Crime & Safety

Delays Persist on Parkway South Following Car Fire

Crews clearing earlier fire

A three mile backup continues in the Garden State Parkway's southbound lanes behind mile marker 87 following an earlier car fire.

The backup will take about 25 minutes to get past, though fire crews from Toms River Township were clearing the scene. A Volkswagen New Beetle was seen pulled to the side of the road with firefighters surrounding it. An earlier photo shows the car engulfed in flames.


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