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Category Archives: Accidents

A Highlands woman was hit by a car as she crossed Broad Street in Red Bank this afternoon, police said. The 66-year-old woman, who police did not identify pending notificationContinue reading "PEDESTRIAN STRUCK ON BROAD STREET"
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June 8th, 2010 @ 3pm
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MINOR INJURIES AS BUS FLIPS ON PARKWAY
The bus was traveling in the local lanes, according to Red Bank photographer Peter Lindner, who took this shot and the one below. (Click to enlarge) A tour bus overturnedContinue reading "MINOR INJURIES AS BUS FLIPS ON PARKWAY"
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June 2nd, 2010 @ 6am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A 40-year-old Scotch Plains man was hit by a New York-bound train in Red Bank this afternoon, police said. The man, whose name is being withheld pendingContinue reading "NJT TRAIN HITS, INJURES MAN IN RED BANK"
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May 18th, 2010 @ 2pm
SITTING DUCKS: RBPD TOUTS CROSSWALK LAW
Red Bank Captain Darren McConnell posed as a decoy Friday afternoon to see if drivers were obeying a new state law. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTINContinue reading "SITTING DUCKS: RBPD TOUTS CROSSWALK LAW"
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May 17th, 2010 @ 8am
ROWERS RESCUED AFTER SQUALL FLIPS SHELLS
One of two shells manned by teen rowers arrives at a residential dock on Fisher Place after flipping in the Navesink. Below, a distraught woman, said to be a coach,Continue reading "ROWERS RESCUED AFTER SQUALL FLIPS SHELLS"
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May 4th, 2010 @ 6pm
RUMSON ROAD ACCIDENT
Emergency personnel responded to a one-car accident on Rumson Road just east of Bingham Hill Circle in Rumson shortly before 2p Tuesday afternoon. No information was immediately available about theContinue reading "RUMSON ROAD ACCIDENT"
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April 27th, 2010 @ 1pm
A woman left comatose after a former Middletown police officer crashed his car into hers while he was drunk has died, according to the Jersey Journal. Forty-year-old Ruth Zelaya diedContinue reading "SECOND VICTIM OF DRUNK COP DIES"
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April 27th, 2010 @ 5am
The Staten Island woman who was struck by an SUV as she crossed Broad Street in Red Bank on foot two months ago has died. Alla Tsiring, 44, died overContinue reading "FEBRUARY ACCIDENT VICTIM DIES"
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April 26th, 2010 @ 10am
HIT & RUN ENDS IN GOOSE NECK WRECK
The driver had two accidents more than two miles apart, according to police. (Click to enlarge; photo by Anthony Trufolo) A Little Silver man faces drunken driving and other chargesContinue reading "HIT & RUN ENDS IN GOOSE NECK WRECK"
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March 23rd, 2010 @ 11am
A DOWNED LINE, AND A LOVING SPOUSE
“I’d be toast,” says Gary Bernstein of Atlantic Glass, as he looks at the live power line that landed just feet from the building’s gas supply line, below. (Click toContinue reading "A DOWNED LINE, AND A LOVING SPOUSE"
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March 16th, 2010 @ 2pm
WET WEATHER LINGERS FOLLOWING STORM
In the aftermath of the storm, a car parked on Branch Avenue in Little Silver was crushed by a falling tree limb Sunday. (Click to enlarge; photo courtesy of AnthonyContinue reading "WET WEATHER LINGERS FOLLOWING STORM"
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March 15th, 2010 @ 6am
CHARGES FILED IN ACCIDENT
Red Bank and Riverview Medical Center emergency workers transfer Alla Tsiring to a helicopter for transport to Neptune Monday. (Click to enlarge) The driver in the accident that left aContinue reading "CHARGES FILED IN ACCIDENT"
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February 25th, 2010 @ 12pm
ACCIDENT VICTIM IN CRITICAL CONDITION
A medical emergency helicopter lifts off from the parking lot at Count Basie Fields late Monday afternoon en route to Neptune. (Click to enlarge) A 44-year-old office worker is reportedContinue reading "ACCIDENT VICTIM IN CRITICAL CONDITION"
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February 23rd, 2010 @ 10am
PEDESTRIAN RUN OVER BY SUV
Emergency personnel work to free the victim, who was trapped beneath the vehicle that struck her. An unidentified pedestrian was struck by an SUV at Broad Street and East BergenContinue reading "PEDESTRIAN RUN OVER BY SUV"
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February 22nd, 2010 @ 3pm
OIL LEAK PROMPTS HOUSE-RAISING
The Red Bank home of the late Florence Forgotson has become a remediation site due to oil contamination. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It’s not an illusion: theContinue reading "OIL LEAK PROMPTS HOUSE-RAISING"
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January 27th, 2010 @ 6am
MEGO EAGER TO STOP FIRES — AND TRAFFIC
First Deputy Fire Chief John Mego with his wife, Betty, and three grandchildren at yesterday’s borough government reorganization meeting. (Click to enlarge) A little more than three weeks after heContinue reading "MEGO EAGER TO STOP FIRES — AND TRAFFIC"
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January 4th, 2010 @ 8am
FAIR HAVEN SWEARS IN NEW CHIEF
Jim Cerruti was sworn in Friday as Fair Haven’s fire chief, a duty he’s been filling since November. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Although he really took overContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN SWEARS IN NEW CHIEF"
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January 4th, 2010 @ 6am
A 26-year-old Long Branch man was charged with drunk driving and possession of cocaine after a dramatic crash on East Bergen Place Tuesday night, Red Bank police say. Soukchind Thavone,Continue reading "DWI, DRUG CHARGES IN EAST BERGEN CRASH"
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December 30th, 2009 @ 11am
CRASH SENDS SUV FLYING & DRIVER RUNNING
The aftermath included two toppled vehicles on the lawn at 71 East Bergen Place. (Click to enlarge) A high-speed crash sent a parked SUV flying  from its spot in aContinue reading "CRASH SENDS SUV FLYING & DRIVER RUNNING"
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December 29th, 2009 @ 11pm
LIGHT POLE DOWNED
A traffic light at the corner of Monmouth Street and Maple Avenue in Red Bank was out of commission late this afternoon after getting hit by a truck. The truckContinue reading "LIGHT POLE DOWNED"
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December 19th, 2009 @ 4pm
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RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...