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Category Archives: Accidents

BRUSH PICKUP GOES WRONG
Driver says her car was struck by a Red Bank Department of Public Works front end loader doing scheduled brush pickup on Drs. James Parker Boulevard Wednesday.
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August 15th, 2025 @ 12pm
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RED BANK: FATAL CRASH SUSPECT HAD TWO PRIOR DUIS. HOW WAS HE ALLOWED TO DRIVE?
Photo courtesy of The Lakewood Scoop.
A Red Bank man had been charged with DWI twice before police say he killed a mother and daughter while driving drunk. But those two cases were among thousands of DUI cases statewide put on hold amid a review of a new breathalyzer machine.
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August 11th, 2025 @ 9pm
495 CRASHES AND COUNTING…
A crash on Drs. James Parker Boulevard, days after police chief reports drivers crashing more than twice day so far in 2025.
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July 29th, 2025 @ 11am
RED BANK MAN KILLS TWO IN DWI CRASH, COPS SAY
Photo courtesy of The Lakewood Scoop.
A drunk driver from Red Bank killed a woman and an eleven year old child in a Lakewood crash Saturday, police say. (photo by The Lakewood Scoop. Click to read more)
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July 28th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK: TOWER HILL VAN FIRE
Red Bank Fire Department extinguishes van fire as distraught driver looks on. (click to read)
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June 12th, 2025 @ 12pm
TWO RED BANKS, SAME “WHOOPS TOO TALL” PROBLEM
Same town name, similar foolishness: A few days after a truck carrying a van struck a train overpass here in Red Bank, New Jersey, a train carrying cars struck a highway overpass in Red Bank, Tennessee.
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May 7th, 2025 @ 1pm
RED BANK : AMAZON TRUCK CARRIER CRASHES AT RAILROAD OVERPASS
Driver hauling an Amazon delivery truck crashes at Red Bank's West Front Street railroad overpass. (click for more)
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May 1st, 2025 @ 12pm
RED BANK: DRIVER CRASHES INTO UTILITY POLE, ROAD CLOSED
Drivers hits telephone pole in Red Bank, dangling wires closes county highway 520. (click to read)
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March 30th, 2025 @ 7am
EDITH BLAKE HEADS FOR 108 YEARS
Belated, we know, but worth honoring regardless: Red Bank's likely oldest resident marks another milestone.
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March 26th, 2025 @ 10am
RED BANK: NO CHARGES IN MAY PEDESTRIAN DEATH
Prosecutors: No charges against the driver in a May crash that took the life of a 20-year-old Frankie Luna Santamaria of Red Bank. (click to read)
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March 25th, 2025 @ 2pm
RED BANK: TRUCK STRIKES W. FRONT STREET BRIDGE…AGAIN
RED BANK: Truck hits railroad overpass. Again.
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October 15th, 2024 @ 2pm
CAR CRACKS BUILDING
RED BANK: A medical office building on Maple Avenue was evacuated after a car struck it Thursday afternoon. Click for more.
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June 27th, 2024 @ 4pm
RED BANK: CRASH PROMPTS DETOURS
RED BANK: Three-vehicle crash sends two to the hospital and knocks down power lines, prompting detours.
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May 29th, 2024 @ 5pm
RED BANK: FAMILY MOURNS MAN KILLED WALKING HOME FROM WORK
Frank Luna Santamaria was killed by a car while walking home from work. His family is raising money to pay for a funeral in Mexico. (click to read)
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May 23rd, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK: PEDESTRIAN DIES FROM INJURIES
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RED BANK: A 20-year-old borough man has died of injuries sustained when he was struck by a car last week, police said. (Click to read more.)
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May 21st, 2024 @ 6pm
RED BANK: SPEED LIMIT RADAR SIGNS POSTED
RED BANK: New radar-equipped speed limit signs tell speeders to slow down on two borough streets – and thank law-abiders.
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March 11th, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK: PEDESTRIAN STRUCK
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RED BANK: Pedestrian suffered "relatively minor" injuries when she was struck by a vehicle last week, police said Monday.
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February 12th, 2024 @ 5pm
RED BANK: CRASH INJURES SHOP EMPLOYEE
RED BANK: Boutique worker suffers minor injuries when car crashes through front window while parking Wednesday, police said.
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February 7th, 2024 @ 4pm
RED BANK: THREE HURT IN THREE-VEHICLE CRASH
RED BANK: Three people were injured in a three-vehicle crash that shut down part of Maple Avenue Monday afternoon.
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October 30th, 2023 @ 7pm
RED BANK: THREE INJURED SLIGHTLY IN CRASH
RED BANK: Three people suffered minor injuries in a three-vehicle crash on Bridge Avenue Thursday morning, police said.
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October 13th, 2023 @ 3pm
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CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival ...
COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE
It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)  
RED BANK CLASSIC 5k
Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.
WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD
Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)
DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE
Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.
NAVESINK SUNRISE
Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.
DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING
Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.
MESSAGE TO READERS
Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.
IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED
A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.
CARPY DIEM
From the redbankgreen Partyline: A pair of large carp cruise the shallows under Hubbard's Bridge (Senator Kyrillos Bridge) on Front Street T ...
BIBS ON FOR OPENING DAY
Partyline: Two longtime neighbors re-unite for lobsters on the Boondocks Fishery opening day.