Black Friday: 1,600 Still Without Power In New Jersey, Pennsylvania After Nor'easter

More than 2,000 New Jersey and Pennsylvania residents were still in the dark on Black Friday after a nor’easter dumped snow and rain throughout the state.

JCP&L reported early Friday that 699 customers in Morris County, N.J. and 1,092 customers in Sussex County were still without power.

Most of the outages were in four towns: 678 customers in Hopatcong, 105 in Sparta, 130 in Jefferson, 161 in Mine Hill and 312 in Randolph.

In Pennsylvania, 313 customers in Northampton County were without power, 222 of whom live in Easton. Another 211 were without power in Philadelphia County.

Traffic on the state’s busiest highways, meanwhile, was moving easily on the busiest shopping day of the year.

The New Jersey State Police reported more than 200 accidents this week as the state battled a Thanksgiving nor’easter that dumped - in some areas - as much as 7 inches of snow.

A 55-year-old Woodbridge woman was killed Wednesday morning in a head-on collision with another driver that nj.com reported to be weather-related.

The storm prompted Governor Chris Christie to declare a state of emergency, and forced Thanksgiving travelers to deal with Garden State Parkway and New Jersey Turnpike speed restrictions.

The storm changed to snow just after 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, police said. There were more than a dozen motor vehicle accidents between 12 noon and 2:30 p.m. in South Brunswick alone, police said.

The majority of accidents were minor: fender benders or vehicles skidding off the roadway, police said.

A speed restriction was imposed on the Garden State Parkway in both directions from Garden State Parkway on Wednesday from the Monmouth Service Area in Wall to the New York State line. Motorists were to keep at 45 mph due to roadway conditions. A salting operation was in progress.

A speed restriction also was imposed on the New Jersey Turnpike in both directions on Wednesday from the Delaware Memorial Bridge to the George Washington Bridge, limiting motorists to 45 mph. Those restrictions now appear to be lifted.

In Princeton, Mercer Street was reduced to one lane Wednesday because of an accident as road conditions deteriorated in Princeton.

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