CRIME & SAFETY
Seven Bus Passengers Reportedly Hurt in Port Reading Mishap
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Authorities say seven NJ Transit bus passengers reportedly sustained minor injuries when the coach veered off Port Reading Avenue and ended up in a grassy ditch near Prologis Pond. The mishap occurred on Tuesday evening along Port Reading Avenue, as commuter Bus 48 from Perth Amboy to Elizabeth, swerved off the road and bottomed-out in the ditch after allegedly colliding with two other vehicles, authorities said.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Firefighters from the Port Reading Fire Company and EMTs responded to the scene where seven of the 16 passengers, including the driver, reportedly complained of scrapes and pain. It is not known if the drivers of a white Ford commercial van or a badly-damaged black sedan, both involved in the accident, also sustained injuries. Specific details were not available. Most of the people involved were treated at the scene, and a few were taken to an area hospital to be evaluated and treated, authorities said. NJ Transit police and Woodbridge authorities are investigating the cause of the accident. For more local news, visit TAPinto.net
Explosion in Old Bridge, N.J.: 1 dead, 4 injured
Police are investigating an explosion in Old Bridge, New Jersey, that left a 73-year-old woman dead and four other people injured on Wednesday. The blast occurred around 11:30 a.m. at the Superior Signal Company on West Greystone Road and led to a hazardous materials response from several nearby towns, ABC7NY reported.
Man stabbed to death in Middlesex County
A 32-year-old man was stabbed to death Sunday night in Perth Amboy, authorities said. Jason Torres, of Perth Amboy, was found on the sidewalk near the corner of Smith and Maple streets just before 9 p.m., the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office said Monday. Torres was brought to an area...
Columbia protesters taken into custody after police enter campus
NEW YORK -- Columbia University protesters were taken into custody late Tuesday night after the school president asked the NYPD to clear them from campus.Police set up a massive presence outside the university before officers began moving in around 9 p.m.A dramatic scene unfolded as the NYPD brought in a large vehicle with an extendable ramp to enter a second-floor window of Hamilton Hall, which schools officials said had been occupied by protesters. Around 9:30 p.m., dozens of officers wearing helmets began to enter the building through a window they had pried open. Additional crowds of officers entered campus on...
New Jersey infant, grandfather killed by falling tree
A 6-month-old boy and his grandfather were killed by a falling tree in Verona, N.J. on Monday night. The incident occurred shortly after 7 p.m., about 10 miles northwest of Newark in Essex County. Personnel responding to the home found the infant and 61-year-old man in the backyard, where an uprooted tree had landed on them.
Cars careen into fence, store on Staten Island; 2 taken to hospital
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A two-car crash sent two people to the hospital and damaged a retaining wall, fence and storefront along a major street in West Brighton on Tuesday morning. The crash was reported at 10:28 a.m. at Richmond Terrace and Bodine Street, according to a spokesman for...
NYC Burlington store guard turns tables on armed would-be shoplifter, 15, by opening fire: sources
A Burlington Coat Factory security guard shot at an armed would-be shoplifter who stormed into the store on Sunday – after the teenager threatened to kidnap and shoot her, sources said. The 15-year-old boy was part of a crew of four masked troublemakers who were turned away as they tried to enter the store at the corner of Pennsylvania and Wortman avenues in East New York around 4:20 p.m. Sunday, according to cops and law enforcement sources. When they were booted from the clothing store for refusing to take off the masks, they warned the 60-year-old security guard – a retired cop...
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