PARSIPPANY – At approximately 12:45 p.m., on Tuesday, January 19, a tractor trailer collied with an electrical pole before hitting a traffic light pole on Parsippany Road in the area of Allentown Road.
Officers from the Parsippany Police Department are directing traffic at this time and the New Jersey Department of Transportation has been notified and will be responding to make the neccessary repairs, which include the replacing the effected poles.
Assemblywoman Betty Lou DeCroce, who owns ERA Gallo & DeCroce, located at the corner of Allentown Road and Parsippany Road stated “This is the third time the pole has been hit in the last two weeks.”
Try to avoid this area if at all possible because delays are expected into the evening hours.
Parsippany Road is a major road that connects Route 46 to Route 287. The road is maintained by Morris County.
