FAIR HAVEN: ROAD WORKER STRUCK
[See update below]
A Monmouth Couunty road crew member was struck by a car while doing road-striping work in Fair Haven Thursday, police Chief Joe McGovern tells redbankgreen.
RED BANK: CAR PLOWS INTO VNA BUILDING
Emergency responders working to remove the victims, who were trapped inside their vehicle. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge)
[This post has been updated since originally posted.]
By JOHN T. WARD
Two people were injured after the vehicle in which they were traveling plowed into a Red Bank office building Thursday morning.
SANDY HOOK: CRASH VICTIMS COPTERED OUT
Two of four people injured in a single-car crash on Sandy Hook were taken to a hospital by helicopter Tuesday night.
RED BANK: THREE CRASHES LEAD TO ARREST
A Red Bank woman was arrested Monday after a wild motor-vehicle pursuit by police in which she crashed her SUV three times, taking down a utility pole in the process, Chief Darren McConnell said Tuesday.
The incident began around 5:30 p.m., when Officer Michael Baron, while on patrol in the area of Broad Street and Pinckney Road, saw a white Honda SUV crossing the median into oncoming traffic while heading south on Broad Street, McConnell said in a prepared statement.
FAIR HAVEN: THREE MOTORCYCLES HIT
Three people were hospitalized after a motor vehicle collided with three motorcycles in Fair Haven Sunday morning, police said.
According to a statement by borough police, the operator of the vehicle and two motorcyclists were taken to the hospital for treatment after the 11:18 a.m, accident, at River Road and Lincoln Avenue.
RED BANK: GAS LINE WORK TO IMPACT RUSH
Work on a leaking natural gas line is expected to impact traffic on Newman Springs Road in Red Bank and Tinton Falls through the rest of the day, authorities said Monday afternoon.
LITTLE SILVER: CAR SMACKS HYDRANT
A one-vehicle accident in Little Silver took out a fire hydrant at Lovett Avenue and Orchard Place at 7:38 a.m. Tuesday.
RIVER PLAZA MAN IN HEROIC RESCUE
A Middletown man was among a group of rescuers who pulled a motorist from a submerged car following an accident in Eatontown Sunday night, according to a report by the Asbury Park Press.
RED BANK: MULTIPLE INJURIES IN CRASH
Red Bank police reported “numerous” injuries, none of them life-threatening, after a three-car crash early Saturday afternoon.
RED BANK: EYES ON THE ROAD, PLEASE
Put down the cellphone and pay attention: that’s the message to motorists that Red Bank police hope to underline this month as they conduct a special distracted-driving enforcement detail.
Why? The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that in 2014, 3,179 people were killed and an estimated 431,000 people were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving a distracted driver.
RED BANK: PREPARING FOR THE NEXT ONE
Three days after a raging fire that destroyed a home and injured five people, including four firefighters just one block away, members of the Red Bank volunteer fire and first aid squads conducted a previously scheduled training exercise simulating multiple emergencies Sunday.
RED BANK: NO INJURIES IN CAR V. BUILDING
Red Bank police said no one was injured when a car drove through a fence and crashed into 116 Broad Street from the adjoining parking lot belonging to St. James Church Sunday morning.
The motorist, an 88-year-old Shrewsbury, left behind the front grille of his vehicle. The foundation of the building, home to oneblowdrybar, was damaged, but the remained structurally sound, said Assistant Construction Official John Drucker. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
RED BANK: BLUE LINE HONORS LAW ENFORCERS
A crew from Alert Traffic Lines painted a vivid blue line along Broad Street in downtown Red Bank Friday in support of local law enforcement. The borough-based company, owned by John and Michael Garofalo, paid for the project, which the borough council authorized by resolution in December.
The line was laid between existing double yellow lines in spite of objections voiced elsewhere by the federal Department of Transportation that they’re unsafe because the pavement between the yellow lines is not visible. Councilman and Police Commissioner Mike Whelan told redbankgreen in a statement that he and Chief Darren McConnell disagree with the DOT.
RED BANK: SPRUCING UP A VICTORIAN
In progress in Red Bank’s historic district: a stately Victorian structure is getting a complete overhaul by a reconstructive plastic surgeon, Dr. Negin Griffith, under a plan approved by the borough planning board in March, 2015.
RED BANK: 97-YEAR-OLD IN CRITICAL CARE
The pedestrian struck by an SUV as he crossed Broad Street near the Foodtown supermarket in Red Bank Saturday afternoon was 97-year-old Alfonso Tomaino, according to police Chief Darren McConnell.
