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A motorcyclist died when his vehicle crashed on a ramp from Route 120 to Route 3 in East Rutherford on Wednesday afternoon.
Police were called to the scene shortly after 5 p.m. where they discovered the body of the 25-year-old driver from West New York near his motorcycl, said Deputy Chief Phillip Taormina of the East Rutherford Police Department
Taormina confirmed the driver was pronounced dead at the scene but had no further details on his identity nor the cause of the crash.
At 5:48 p.m., the state Transportation Department issued an alert of the crash, saying all southbound lanes of Route 120 were closed. But by 9:10 p.m., the road and ramp had reopened, Taormina said.
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A two-car crash on Route 3 eastbound in East Rutherford sent three people to the hospital with significant injuries, police said on Thursday.
One driver had a fractured skull while a passenger had a fractured leg that needed surgery, but Deputy Chief Phillip Taormina said the injuries are not considered life-threatening. The other driver had minor neck and back injuries, Taormina said.
The two cars crashed at about 6 p.m. and one vehicle skidded off the highway and into a pole, the deputy chief said.
No charges had been filed as of Friday though the crash remains under investigation, Taormina said.
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One driver suffered skull and facial fractures, while his passenger a had a broken leg and another driver sustained less serious injuries in a crash Thursday night on Route 3 near MetLife Stadium, responders said.
East Rutherford and Lyndhurst firefighters teamed up to extricate the driver and passenger of one of the vehicles, which struck a utility pole in the eastbound crash with another vehicle shortly after 6 p.m., East Rutherford Deputy Police Chief Phillip Taormina said.
All three taken to Hackensack University Medical Center after a medical chopper that was placed on standby was cancelled.
Two lanes of eastbound Route 3 along with the ramp to the South Service Road were expected to remain closed for some time while the wreckage was cleared and authorities investigated,
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VIDEO: A used 2003 Nissan 350Z will ordinarily sell for anywhere from $6,500 to $8,000 – unless it slams into a house.
The owner of one apparently was showing it to a would-be buyer when it crashed into an East Rutherford home on Wednesday.
Surveillance video captured the Carlton Avenue crash from two different angles.
Both the 35-year-old driver from East Rutherford and his 19-year-old passenger from Hempstead, NY got out OK.
The car didn’t do so well, though.
“The driver said his accelerator became stuck, causing him to lose control, striking a fence, landscaping and the structure,” Deputy Police Chief Phillip Taormina said.