FEBRUARY 9, 2015
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NEW
JERSEY:
A garbage truck slid
on ice this morning an crashed into a Raceway gas station, according to police.
The accident
occurred shortly after 7 a.m. at the Raceway on Route 1 in South Brunswick.South
Brunswick police .
The building was
damaged, but police said there were no injuries.
Police said the
accident occurred about 7:13 a.m. when the truck struck the building, located
at 4020 Route 1.
South Brunswick
police said there were 14 accidents due to the icy weather today.
Also, one pedestrian
fell on a sidewalk and one person fell off a bicycle.
Police reported
several traffic accidents in Middlesex County and elsewhere in New Jersey this
morning due to icy conditions.
Speed restrictions
of 45 mph are in place on the New Jersey Turnpike and on the Garden State
Parkway due to icy conditions and predictions of a wintery mix. One section of
the Turnpike between I-195 and Exit 12 in Carteret was dropped to 35 mph.