Two accidents: Same time, different places

Some weird accidents happened just about ten minutes ago on Bergen Avenue. Police, firemen, and Emergency units responded to two incidents at around 10:37 this morning.

A middle-aged woman of Indian descent fell off while crossing Bergen Avenue at the corner of Academy Street in front of C-Town Supermarket. I asked one bystander who witnessed the incident and he said the lady just dropped on the street.

He also added that another incident occurred “at the same time, also a woman.” and he pointed at the direction of Newkirk Street near Bally’s Gym where paramedics were already attending the lady.

I am unsure if it is related to the heatwave. The sun is up, but it is a little breezy, better than yesterday. As of writing, the cops blocked off the north-bound lane of Bergen Avenue.

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Fire Director Armando Roman said fire officials were called to School 31 at St. Pauls Avenue and Kennedy Boulevard at 10:45 p.m. and found a two-car crash and the pedestrian pinned against the fence…the driver in the right lane lost control of his car, crossed into the southbound lanes and struck two pedestrians…

I use this road almost everyday, and I see absolutely no reason for drag racing to happen in this place. Sure, there are less vehicles at night, but that’s not an excuse. If you want to race, go to a designated place to do that.

Condolences to the family of the victim, and speedy recovery to those who got hurt.

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Photo taken May 9, 2010

Last month, Bally Total Fitness Gym on Bergen Avenue closed due to fire. The adjacent business – Ashley Stewart Clothing Store for Womens – was affected. Both of them still remain shut down more than a month after the incident.

Newkirk Street (westbound lane – the strip from Jones St. to Bergen Av) was blocked off for about two weeks due to repairs done to the building. The photo above was taken a week after the fire occurred. Newkirk Street is now open to traffic.

However, it still remains unknown when Bally or Ashley Stewart will reopen for business.

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A one-alarm fire displaces Jersey City family
By The Jersey Journal
October 19, 2009, 8:58AM

Jersey City firefighters were called to a one-alarm fire that displaced a family from their apartment at 2814 Kennedy Bouelvard, Saturday night.

Fire investigators believe that blaze was caused by a candle that was burning in the bedroom of the third-floor apartment. The fire caused heavy damage to the room, forcing the family to stay with friends, Fire Director Armando Roman said.

Firefighters were called to the scene at 9:13 p.m. and had the fire under control at 9:51 p.m.

News Source: Jersey Journal

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Saw police cars on my way to the laundromat on Bergen. Apparently, there’s an accident at JFK Boulevard and Newark Avenue, north of Journal Square PATH station. A woman was struck by a pickup truck and is in critical condition at Jersey City Medical Center.

Related news: The woman remains in critical condition, moved to intensive care unit.

* This is a retroactive post.

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A police cruiser with all alarms on (sirens, lights) driven by 33-year old Jersey City Officer Marc L. Gigante was hit by a 2007 Honda when he was approaching Academy Street.

The driver of Honda – Patricia D. Moscoso, said she didn’t see the the patrol car when she was turning west to Academy Street.

Both suffered pains and were taken to different hospitals.

Snippet of the news:

Police cruiser involved in crash

Saturday, June 20, 2009

By MICHAELANGELO CONTE

JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

…Gigante said he then proceeded and the 2007 Honda driven by Patricia D. Moscoso, 51, of Bayonne, slammed into the front of his police car, reports said. Moscoso said she was heading west on Academy and she didn’t see the patrol car, reports said.

Gigante was taken to Christ Hospital complaining of neck pain and Moscoso was taken to the Jersey City Medical Center complaining of chest pain, reports said… Source: Jersey Journal

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Latest PATH Alert says service has been restored with delays…

Concerning PATH full service suspension: Service has been restored with residual delays.  Thanks for bearing with us.

Alert at 3:01 PM

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[Original Post 2:45PM]

There were several fire trucks and police cars around Journal Square PATH Station when I drove by this afternoon (no Pics due to rain). And according to PATH Alerts, a smoke condition caused suspension of all train service at JSQ station, Jersey City.

Below are the two PATH Alerts concerning today’s incident:

All PATH service is temporarily suspended, due to a smoke condition at Journal Square.

Alert at 1:58PM.

Concerning PATH full service suspension: NJT is cross-honoring bus, rail, light-rail.

Alert at 2:25PM

According to news, an electrical fire occurred which shuts down the entire system. Fire is now under control but officials are “in the process of finding a generator to restore power to the affected control panel and get service back up.”

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Did you sirens at around 8PM this evening? It was reported that there was a fire on Hudson County Community College next to the PATH Transportation Center. News said that it was due to aircon that overheated.

No one was injured but the building had to be evacuated due to smoke.

Wanted to go out and see, but I don’t want to miss a basketball playoff game. (And what a game it was!)

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I was walking around Journal Square (515-530pm) when I spotted this accident on Sip Avenue, just off of Bergen Avenue. I didn’t witness the actual collision, but the car got the worse of it.

The driver, her passenger and the bus driver were okay, and police were starting to arrive when I talked to the driver, who seem a little shaken and couldn’t believe what has transpired. She said she didn’t see the bus as it suddenly appeared and hit her car. During my conversation with her, the bus driver got off the bus and started yelling at her about something.

If you’ve been reading the news lately, you’ll notice that vehicular accidents in Jersey City seem to be rising. The last one that made the news was the Volkswagen Passat that crashed into a church on Martin Luther King Drive Jersey City.

Can’t blame these on economy.

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The accident before the Jersey City St. Patrick’s Day Parade arrived in Journal Square happened between St. Paul’s Avenue and Newark Avenue (based on the inset photo and map). It was reported that the driver – Ernest Picciano, of Bergen Avenue in Brooklyn – was DUI.

The 46-year-old Picciano “was critically injured Sunday morning when a van he was driving swerved across Kennedy Boulevard near St. Paul’s Avenue in Jersey City and slammed into a fire hydrant and light pole…”

Looks to me that he was heading to the festivities.

News update from Hudson County News.

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