With Memorial Day Weekend and the unofficial start to summer this past weekend, we've gotten summer-like weather to go along with it. And this afternoon, heavy storms crippled some roads in Ocean County.
When you drive the same way to and from work every day you start to learn the idiosyncrasies of the area. And, if you're like me, you get to know the general timing of the traffic lights, too. Until, of course, they change them.
Traffic was detoured for about an hour in Wall Township Saturday morning after a 2-car crash on Route 35.
Police say the driver of a white Nissan Sentra ran a red light at the intersection with Old Bridge Road just after 10am. That car was then struck by a minivan traveling on Old Bridge Road, sending the Sentra up onto the concrete divider and knocking down a traffic light...
Ocean County has tons of great offerings: the beach, great restaurants and activities to keep even the most ambitious person busy. One drawback? The traffic - especially when the summer season kicks in and the roads start backing up. Though you are bound to hit some type of traffic no matter where you travel, here are my Top 5 Worst Intersections in Ocean County...
You've probably already heard about this afternoon's massive truck fire on the New Jersey Turnpike, and now we're seeing first hand video from the accident scene. According to the NJ State Police, the driver succumbed to his injuries Wednesday morning. Check out the video (note - there is some strong language):
As I write this, there's exactly three and a half hours of winter left. But the season is certainly going out with a bang here, with accumulating snow falling as I type.
Hopefully we'll never have to see our own airbags being deployed. But it's definitely good to know that they're there in times like this - a young driver is minding his own business when another driver barrels through a red light, triggering a t-bone collision. The airbags immediately deploy and very well may have saved the driver from launching through the front windshield. The video contains an
As I'm writing this at about 5pm, Ocean County's roads are a slushy mess. While the worst of the storm is yet to come, travel is already becoming dangerous.