Severe Thunderstorm Watch In Effect For 10 NJ Counties, NWS Warns
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect for 10 New Jersey counties through 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 18, as damaging storms threaten to slam the region with hail, wind, and lightning, according to the National Weather Service.
The counties under watch include:
Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean, and Salem.
The Storm Prediction Center says conditions are right for frequent lightning, heavy downpours, and wind gusts strong enough to cause property damage and power outages.
Meanwhile, residents in northeast New Jersey—including Passaic, Berg…
Motorcyclist Seriously Injured In Clifton Garden State Parkway Crash, Police Say
A motorcyclist was seriously injured in an early morning crash on the Garden State Parkway, New Jersey State Police said.
Troopers responded to the scene in Clifton at 1:33 a.m. on Sunday, June 9, near milepost 156.8 on the southbound side of the Parkway in Passaic County.
According to a preliminary investigation, the Verona man, 53, was riding south when he "lost directional control, and the motorcycle overturned." The motorcyclist was ejected from the motorcycle and sustained serious injuries, police said.
“The crash remains under investigation,” officials said Sunday. “No additional inf…
Doctors Warned Him Not To Drive, He Did Anyway: Now He's Guilty In Deadly Paterson Crash
A Florida man who ran a stop sign and killed a pedestrian in Paterson in 2019 has been found guilty of reckless vehicular homicide, authorities announced.
Alvin W. Mootoo, 52, of Orlando, FL, was convicted by a jury on Monday, May 19, following a trial in Passaic County Superior Court, according to Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes.
The jury returned verdicts of guilty for Death by Auto / Reckless Vehicular Homicide and Assault by Auto, Valdes said.
According to trial evidence, the crash happened on Jan. 2, 2019, when Mootoo was driving a black Buick Encore at approximately 55 mi…
