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Reporter Who Joined WCBS-TV After Working In Connecticut Dies At Age 26 Reporter Who Joined WCBS-TV After Working In Connecticut Dies At Age 26
Reporter Who Joined Wcbs-tv After Working In Connecticut Dies At Age 26 A reporter for WCBS-TV in New York has died after a moped accident. Nina Kapur, 26, was rushed to Bellevue Hospital after the accident in New York City on Saturday, July 18, the station said. Kapur was a multimedia journalist at News 12 Connecticut from November 2017 until June 2019 before joining CBS 2. Kapur was "was known for her contagious smile and love for storytelling," WCBS said. "Finding it hard to report today, but pulling myself together because I know @ninakapur1 wouldn’t want me to fall apart," WCBS reporter John Dias wrote on Twitter. "She was a true angel on earth, and…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Sacred Heart University Athlete, 19, Dies After Six-Story Fall Sacred Heart University Athlete, 19, Dies After Six-Story Fall
Sacred Heart University Athlete, 19, Dies After Six-Story Fall A freshman student-athlete at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut has been identified as the person found dead on the ground near The Vessel, a sculpture at Hudson Yards in Manhattan. Peter DeSalvo, 19, a member of Sacred Heart's rugby club, leaped to his death around 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, according to a report in the New York Post. Screams broke through a crowd of visitors and tourists and some people began to cry, according to the Post report. DiSalvo was reportedly by himself at the time of the incident.  DiSalvo was pronounced dead at Bellevue H…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Inmate Who Pushed Woman To Her Death In Front Of Train Commits Suicide At Bedford Hills Inmate Who Pushed Woman To Her Death In Front Of Train Commits Suicide At Bedford Hills
Inmate Who Pushed Woman To Her Death In Front Of Train Commits Suicide At Bedford Hills New York State Police are investigating the apparent suicide of an inmate at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility. Melaine T. Liverpool, 33, was found dead around 3:44 a.m., Wednesday, May 8, at the facility located at 247 Harris Road in Bedford, said Trooper AJ Hicks. Liverpool was sentenced a month ago to 20 years to life in prison for pushing a Queens woman in front of a train at the Times Square Station more than two years ago. Diagnosed as a schizophrenic. Liverpool admitted to officials to fatally shoving 49-year-old Connie Watton of Queens in front of a southbound No. 1 train on …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Pilot From Danbury Sole Survivor Of Helicopter Crash That Killed Five Pilot From Danbury Sole Survivor Of Helicopter Crash That Killed Five
Pilot From Danbury Sole Survivor Of Helicopter Crash That Killed Five A 33-year-old Fairfield County man was the pilot and sole survivor of a helicopter that crashed in the East River in Manhattan, killing five, according to multiple sources. Richard Vance of Danbury was the only person to escape the crash around 7 p.m., Sunday, as the Eurocopter AS350, he was piloting went down near 88th Street. Two were killed at the scene and the others later died at Bellevue Hospital, police officials said.  Vance told officials the crash was caused by engine failure, said the Daily News. FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said that the five people were tightly harnessed an…

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by Kathy Reakes