3-Car Crash Causes 12-Hour Schooley's Mtn. Road Closure: Cops

LONG VALLEY - Two men were hospitalized and a utility pole snapped on Schooley’s Mountain Road Saturday, causing a 12-hour closure, Lt. Doug Compton said.

At 10:14 a.m. police received a call for a motor vehicle crash around 188 Schooley’s Mountain Road between East Springtown and Pleasant Grove roads, Compton said.

When police arrived they found an SUV driven by Timothy Moran, 68, of Long Valley, was traveling southbound on the roadway and crossed over the double yellow lines for unknown reasons, Compton said.

Gregg Leuzzi, 38, of Fairfield, was traveling northbound and attempted to make “an evasive movement” to avoid Moran, but was still struck, Compton said. Leuzzi’s work van then struck a utility pole, snapping it in half, Compton said.

Moran’s vehicle spun after the collision, striking the vehicle behind Leuzzi, which was driven by Richard Schmidt, 55, of Great Meadows, Compton said.

Moran was taken to Morristown Medical Center; Schmidt to Hackettstown Regional Medical Center; and Leuzzi was treated at the scene and released.

The crash is still under investigation.