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1 Killed, 2 Critical In Trenton Apartment Building Fire (DEVELOPING) 1 Killed, 2 Critical In Trenton Apartment Building Fire (DEVELOPING)
1 Killed, 2 Critical In Trenton Apartment Building Fire (Developing) One person was killed, a second was in critical condition and a third in extremely critical condition after a Trenton apartment building fire, authorities said. The fatal two-alarm fire broke out at about 7 a.m. Friday, Sept. 15 at 205-207 Hamilton Ave., Trenton police said. Ten residents were displaced as a result of the blaze, police said. The extremely critical victim had been taken to an area burn unit, police said. No other details were immediately available. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Suspect Fleeing Pre-Dawn Home Invasion Dies In Crash With Long Branch Police Car: NJAG Suspect Fleeing Pre-Dawn Home Invasion Dies In Crash With Long Branch Police Car: NJAG
Suspect Fleeing Pre-Dawn Home Invasion Dies In Crash With Long Branch Police Car: Njag UPDATE: A passenger in a vehicle fleeing a home invasion died after a collision with a Long Branch police cruiser driven by an officer responding to the call, authorities said. The call of an armed break-in on Elmwood Avenue near MacArthur Avenue came in at 3:59 a.m. Monday, Aug. 14, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said Tuesday. "As officers were responding in marked police vehicles, one of the law enforcement vehicles was involved in a collision with a vehicle believed to be operated by a suspect from the reported incident," the attorney general said. Witnesses said the fleei…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Traffic
Teenage Passenger Killed In I-295 Crash Teenage Passenger Killed In I-295 Crash
Teenage Passenger Killed In I-295 Crash A 17-year-old passenger was killed in a collision with a tractor-trailer on Interstate 295,  authorities said. The crash occurred shortly before 1 p.m. on Thursday, June 29 on I-295 southbound in Greenwich Township, according to New Jersey State Police. Based on a preliminary investigation, a Subaru driven by a 16-year-old with a 17-year-old passenger was traveling south on I-295 in the left lane.  A Freightliner with a flatbed trailer was traveling south on I-295 in the center lane.  In the area of milepost 15.3 the Subaru changed lanes and struck the front of the Freightl…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Two Drivers Killed In Jersey Shore Crash: Prosecutor Two Drivers Killed In Jersey Shore Crash: Prosecutor
Two Drivers Killed In Jersey Shore Crash: Prosecutor A two-vehicle collision in Tinton Falls left two people dead, authorities said.  Shortly after 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 1, members of the Monmouth County Serious Collision Analysis Response Team (SCART), the Prosecutor’s Office, and Tinton Falls police responded to Shafto Road (County Route 547) and Asbury Avenue (County Road 16) First responders found two vehicles involved in the collision: a 2021 Audi S6 driven by a 36-year- old man from Manalapan, and a 2005 Ford Freestyle driven by a 52-year-old woman from Brick Township, according to Acting Monmouth…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Mother, 42, Killed, Three Children Hospitalized In Jersey Shore Crash: Prosecutor Mother, 42, Killed, Three Children Hospitalized In Jersey Shore Crash: Prosecutor
Mother, 42, Killed, Three Children Hospitalized In Jersey Shore Crash: Prosecutor A 42-year-old woman was killed and her three children were hurt when her minivan collided head-on with a pickup truck, authorities said. The Ocean Township victim's name has not been released. The three-vehicle collision took place on a rural road in Freehold Township at about 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 14, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey. At Siloam Road and Old Turkey Swamp Road, first responders found three vehicles involved in the collision: a Ford F350 pickup truck driven by a 53-year-old male resident of Little Egg Harbor Township, a …

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by Jon Craig
News
TWO DEAD: Senior Homeowner, Daughter's BF Killed In NJ House Fire TWO DEAD: Senior Homeowner, Daughter's BF Killed In NJ House Fire
TWO Dead: Senior Homeowner, Daughter's BF Killed In NJ House Fire UPDATE: An elderly homeowner and her daughter's fiancé died in an overnight house fire in South Hackensack, authorities confirmed. The Agar Place fire broke out in the rear of the 1½-story home shortly after 3 a.m. and instantly spread, responders and neighbors said. An off-duty South Hackensack police sergeant who lives next door to the victims tried to extinguish the flames with a garden hose, but the blaze spread too quickly. Firefighters had to beat back heavy flames and extreme heat, in fact, before finding 80-year-old homeowner Teresa Savino and Anton Pechal (Merkulov), 29. The…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
2 People Killed In South Jersey House Fire 2 People Killed In South Jersey House Fire
2 People Killed In South Jersey House Fire Two people were killed in a weekend house fire, authorities said. In the early morning hours of Sunday, Feb. 20,, police officers along with fire departments from Mullica Township and surrounding areas were dispatched to 1536 Hamburg Ave. for a structure fire.  When first responders arrived, the residence was fully engulfed in flames. Three occupants were able to escape without injury, police said. Two occupants were unable to escape and perished in the blaze. The fire is being investigated by the State of New Jersey Fire Investigation Unit, along with detectives from the Mullica Tow…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Teen, 2 Adults Dead In Atlantic City Expressway Crash Teen, 2 Adults Dead In Atlantic City Expressway Crash
Teen, 2 Adults Dead In Atlantic City Expressway Crash A teen and two adults were killed when a car slammed into a tollbooth on the Atlantic City Expressway Sunday night, New Jersey State Police said. Reachthon Khiev, of Manchester, NH, was behind the wheel of a Honda heading east when he struck the Egg Harbor Toll Plaza near milepost 17.6 in Hamilton around 9:05 p.m., Sgt. Philip Curry said. The car went up in flames killing Khiev and two of his passengers, Reachsieh Khiev, 27, of Manchester, NH (front seat passenger), and Keotepie Khiev, 14, of Atlantic City (back seat passenger). A fourth backseat passenger, age 12, …