RED BANK: PEDESTRIAN STRUCK
Emergency personnel at the intersection of Broad Street and Pinckney Road Saturday afternoon. The same spot was the scene of a June, 2015 accident from which a pedestrian later died of her injuries. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
By JOHN T. WARD
An elderly man was stuck and seriously injured crossing Broad Street in Red Bank Saturday afternoon, police said.
The identity and condition of the victim were not available two hours following the accident, which occurred at about 3 p.m. at Broad Street and Pinckney Road, said police Chief Darren McConnell.
RED BANK: DeFAZIO TO RETURN AS FIRE CHIEF
Retired Red Bank police captain Pete DeFazio, at right above, is slated to serve as chief of the borough’s volunteer fire department for 2017, following his election by members Tuesday night.
His swearing-in, scheduled for January 1, will begin DeFazio’s third tour as chief, a post he held in 1987 and 1993. A member of the Relief Engine Company on Drummond Place, DeFazio retired from the police department in 2010, after 35 years on the force. He’ll succeed Chris Soden, of the Union Hose Company, in a tradition that rotates the top job among the borough’s six fire companies.
FAIR HAVEN: FALLING TREE CRUSHES ROOF
A backyard tree that fell on a one-story house at 14 Katherine Street in Fair Haven early Wednesday caused no injuries, but crushed the roof, causing extensive damage.
LINCROFT: ACCIDENT KILLS RETIREE AT CBA
An 88-year-old member of the Christian Brothers Academy community in Lincroft died when he was struck by a car at the edge of the campus Wednesday, according to a report by NJ.com.
Retired teacher Brother James Leahy was apparently beginning his daily walk along Newman Springs Road when he was stuck by a vehicle at the end of the campus driveway, according to the report.
RED BANK: GOING TOPLESS, IF NOT BY CHOICE
Well, there’s one way to cool off in the sweltering heat and humidity: go topless. And for less-than-attentive truck drivers, the North Jersey Coast Line trestle at Hubbard’s Bridge in Red Bank stands ready to accommodate, as it did yet again early Monday afternoon. It was not immediately known if the man at right was the driver. (Photo by Ken Kalada. Click to enlarge.)
SEA BRIGHT: CLUB LIFEGUARDS ADD TO SKILLS
Two lifeguards bring in a rescued “victim,” in the form of a weighted mannequin, during a certification drill conducted by Sea Bright lifeguard Captain Mike Hudson, seen at left. Below, Hudson offering final instructions to the class at Surfrider Beach Club. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
By JOHN T. WARD
Eleven months after a teenager drowned nearby, nearly two dozen lifeguards from Sea Bright’s private beach clubs completed a training program Tuesday aimed at preventing ocean fatalities.
Guards from all seven of the town’s waterfront clubs spent three nights a week for the past three weeks in a first-ever advanced certification program that concluded with simulated emergencies on the beach at Surfrider Beach Club.
RED BANK: FACADE REPAIR UNDERWAY
The sidewalk and parking spots in front of 21 Broad Street in Red Bank remained blocked off Tuesday morning, one day after a 12-foot long section of the facade broke off from above a third-story window and crashed to the sidewalk.
Assistant construction code official John Drucker tells redbankgreen the piece that fell was a plaster-covered cap that broke off after the wood beneath it rotted away. A contractor was on the scene Tuesday morning with a lift to remove the additional capping above the third-floor windows and to check the integrity of the overall facade, he said. The building, which has been vacant since the departure of Agostino Antiques in 2012, is being used temporarily for the shooting of next season’s ‘Comic Book Men’ on AMC. (Click to enlarge)
RED BANK: PIECE OF FACADE BREAKS OFF
No injuries occurred as a piece of the facade at 21 Broad Street in Red Bank broke off from above a second-story window and crashed to the sidewalk around 10 a.m. Monday.
The long-vacant building, formerly home to Agostino Antiques, is being used temporarily for the shooting of next season’s ‘Comic Book Men’ on AMC. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
RED BANK: VEHICLE CLIPS UTILITY POLE
A piece of a utility pole was left dangling in air after the lower portion was struck by a vehicle on Mpale Avenue near Monmouth Street in Red Bank Wednesday afternoon. Information on the crash was not immediately available, but there appeared to be no injuries resulting, said a person on the scene. As of 3:38 p.m., police had closed off northbound Maple Avenue between Chestnut and Monmouth Street to facilitate repairs. (Reader photo. Click to enlarge)
LINCROFT: MOTORCYCLIST DIES IN CRASH
By JOHN T. WARD
[Update, May 17: The victim in this crash was Marc Gardner, 62, of Long Branch, police said.]
A motorcyclist was killed in a one-vehicle crash in Lincroft Sunday afternoon, police said.
The crash occurred on West Front Street just east of Shady Oaks Way at 2:52 p.m., according to Deputy Chief Steve Dollinger.