RED BANK: PARK WORK STARTS WITH MISHAP
A backhoe en route to start work on a park makeover project tipped off a trailer in Red Bank Wednesday morning.
RED BANK: BOLLARDS WITHSTAND FIRST HIT
One of downtown Red Bank’s traffic bollards survived its first real-world test when it was struck by an SUV early Monday.
RED BANK: DRIVER UNINJURED IN ROLLOVER
No one was injured as Red Bank recorded yet another rollover crash Tuesday night.
RED BANK: WORKER EXTRICATED FROM BOAT
[SEE UPDATE BELOW]
A worker at Red Bank Marina was extricated from a boat after becoming stuck in its engine well Monday afternoon.
RED BANK: CAR FIRE DOUSED NEAR SCHOOL
Red Bank volunteer firefighters quickly extinguished a car fire that occurred near St. James School shortly before the start of classes Wednesday morning.
RED BANK: ONE HURT AS CAR HITS HOUSE
A man was was slightly injured when a car hit the Red Bank home in which he was sleeping early Thursday morning, police said.
RED BANK: TWO MORE FOUR-WAY STOPS OK’D
The intersection of Chestnut and Pearl streets may finally get long-discussed four-way stop signs. (2009 photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
By JOHN T. WARD
Two Red Bank intersections may soon be getting four-way stops, if the borough council follows through on plans it greenlighted informally Wednesday night.
RED BANK: CHARGES FILED IN HIT-AND-RUN
The August 31 crash occurred on Newman Springs Road at the intersection of Hance Road, as indicated by the star. (Image from Google Maps. Click to enlarge.)
By JOHN T. WARD
A Red Bank man was charged Monday with multiple offenses arising from a hit-and-run crash in which a bicyclist was seriously injured last month, according to police Chief Darren McConnell.
RED BANK: TWO HURT IN ROLLOVER CRASH
In yet another crash resulting in a rollover, two motorists were injured when their vehicles collided in Red Bank Friday afternoon.
According to police Chief Darren McConnell, the accident occurred at Bridge Avenue and Herbert Street at around 4 p.m.
RED BANK: RAIL BRIDGE EXERCISE PLANNED
New Jersey Transit police and other law enforcement agencies plan to conduct an emergency training exercise on North Jersey Coast Line bridge that crosses the Navesink River Saturday, the agency reported this week.
RED BANK: CYCLIST INJURED IN HIT-AND-RUN
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By JOHN T. WARD
A bicyclist was struck and seriously injured in a hit-and-run in Red Bank Wednesday morning, according to police Chief Darren McConnell.
RED BANK: NO INJURIES IN NEAR-ROLLOVER
A passenger vehicle ended up on its side after an accident in Red Bank early Tuesday afternoon.
RED BANK: DWI CHARGED IN ROLLOVER CRASH
A motorist whose vehicle rolled over in a crash Sunday was charged with driving under the influence, Red Bank police Chief Darren McConnell tells redbankgreen.
RED BANK: DISTRACTED DRIVING CRACKDOWN
Pay attention: that’s the message Red Bank police hope to get across to motorists as they conduct a special distracted-driving enforcement detail in April.
RED BANK: MAN SURVIVES FALL ONTO TRACK
A 2016 view of the station platform. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
A “highly intoxicated” man survived a fall onto the North Jersey Coast Line tracks just as a train was pulling into the Red Bank station Saturday night, police said.
RED BANK: ONE DEAD IN BRIDGE CRASH
A motorist was killed when his car smashed into a truck at the foot of the Route 35 bridge in Red Bank Saturday morning, according to police Chief Darren McConnell. More →
FAIR HAVEN: SKATER RESCUED FROM POND
The incident occurred near the center of the pond, the rescued skater said. (Photo by JoAnn Pileggi. Click to enlarge.)
By JOHN T. WARD
Fast-acting hockey players rescued a Fair Haven woman after she fell through the ice on McCarter Pond Sunday morning.
RED BANK: NAIL SALON NAILED AGAIN
No injuries were reported after a car struck the facade of nail salon in Red Bank Monday morning.
The crash was the second such accident at the salon in three years.
RED BANK: JUVENILE KILLED BY TRAIN ENGINE
A view of the crossing at Drs. James Parker Boulevard. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
See UPDATE below
An unidentified juvenile was struck and killed by a train engine in Red Bank Saturday morning, according to New Jersey Transit.
RED BANK: FOUR CHARGED AFTER CRASH
Red Bank Patrolman Stan Balmer and his K9 unit partner Hunter, seen here during a training exercise, helped track down suspects who fled the scene of a crash Thursday evening, police Chief Darren McConnell said Friday.
RED BANK: PEDESTRIAN STRUCK
By JOHN T. WARD
A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in front of Riverside Gardens Park in Red Bank Thursday night, according to police Chief Darren McConnell.
RED BANK: REPAIR WORK CONTINUES
Motorists traveling into Red Bank via southbound Route 35 may encounter delays Thursday as a utility crew continues post-accident work at Pearl, Water and Wall streets.
RED BANK: CAR STRIKES HOME
No injuries were reported after a car struck a home on Branch Avenue in Red Bank shortly before 4 a.m Thursday.
RED BANK: DWI CHARGED AFTER CRASH
A Keyport woman faces a drunk-driving charge after crashing into two parked vehicles in Red Bank over the Labor Day weekend.
MIDDLETOWN: SINKHOLE SWALLOWS VEHICLE
No one was injured when a sinkhole swallowed a motor vehicle following a water main break in the River Plaza section of Middletown Thursday morning, police said.