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Posted by HART BUS on Sat May 2 09:29:39 2015 Saw on the news last night that an NJT bus (#58xx) was hit by a truck. The driver and several passengers were injured. Truck ran a slight and caused the front of the bus to look as if it were on an angle. Possibly frame damage. |
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Posted by kcram3500 on Sat May 2 09:53:26 2015, in response to NJT Bus Crash, posted by HART BUS on Sat May 2 09:29:39 2015. 5952 on the 34 Market Street, intersection of Central Avenue and S. 8th Street in Newark (an intersection I know quite well, friends and relatives in that area).And it was actually a car that hit the bus, not a truck... it may have looked like a pickup after the fact, since they had to cut the roof off to get the passenger out. Drunk driver at the wheel. His passenger and several passengers on the bus are in critical condition, bus driver ok but taken for observation. NBC4 New York - NJT Bus Crash Coincidentally, my dad was T-boned by a red-light runner in that same spot during his driving days in the 60s... I'll have to ask if he was on the 34 as well, or could have been his usual 6 Crosstown (now NJT 96). A Newark cop was a block away on Central and saw the whole thing, so was on scene for when Dad started yelling at the other driver, "Didn't you see that red light?" The cop deadpanned, "He didn't see that bus, did he?" Dad said he had to step away and laugh. |
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Posted by Newkirk Images on Sat May 2 10:05:25 2015, in response to Re: NJT Bus Crash, posted by kcram3500 on Sat May 2 09:53:26 2015. Drunk driver at the wheelDrunk driver, and not his insurance company should pay for the bus repairs to teach said driver a lesson. Bill Newkirk |
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Posted by Joe V on Sat May 2 11:21:51 2015, in response to Re: NJT Bus Crash, posted by Newkirk Images on Sat May 2 10:05:25 2015. Does one's insurance company have the authority to not pay claims if claimant was drunk ? |
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Posted by busdude2 on Sat May 2 15:54:42 2015, in response to NJT Bus Crash, posted by HART BUS on Sat May 2 09:29:39 2015. Would this be the first Nabi totaled if it is? I believe all the others were repaired that crashed. |
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Posted by Joe V on Sat May 2 19:15:56 2015, in response to Re: NJT Bus Crash, posted by busdude2 on Sat May 2 15:54:42 2015. If so , 1 down, 1400 to go. |
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Posted by JohnnyMints on Sat May 2 21:01:08 2015, in response to Re: NJT Bus Crash, posted by kcram3500 on Sat May 2 09:53:26 2015. What garage did your father work out of? Orange? |
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Posted by kcram3500 on Sat May 2 21:50:32 2015, in response to Re: NJT Bus Crash, posted by JohnnyMints on Sat May 2 21:01:08 2015. Lake Street. His brother worked out of Miller Street, then was a road supervisor, and finally a garage supervisor at Hackensack. Another uncle worked out of Orange though the late 70s. |
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Posted by kcram3500 on Sat May 2 22:00:31 2015, in response to Re: NJT Bus Crash, posted by kcram3500 on Sat May 2 21:50:32 2015. Here's Dad's belt buckle (I still have it). You could choose any three letters, so Dad had his name KEN, his brother had his name DON, and my other uncle (Mom's bro-in-law) had his initials GLC.
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Posted by JohnnyMints on Sat May 2 22:26:18 2015, in response to Re: NJT Bus Crash, posted by kcram3500 on Sat May 2 21:50:32 2015. Nice. I remember the existence of Lake Street as a kid in the 80's and 90's when we'd visit relatives who lived in Forest Hill.It's funny, somehow I always knew I'd wind up driving for NJ Transit. Loooong story short, it had been my "Option B" for quite some time and, well, here I am and it was the best move I ever made. Started part time at Market Street and made full time at Oradell. |
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Posted by JohnnyMints on Sat May 2 22:28:13 2015, in response to Re: NJT Bus Crash, posted by kcram3500 on Sat May 2 22:00:31 2015. Very nice. I have a plain black Dickies jacket that I got custom embroidered with the Public Service logo on one side and the "TNJ" logo on the other... you should see how many heads that turned! |
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Posted by kcram3500 on Sat May 2 23:51:00 2015, in response to Re: NJT Bus Crash, posted by JohnnyMints on Sat May 2 22:28:13 2015. NJT used to sell t-shirts at the Howell roadeo with both the PS and NJT logos on them. I had one from the 1996 roadeo, no idea where it is if I still have it, and it would no longer fit anyway... |
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Old PS garages (was Re: NJT Bus Crash) |
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Posted by kcram3500 on Sat May 2 23:59:51 2015, in response to Re: NJT Bus Crash, posted by kcram3500 on Sat May 2 21:50:32 2015. Orange directly replaced Roseville (Orange Street and S. 16th - was "in the way" of the incoming I-280) and Greenwood Avenue (DeCamp's current home). Miller Street was just off Frelinghuysen on the south side of Newark, and its routes went to Hilton, along with 18th Avenue's routes. The last Lake Street routes also ended up at Orange. |
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Posted by TerrapIN StatiON on Sun May 3 08:33:10 2015, in response to Re: NJT Bus Crash, posted by JohnnyMints on Sat May 2 22:26:18 2015. Congrats. What was your Option A? |
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Posted by JohnnyMints on Sun May 3 12:14:43 2015, in response to Re: NJT Bus Crash, posted by TerrapIN StatiON on Sun May 3 08:33:10 2015. Urban Planning. I have a degree in it but careerwise it didn't work out right. Scant opportunities and I don't do well in office settings. I won't rule it out in the future though. |
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