In today’s Daily Record: Rockaway man critical after crash on Route 80

BY TEHANI SCHNEIDER DAILY RECORD STAFF WRITER

DENVILLE — A former Rockaway Township councilman was critically injured in a single-vehicle accident on Route 80 West after he lost control of his vehicle and struck a center median on Tuesday night, state police said.

Robert Sternlicht, 67, was heading west near milemarker 39 in a 2006 Mazda RX-8 around 8:20 p.m. when he suddenly veered off the road and crashed into the concrete traffic barrier on the left shoulder, said Trooper Brian Polite.

The Mazda swerved back on to the highway, before striking the barrier for a second time. The vehicle came to rest in the left shoulder by the median, Polite said.

Authorities said Sternlicht was extricated from his vehicle by firefighters and taken to Morristown Memorial Hospital by the Denville First Aid Squad.

State police had originally said Sternlicht was pronounced dead at the hospital at 11:15 p.m. on Tuesday, but hospital spokesman Rob Seman said he was alive and remained in critical condition on Wednesday afternoon.

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Daily Record: Roof of Chinese dumpling truck causes back up on Route 80 in Denville

BY ROB JENNINGS DAILY RECORD STAFF WRITER  ON SEPT. 22

DENVILLE — Traffic backed up on westbound Route 80 for approximately two miles after the aluminum roof peeled off a tractor-trailer that was transporting a load of Chinese dumplings, state police said today.

The incident unfolded at 3:55 p.m. at mile marker 38.4, Trooper Brian Walsh said.

No one was injured when the roof peeled off, though a motorist driving behind it later reported that his vehicle was struck by debris, Walsh said.

The truck driver, a native of the Republic of Georgia now living in Illinois, had earlier been ticketed in New York after his roof struck an overpass, Walsh said.

For whatever reason, the driver was allowed to proceed on his journey and the weakened roof flew off onto Route 80, Walsh said.

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