TOMS RIVER: Police, EMS, and JCP&L are all on scene at a serious crash on NJ 37 Eastbound at the GSP Interchange 82. Traffic is a nightmare, and multiple lanes are closed. Poles and wires were taken down as a result of the crash. We have nothing further, but witnesses report one driver being administered a field sobriety test. Recent alerts indicate the ramps and some surrounding areas will be closed into the evening. Seek an alternate route now!
Stay Alert- Stay Alive
Very dangerous interchange, hope everyone is ok.
That spot is horrific…. people coming off parkway don’t ever merge for those trying to get over to get on or to get into the Kohls shopping center.
This is the other side
Paul Butow I think it’s Kohl’s side.
Paul Butow says Eastbound, so Kohls side. Although the ramps on the otherside are just as bad.
Yep I’m wrong
I am an idiot
Paul Butow not an idiot
Jillian Guilmette I totally agree
Hope all are ok????
Like what’s a YIELD sign ?
It’s unbelievable over there to begin with people are crazy drivers and that merge is bs
Me first society. And who forbids y’all to use turn signals??
If it’s not route 70 then it’s route 37. I came from North Jersey and I have to tell you, people do not know how to drive down here.
Linda Bruno Kelly I know, its almost as bad as North Jersey. ✌????
Kaysie Lynn too many people from north jersey down here
Linda Bruno Kelly seriously? What about rt 17
Linda Bruno Kelly people everywhere don’t know how to drive!
Linda Bruno Kelly lol so you must be familiar with Rt 80? Car parts and shit everywhere.
Mike Kraemer transplanted none drivers…
Linda Bruno Kelly I wish Toms River had overpasses, much like many of the towns up in North Jersey. Rt. 37 & Hooper as well as Rt. 37 & Rt. 166 should easily have an overpass.
Worst area to get into the parkway north, hope everyone are ok
The yield sign is the most misunderstood sign out there!!!! U don’t have the right of way…I pray that all are safe????
The thing is though. Coming to a complete stop at those ramps is just as bad and dangerous .
You basically have to hit that sweet spot of speed to yield and merge properly
Paul Butow i blame engineers who puts an on/off ramp -north/south so close
and the worst engineering nitemare is our jughandles who the hell can make a left from the far right of 4 lanes in nj????
Paul Butow SLOW DOWN! People fly off that ramp and have no clue that drivers on 37 have the right of way.
Sharon Tinucci what’s understood about a yield sign ?
A yield sign calls on the driver to do the following: Slow down, defer to oncoming or intersecting traffic, stop when necessary, proceed when safe, and remain aware of oncoming vehicles.
Bernie Neuhaus I used the word misunderstood…I am well aware of what the word yield means.
Bernie Neuhaus except nobody does that!! That’s all Sharon was saying…I see it 1st hand everyday. It’s the worst exit/entrance exchange on the parkway..always has been since I was a kid
Alex Rossetti III I also use it as well as a few others daily and yes the biggest issue is the idiot drivers exiting whom don’t yield. They should sit a cop there as he’d have a field day issue tickets for failure to yield
Sharon Tinucci this is my exit I take daily . For the most part people do not fly off the ramp . It’s the people on 37 who feel they have the right to fly into the lane to take the next turn . The yield is for the off ramp people the slowly merge into that lane and continue in the lane . The people flying into this lane off 37 are the ones that need to slow down
Bianca Rivero that’s why it’s called the right of way! The people on 37 have the right of way…the people on the ramp have the yield…
Paul Butow yes as the yield into their own lane . It’s a yield as you already stated you know the definition of , not a stop .
Bernie Neuhaus yea my dad used to same the same thing about the cop, but as you can see it never happened…just an awful design that should have been revamped as the area got busier and more populated
Alex Rossetti III my head hurts????????????
Sharon Tinucci ???????? I will curb any further comments…????
Alex Rossetti III you are so Punny????
Paul Butow
If you come to a complete stop at these exchanges with yields .
You are causing an even more dangerous situation with cars going by you at 60 mph and you at 0
Sharon Tinucci pretty sad that the Big red and white sign that says YIELD is misunderstood. Perhaps 5th grade vocabulary should be taken more seriously.
Paul Butow I agree that exit is logistics nightmare I use it everyday. I am guilty of not always yielding I try to be courteous and do it but sometimes someone is up your ass that if you stop they are taking you out along with the next car trying to get to the on ramp. I use it to exit and immediately get back on the north bound parkway to go to exit 83 and have been involved with some shady road handling it is like playing frogger with everyone exiting and trying to enter and some trying to get into the middle lane. Nightmare.
Jason Richard agreed! I have been teaching driver education for 37 years…many truly believe that the red and white sign means keep moving. Back in the day the yield sign was a yellow warning sign. It has since been changed to red and white to remind people to stop if they cannot safely enter traffic. Safe travels and enjoy the ride safely!
Mare Mare I agree Mare!