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by Cecilia Levine
News
'Multiple Fatalities' At PA, MD Line Linked To Kidnapped Girls, Authorities Say 'Multiple Fatalities' At PA, MD Line Linked To Kidnapped Girls, Authorities Say
'Multiple Fatalities' At PA, MD Line Linked To Kidnapped Girls, Authorities Say The manhunt is over for former police officers and two kidnapped girls, who were found shot dead in a car that crashed near the Pennsylvania and Maryland border, multiple news outlets are reporting.
 Robert Vicosa and Tia Bynum have been on the run with Vicosa’s daughters, Aaminah, 6, and Giana, 7, after purportedly abducting them from their York County home. All four were supposedly found shot dead in a car crashed in the area of Midvale Road and Ringgold Pike just south of the Pennsylvania in Maryland around 3 p.m., according to WJZ and WBAL citing unnamed sources. Pennsylvania State P…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Trenton Man Killed When Fire Guts Abandoned Row Homes Trenton Man Killed When Fire Guts Abandoned Row Homes
Trenton Man Killed When Fire Guts Abandoned Row Homes An unidentified man sleeping in a vacant Trenton row house was killed early Monday by fire, authorities said. Trenton firefighters battled the 3 a.m. blaze at three attached homes on North Clinton Avenue near Poplar Street, according to initial reports. Efforts to save the home's occupant were unsuccessful, a Trenton fire department spokesman told NJ Advance Media.

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
First Responders Called To Fatal Burlington Crash First Responders Called To Fatal Burlington Crash
First Responders Called To Fatal Burlington Crash Police, firefighters and EMS crews were called to a report of a fatal crash, authorities said. The crash occurred about 3:30 p.m. at Route 9 and East Greenbush Road in Bass River, according to initial reports. The crash left one person dead and at least three others injured, according to an unconfirmed report.  This is a developing news story. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Central Jersey Woman, 72, Dies In Edison House Fire Central Jersey Woman, 72, Dies In Edison House Fire
Central Jersey Woman, 72, Dies In Edison House Fire An elderly woman died Monday after a fire broke out at her home in Middlesex County, authorities said.  The fire was not suspicious in origin, Edison Police Lt. Robert Dudash said on Tuesday afternoon.. The 72-year-old woman lived alone in the two-story house, Dudash said. Her name was not released pending notification of her family. The woman was found in an upstairs bedroom and pronounced dead at the scene, Dudash said. The cause of the two-alarm fire remains under investigation, he said. More than 20 firefighters responded to the two-story home after a passerby called to report s…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Man Who Got Out Of Car, 22, Killed In Gruesome Route 4 Crash UPDATE: Man Who Got Out Of Car, 22, Killed In Gruesome Route 4 Crash
Update: Man Who Got Out Of Car, 22, Killed In Gruesome Route 4 Crash It wasn't a scene for the faint of heart: A man who got out of a sedan after it was rear-ended on Route 4 in Teaneck over the weekend was struck and killed in a chain-reaction crash that sent a van careening into a house and bursting into flames. It began when the Toyota Sienna was rear-ended by a Honda Accord on westbound Route 4 off North Wilson Avenue shortly after 5 a.m. Sunday. The van rolled across a lawn and slammed into a brick wall of the North Wilson Avenue home, landing right side up and bursting into flames, authorities said. The van driver and a passenger got out OK, Bergen C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
NJ Police Officer Killed In Wrong-Way Crash Driving Home From Work Mourned As Great Dad NJ Police Officer Killed In Wrong-Way Crash Driving Home From Work Mourned As Great Dad
NJ Police Officer Killed In Wrong-Way Crash Driving Home From Work Mourned As Great Dad A 53-year-old police officer died on his way home from work when another driver crossed into his lane and hit his car head-on in Mays Landing, authorities said. Taquaysha Bell, 28, of Trenton, was heading westbound on the White Horse Pike in a  2010 Chevy Silverado when she crossed into the eastbound lane near Moss Mill Road, hitting a 2003 Honda Civic around 11:05 p.m., Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner said. The Civic driver, Michael Luko Sr. -- who was driving home from his job as an officer with the New Jersey Human Services Police Department -- was airlifted to  Atlan…

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by Cecilia Levine