Crime & Safety
One Killed in Two-Car Crash On Route 78 Saturday: Cops
Driver was heading westbound when he rear-ended a parked tractor-trailer, police report.

One driver is dead after a two-car crash on Route 78 in northwestern New Jersey Saturday morning, New Jersey State Police said.
A man driving a Dodge Charger westbound on Route 78 in Hunterdon County near mile-marker 8.1 crashed into the rear of a parked tractor-trailer, police said. Authorities received the call at 6:24 a.m., and the roadway was shut between exits 11 and 3 for about an hour, police said.
Police have not released identification of the driver pending notification to his family, and do not yet have a cause for the crash, which is still under investigation.
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The driver of the Charger was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the tractor-trailer suffered minor injuries, police said.
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