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DUI Driver Caused Pennsauken School Bus Crash Injuring 4, Police Say DUI Driver Caused Pennsauken School Bus Crash Injuring 4, Police Say
DUI Driver Caused Pennsauken School Bus Crash Injuring 4, Police Say A DUI driver was charged in a school bus crash that left an adult pedestrian seriously injured and three children with minor injuries Wednesday in Pennsauken, authorities said. The bus was stopped and letting off students when the vehicle, driven by Benjamin Ramos, 39, drove up inuring the four just before 3 p.m. near East Springfield Avenue and River Road, police said. Initial and unconfirmed reports say the bus was carrying approximately two dozen kids at the time. Ramos was charged with four counts each of assault by auto, endangering another person, and being under the i…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
TRAGEDY: Boy, 11, Gravely Injured In Sledding Accident In North Jersey Park TRAGEDY: Boy, 11, Gravely Injured In Sledding Accident In North Jersey Park
Tragedy: Boy, 11, Gravely Injured In Sledding Accident In North Jersey Park UPDATE: An 11-year-old Oradell boy was critically injured when he struck a tree head first while sledding down a hill in Paramus. The boy was injured near the ice-skating rink at Van Saun Park Monday afternoon, authorities said. He was taken by Paramus Emergency Medical Services to Hackensack University Medical Center. "He's young, he's healthy," a parent who knows the family said, "so, God willing, he will come back from this." NOTE: No further information was available out of respect for the family's privacy. Previous information supplied by authorities indicated that the boy was consci…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
WATCH: Bodycam Footage Shows Newark Police Save 2-Year-Old Shooting Victim WATCH: Bodycam Footage Shows Newark Police Save 2-Year-Old Shooting Victim
Watch: Bodycam Footage Shows Newark Police Save 2-Year-Old Shooting Victim Newly-released bodycam footage shows Newark police rushing to save a 2-year-old shooting victim to the hospital Thursday night. ** WARNING: Above video contains graphic content. ** Police arrived to 85-95 Cabinet Street around 11:10 p.m., where an individual was holding a seemingly lifeless toddler, according to the video and local authorities. The video shows an officer instructing a woman to place the child in the back of a police cruiser, as other officers helped get a man laying in the street into the back of a vehicle. In total, two men, a woman the child were all taken to the h…

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by Cecilia Levine