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Bayonne Man, 19, Dies In Bridge Plunge Bayonne Man, 19, Dies In Bridge Plunge
Bayonne Man, 19, Dies In Bridge Plunge UPDATE: A body pulled from the water beneath the Bayonne Bridge over the weekend was that of a 19-year-old city man, friends and loved ones confirmed. Rescuers who responded to a report of a jumper shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday got help from a tug boat operator after the body was spotted in the Kill Van Kull just east of the bridge, Deputy Fire Chief Bill Bartos said. Bayonne Fire Boat Marine 1 pulled alongside the vessel, collected the body and brought it to the boat launch at 16th Street Park. The victim had been mugged earlier in the week and wasn't carrying a wallet or cellp…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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First Responders Rush To Rescue Bayonne Bridge Jumper First Responders Rush To Rescue Bayonne Bridge Jumper
First Responders Rush To Rescue Bayonne Bridge Jumper Responders rushed to rescue a person who jumped from the Bayonne Bridge just before 2 p.m. Saturday. Arriving units found individuals on a tug boat in the Kill van Kull pulling the victim aboard, located just east of the bridge, Bayonne Fire Department Deputy Chief Bill Bartos said. Bayonne Fire Boat Marine 1 pulled up aside the vessel and transferred the person to their boat.  Firefighters provided medical care on the person as they headed towards the boat launch at 16th Street Park, where they were met by EMS. The unidentified individual did not survive, Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Da…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
VIDEO: Off-Duty NYPD Hero Rescues Man Trying To Jump From Bayonne Bridge VIDEO: Off-Duty NYPD Hero Rescues Man Trying To Jump From Bayonne Bridge
Video: Off-Duty Nypd Hero Rescues Man Trying To Jump From Bayonne Bridge Dramatic video shows an off-duty NYPD officer saving a man trying to jump from the Bayonne Bridge. Police Officer Cory Pilzer was on the bridge walkway with his family this past Sunday when he spotted the 22-year-old man starting to climb the suicide prevention fence, the NYPD said. Pilzer bolted toward the despondent man, jumped and yanked him down by the waistband. They held onto him for uniformed Port Authority police officers, who took the man to Richmond University Medical Center on Staten Island. “Always out there. Always protecting — even off-duty!," NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Woman Jumps To Death From Bayonne Bridge Woman Jumps To Death From Bayonne Bridge
Woman Jumps To Death From Bayonne Bridge A woman jumped to her death Wednesday morning from the Bayonne Bridge, Port Authority police confirmed. The woman stopped her vehicle on the bridge, got out and jumped into the Kill van Kull around 9:30 a.m., responders said. Harbor units from the NYPD and FDNY joined Port Authority police at Elm Park on Staten Island, where the body was brought. Further information was temporarily being withheld pending family notification, Port Authority spokeswoman Lenis Rodrigues said. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Man, 28, Killed In Bayonne Bridge Crash, Another Seriously Hurt Man, 28, Killed In Bayonne Bridge Crash, Another Seriously Hurt
Man, 28, Killed In Bayonne Bridge Crash, Another Seriously Hurt A man died Monday night after the vehicle he was traveling in struck a divider on the New Jersey side of the Bayonne Bridge, authorities said.  Port Authority police said the crash occurred around 7:20 p.m. near the Kennedy Boulevard exit. Both people in the vehicle were taken to Jersey City Medical Center, where the driver died, police said. Another person suffered serious injuries.  The person who was killed has been identified as Tarig Sigler, 28, of New York.  This story will be updated as more information becomes available. 

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by Paul Milo
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Cashless Tolls Coming To GWB, Lincoln & Holland Tunnels In 2021 Cashless Tolls Coming To GWB, Lincoln & Holland Tunnels In 2021
Cashless Tolls Coming To GWB, Lincoln & Holland Tunnels In 2021 Getting across the Hudson River is about to get even EZ-er. The Port Authority is set to approve contracts for the construction of cashless tolling equipment at the George Washington Bridge, and Lincoln and Holland tunnels, ABC reports. The new system will likely be up and running in 2021. The tunnels have $60 million budgeted for each with $89 million for the George Washington Bridge. Eighty-eight percent of drivers already use an EZ Pass to pay tolls, Port Authority said. Port Authority introduced cashless tolling to the Bayonne Bridge in 2017, and to Outerbridge Crossing this year.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Outerbridge Crossing Rolling Out Cashless Tolls April 24 Outerbridge Crossing Rolling Out Cashless Tolls April 24
Outerbridge Crossing Rolling Out Cashless Tolls April 24 The Outerbridge Crossing connecting Staten Island to Perth Amboy will introduce cashless tolls beginning April 24, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced Tuesday.  The new tolls will allow those with EZ Pass accounts to pay tolls without stopping their vehicles. Automatic cameras will take photos of license plates for vehicles not registered with EZ Pass and a bill will be sent to the motorist's home.  In 2017, the Bayonne Bridge became the first Port Authority crossing to employ cashless tolls.  “Cashless tolling has become the new national standard for tol…

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by Paul Milo