NJ Man Killed In Newark Hit-And-Run, Police Say
No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.
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No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.
NJ TRANSIT says the Number 34 bus was headed from Montclair to Newark's Penn Station with 29 people aboard when the crash occurred on Martin Luther King Boulevard early Monday.
Newark police said 22-year-old Hakeem Gayle, of Maplewood, was driving drunk when he crashed his silver 2009 Chevrolet Impala at 98 Elm Road around 9:40 p.m. Saturday.
Authorities say the officer, who has not been identified, was thrown towards his vehicle following the crash.
The teen was accused of receiving stolen property in Maplewood on Sunday after police spotted a stolen car.
Two planes clipped their wings at Newark Liberty International Airport Wednesday for the second time in as many days.
The suspect, a 15-year-old, drove off with two other 13-year-olds after carjacking the woman's Toyota Highlander, police said.
Essex County prosecutors say the child was unresponsive when emergency responders arrived at the Chadwick Avenue home late Monday night.
Players and coaches from a New Jersey high school football team took a knee during the national anthem ahead of a game in Irvington on Friday night.
Officials say bottled water will be distributed for the next month at the district's 30 schools. The district expects to reopen water fountains by October.
A New Jersey principal was reported missing this week, just days before school was set to start.
Newark is set to honor Olympic boxing silver medalist Shakur Stevenson with a parade on Sunday.
It happened at around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday on Seymour Avenue.
NJ TRANSIT spokeswoman Nancy Snyder said the crash occurred around 6 a.m. when the 59 Line bus was headed north on Broad Street struck the 13 Line bus, which was carrying about 20 passengers.
Vandals have damaged at least 19 air conditioners in Newark over the past month, officials said.
The crash happened around 6 a.m. at Raymond Boulevard and Broad Street when a NJ TRANSIT 59 Line bus, with only the driver on board, slammed into a 13 Line bus carrying 17 passengers.
The roof collapsed into a classroom area in a school in Newark Friday, officials said.
Newark police captured an armed suspect Saturday who they said was holding five people hostage inside an apartment.
Police rescued two people in Newark Friday after a confrontation with a man in their building.
The roof and uppermost floor of an abandoned building collapsed in Newark late Tuesday, leaving a pile of bricks on the ground.
The main threat of flooding was in low-lying areas.
A 3-year-old girl was seriously injured when she was hit by an ambulance in New Jersey's largest city, authorities said.
The latest fire broke out around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday at Kearny Steel Container in the city's Ironbound section.
Firefighters battled a raging fire that gutted at least three homes in Newark late Sunday night.
A man was busted with more than 6,300 fireworks in Newark this week.
