Crime & Safety

One Killed In Route 80 Accident In Parsippany Tuesday Morning

BREAKING: Police said one person died in Tuesday morning's crash.

PARSIPPANY, NJ — A three-car crash on Route 80 left one dead and backed up traffic Tuesday morning, New Jersey State Police told Patch.

The crash happened around 6 a.m. Tuesday morning near Exit 39 in Parsippany. Three cars were involved, with one, a Jeep, overturning, police told Patch. The driver of that car, 21-year-old Shane Myer, from Midland Park, was pronounced dead, police told NorthJersey.com.

It was not immediately clear why Myer's car overturned, or if he was driving and enclosed or open air Jeep.

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All lanes are reopen now, police told Patch, but the crash shuttered two lanes during the early morning rush hour as police investigated.


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