Route 539

The month-long, multi-agency safe-driving initiative on Ocean County's Route 539 ends with no fatalities, according to the office of County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato.

A note for anyone who finds highway straightaways a temptation and curves an agility test, who thinks speed limits are suggestions, or who thinks impaired driving is a sport - Route 539 in Ocean County is not the place for it, especially during the next month.

Safety upgrades for Route 539 in Ocean County will get support in the form of increased enforcement and awareness efforts by police in Manchester and neighboring communities along the danger-prone highway.

A head-on crash between a car and a dump truck on a busy two-lane in Manchester early this morning leaves both drivers with extensive injuries.

A Barnegat husband and wife are recovering in the aftermath of a hair-raising crash in Manchester this morning.

A head-on accident that closed Route 539 in Lacey Township Thursday morning claimed the life of 54-year-old Suzanne Kessler of Manchester, authorities said.

Manchester Police release the identities of the victims in a three car crash that claimed the life of a passenger and left four others seriously injured Sunday night.

A motorcyclist died today after striking a pole along Route 539 near Thomas Ave. around 12:30 a.m.