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Details Released In Parkway Crash That Killed Monmouth U Student Returning From Work Shift Details Released In Parkway Crash That Killed Monmouth U Student Returning From Work Shift
Details Released In Parkway Crash That Killed Monmouth U Student Returning From Work Shift Daily Voice has obtained details about the crash that killed an 18-year-old Monmouth University student last week. Madison Alfano of Staten Island, NY, lost control of her car and hit the driver's side of another vehicle on the northbound side of the Garden State Parkway in Sayreville around 7:50 p.m. Friday, Jan. 12, New Jersey State Police  Trooper Troy McNair said. Alfano's car went into another lane and she was hit by an oncoming pickup near mile marker 125.6, just south of the exit for Route 9 and New Jersey Route 35, McNair said. Alfano was rushed to a hospital and she was pronounced…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
NJ Driver Who Mowed Down Police, Bystanders On New Year's In NYC Has Drug History, Records Show NJ Driver Who Mowed Down Police, Bystanders On New Year's In NYC Has Drug History, Records Show
NJ Driver Who Mowed Down Police, Bystanders On New Year's In NYC Has Drug History, Records Show UPDATE: A wrong-way driver from Fort Lee who hit a half-dozen people in midtown Manhattan as he tried to flee police on New Year’s Day has a history of drug arrests and convictions, records show. Mohamed Alaouie, 44, was driving a Mercedes sedan that twice mounted the sidewalk on West 34th Street going the wrong way, hitting people, vehicles and a food cart overnight Monday before finally coming to rest, city police said. Alaouie was fleeing uniformed officers 90 minutes or so after the New Year’s ball drop in nearby Times Square when the chain-reaction crashes occurred near Madison Square …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Traffic
Drivers Fled From Back-To-Back Crashes On I-95, NJ Drivers Involved: Police Drivers Fled From Back-To-Back Crashes On I-95, NJ Drivers Involved: Police
Drivers Fled From Back-To-Back Crashes On I-95, NJ Drivers Involved: Police A driver is missing after one multi-car crash led to another on Interstate 95 on Monday morning, according to state police.  It began when a 2014 Honda Pilot struck the rear of a PepsiCo. tractor-trailer while changing lanes without enough clearance on I-95 North in Chester City, Delaware County, just before 6 a.m. on Nov. 20, troopers detailed.  When troopers arrived, they found the tractor-trailer on fire and the Honda Pilot abandoned. The PepsiCo. driver lost control of his vehicle due to the crash and slammed into the concrete barrier between the north and southbound lanes, PS…

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by Jillian Pikora and Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Victim Of Fatal NJ Turnpike Crash 'Had His Whole Life Ahead Of Him' Victim Of Fatal NJ Turnpike Crash 'Had His Whole Life Ahead Of Him'
Victim Of Fatal NJ Turnpike Crash 'Had His Whole Life Ahead Of Him' Families and friends are mourning the deaths of two people killed when a van collided with a truck on the New Jersey Turnpike. The driver of the van, identified as Bryan Matos-Gonzalez, 29, of Raleigh, North Carolina, and a passenger, Jansel Lopez, 24, of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, were killed in the Sunday, Jan. 15 crash, New Jersey State Police said. "He had his whole life ahead of him and was doing everything to move forward in life," Yugeidy Diaz, a cousin, wrote of Lopez on this GoFundMe page. A truck hauling a tanker trailer was traveling north on the ramp from Interchange 2 in Woolwi…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Authorities ID 15-Year-Old Passenger Killed In South Jersey Crash Authorities ID 15-Year-Old Passenger Killed In South Jersey Crash
Authorities ID 15-Year-Old Passenger Killed In South Jersey Crash A 15-year-old high school student was killed in a single-car crash in Salem County, authorities said. The deceased passenger was identified as Evan D'Anjou of Pittsgrove Township, according to New Jersey State Police. D'Anjou was remembered by friends for his love of motocross racing. Evan D'AnjouFacebook/ NJ Motocross A second Schalick High School student, 16, remains hospitalized with serious injuries after the crash on Wednesday, May 4, State Police said. The 16-year-old was driving a Kia Optima at 6:13 a.m. when he went through a stop sign on McKishen Road at Route 553 (Buck Road) …

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by Jon Craig
News
Jersey Shore Crash Victim Hospitalized, Numerous Car Fires & Power Outages Reported Jersey Shore Crash Victim Hospitalized, Numerous Car Fires & Power Outages Reported
Jersey Shore Crash Victim Hospitalized, Numerous Car Fires & Power Outages Reported One serious crash, power outages and multiple car fires were reported along the Jersey Shore late Tuesday, authorities said. In Marlboro, first responders from Monmouth County freed a trapped motorist from their car near 126 Crine Road after it struck a tree shortly before 6 p.m., according to initial reports. The crash victim was being taken to Jersey Shore University Hospital in Neptune, reports said. About 7:15 p.m., a major power outage was reported in Marlboro that also briefly knocked out electricity at the Marlboro Police Department, reports said. The power outages darkened numerous …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Reports: DWI NJ Driver Wanted In Deadly Philly Uber Crash Nabbed By US Marshals Reports: DWI NJ Driver Wanted In Deadly Philly Uber Crash Nabbed By US Marshals
Reports: DWI NJ Driver Wanted In Deadly Philly Uber Crash Nabbed By US Marshals A South Jersey man accused of driving drunk and causing the crash that killed a 21-year-old Uber passenger in Philadelphia was nabbed by members of the U.S. Marshals Service Monday morning, authorities said. Aaron Sims, 27, of Camden, was arrested in West Philadelphia after being on the run more than a year, and charged in the Jan. 25, 2020 death of West Virginia University student Chloe Robertson, 6abc reports. Robertson was riding in an Uber while visiting friends in the Delaware Valley when the Uber was rear-ended by a speeding vehicle on the Vine Street Expressway around 1:10 a.m. Sims…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Woman Seeking Cherry Hill EMT Who Saved Her Life In Crash 20 Years Ago Woman Seeking Cherry Hill EMT Who Saved Her Life In Crash 20 Years Ago
Woman Seeking Cherry Hill EMT Who Saved Her Life In Crash 20 Years Ago Beth Mazgajewski is fully healed from the crash that nearly took her life 20 years ago in every way except for one. She hasn't been able to stop thinking about the Cherry Hill EMT who saved her life. Mazgajewski recently took to Facebook to seek out the off-duty responder, calling the attempt to find him a "long shot." Mazgajewski says she was broadsided while trying to make a left turn on Haddonfield-Berlin Road exiting the TD Bank parking lot next to Vito’s pizza on Sept. 22, 2001. Well, I did not expect this post to get the attention it did but getting more eyes on it can’t hurt. …

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by Cecilia Levine