This is true for the route 9 to Atlantic City blvd in Beachwood. That yield works as a stop
Sharon Tinucci yield signs need to be larger with flashing red lights on them to make them more noticeable
Just unfreakinbelievable that people need retraining how to drive. Came off the GSP at 82A, eastbound is an absolute nightmare. I almost got taken out this morning on 37E heading to the GSP North at 82. SMH
Jessica Tobie-Krasner
82 exits and entrances are the worst ones on the parkway ..
Carl Passiglia Totally agree, I hold my breath everytime I get on or off.
Sending Prayers ????????
They all blow through the YIELD sign…maybe something should be done
Yield what does that mean ????
That is a pattern for disaster6!
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Madyson
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Who ever design that part was moron
I avoid this area as much as possible its a nightmare the way people drive in that area
Luann Fazio Bleeker this
I drove through it was nightmare
Even worse getting ON the Parkway North at this entrance/exit exchange.
Unsure what the big deal is as its properly marked w a yield sign. Sounds as though many aren’t aware of what a yield sign dictates …
A yield sign calls on the driver to do the following: Slow down, defer to oncoming or intersecting traffic, stop when necessary, proceed when safe, and remain aware of oncoming vehicles.
Bernie Neuhaus nobody in NJ seems to know what this sign means.
William Freer they’d figure it out real quick if issued a summons for failure to yield or possibly even careless driving. Be a great spot to sit an officer for sure
I take it every night hard to yeild with other cars up your ass doing 40 I would rather take a ticket than be smashed in to the on coming traffic. It really should be redone to work better. But the worse time for me to exit is Friday nights in the summer others coming to seaside take this exit like lunatics.
Article says nothing about how the accident but all of the Facebook police assume it was someone coming off the parkway that didn’t yield. Someone could be seriously injured and bunch of keyboard warriors are trying to say how the accident happened. Damn, chill out and let the authorities make the call after the investigation is completed.
Tonya Hannemann I was there right after it happened and I don’t understand how it happened. The suv was in the lane coming off the parkway sideways with the driver side facing 37. I didn’t see any damage on the driver side at all. The truck well that was really beat up but it hit a suv, a pole and the under pass. That driver was outside the truck with the police but I didn’t see anyone near the suv or any place else so I believe they were still inside. Cops looked very calm and more worried about blocking the road so I thought it suggested everyone was going to be ok.
Melissa Gibson hopefully everyone was ok! The craziest accidents happen and sometimes you never know how lol …I was in a very bad car accident on rt37 at the intersection of Commonwealth Blvd.. everyone “assumed” I was speeding at 8am on my way to work bc I drove a sports car. But really a guy ran the red light on front of me. That’s the only reason why I get annoyed with everyone assuming things because if they weren’t there then they shouldn’t open their mouth ????. Lol
Tonya Hannemann I once seen a corvette second in line at a light to cross 37 that flipped over by being rear ended. The driver of the corvette and the man that hit him, standing there in confusion “ how the hell did that happen” you really can’t always know by looking. Explains why an investigation needs to be done.
Tonya Hannemann needs to be a ???? stop sign
Bianca Rivero
another accident too
I’m on 37 all the time The problem is when they’re coming off the parkway the people on 37 won’t give him a chance to get on so both of them are at fall
Karen Hansen Hoffman
Michele Aumack you try and yield with another car barreling up your ass coming off the exit and it is much worse in the summer.
Karen Hansen Hoffman the cars on 37 have the right of way. The cars coming off of the parkway are supposed to yield
Donna Ruehle Ziolkowski I know I am very familiar with that exit
How can u have people coming off the parkway, people going on the parkway and people driving down 37 all doing 60 mph. There should be a stop sign coming off parkway
Anybody know what the driver looked like ? It might of been my friend
What’s up with all the accidents going on in Toms River?
People driving with the mask over the eyes?
Vinnie Albertino this made me laugh. ???? You’d think they were blinded by their driving.
Any updates on the CAUSE of the accident ??
Jordan Bianchi
TRPD says tonight or tomorrow a presser
Everyone, everywhere is driving like idiots. Going through red light, cutting people off, what is going on???!! I am afraid to drive!!!
Claudia Thomson
Kathleen Percy this be the traffic i was stuck in twice 😉
Always a disaster not a shocker
Bad area. People coming off the parkway FAIL TO YIELD all the time.
Unless I’m mistaken now and the meaning of “yield” means merge.
Whoever these people are causing accidents that shut down roads should have their licenses permanently taken away. Because people can’t drive right it’s causing so many others problems all because 1 person decided to be an asshole. Getting real tired of seeing so many accidents lately. If you can’t drive right then stay the fuck home
Update: Dude was drunk and likely on drugs as he crashed!
https://ocscanner.news/2021/01/20/toms-river-drunk-nh-man-sideswipes-vehicle-while-exiting-parkway-then-tries-to-flee/
https://ocscanner.news/2021/01/20/toms-river-drunk-nh-man-sideswipes-vehicle-while-exiting-parkway-then-tries-to-flee/