{"id":238384,"date":"2025-10-20T10:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T10:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/238384\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T10:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T10:56:09","slug":"serious-crash-in-wanaque-n-j-causes-delayed-opening-for-entire-school-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/238384\/","title":{"rendered":"Serious crash in Wanaque, N.J. causes delayed opening for entire school district"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A serious crash in Wanaque, New Jersey shut down a busy roadway Sunday, and it&#8217;s causing a delayed opening for schools Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A section of Ringwood Avenue was closed for more than eight hours overnight as crews worked to clear the crash scene. It finally reopened early Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wanaque schools operating with delayed opening<\/p>\n<p>The school district posted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wanaqueps.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a message online<\/a> saying all schools will have a 90-minute delayed opening Monday because of the cleanup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I apologize for the late hour of this message, but due to a serious accident in front of Haskell Elementary School, the police have asked us to delay the start of school tomorrow, Monday, for the entire district,&#8221; the message read in part.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Students in grades K-8 are expected to arrive by 10:15 a.m. Monday. Preschoolers should arrive for the morning session at 10:30 a.m., followed by the afternoon session at 1:15 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>School officials said they will continue to share updates in the event that schools need to be canceled entirely.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Multiple vehicles towed away from Ringwood Ave. crash<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/vlcsnap-2025-10-20-06h31m02s950.png#.png\" alt=\"vlcsnap-2025-10-20-06h31m02s950.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  A serious crash in Wanaque, New Jersey shut down a busy roadway Sunday, and it&#8217;s causing a delayed opening for schools Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                CBS News New York<\/p>\n<p>Police said the crash happened around 8:30 p.m. Sunday on the busy roadway that runs through a predominantly residential neighborhood.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They need to get it under control, it&#8217;s dangerous for the kids,&#8221; said one man who lives along Ringwood Ave.<\/p>\n<p>Video captured the aftermath, showing debris from multiple vehicles scattered across the roadway.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tow trucks removed at least four cars that appeared to be crushed and crumbled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have not confirmed any injuries or fatalities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Check back soon for updates on this developing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A serious crash in Wanaque, New Jersey shut down a busy roadway Sunday, and it&#8217;s causing a delayed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238385,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,108023,452,453],"class_list":{"0":"post-238384","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-passaic-county","13":"tag-top-stories","14":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}