning purple.

Police Chief William Parenti tells the newspaper the bystanders might have saved Miller's life. He says the 57-year-old woman suffered broken ribs and possibly a punctured lung.

Police say the pickup driver was turning and didn't see Miller until it was too late. He wasn't cited, but the accident remains under investigation.

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Driver rescued after truck overturns on NJ Turnpike

  Eyewitness NewsWOODBRIDGE (WABC) -- A driver was rescued after he was trapped for nearly two hours inside an overturned truck on the New Jersey Turnpike in Woodbridge.

The southbound truck overturned just north of Interchange 11 just after 6 a.m. Wednesday.

The truck flipped off the roadway, trapping the driver.

It took emergency workers nearly two hours to free the driver from the truck's cab.

He was rushed by helicopter to a hospital.

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