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8-Year-Old Boy Killed In South Jersey Crash Remembered For Brightening Everyone's Day 8-Year-Old Boy Killed In South Jersey Crash Remembered For Brightening Everyone's Day
8-Year-Old Boy Killed In South Jersey Crash Remembered For Brightening Everyone's Day The community is rallying to support a family who lost their 8-year-old boy in a tragic crash in Atlantic County. Javier Velez of Philadelphia was killed while sleeping in a car alongside a road in Absecon that got struck by another car, according to a GoFundMe and the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. "Javier was so full of love and life," Devin Alford of Philadelphia wrote on the GoFundMe page. The boy had been on a fishing trip with his father when the crash occurred at about 3:25 a.m. on Sunday, July 23, along White Horse Pike, according to the prosecutor's office. The driver o…

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by Jon Craig
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Mercer County School District Mourns Loss Of Eighth-Grade Student Alex Wolohan Mercer County School District Mourns Loss Of Eighth-Grade Student Alex Wolohan
Mercer County School District Mourns Loss Of Eighth-Grade Student Alex Wolohan A Mercer County school district is mourning the loss of eighth-grade student Alex Wolohan. Grover Middle School student Alex Wolohan died on Friday, Nov. 4, the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District said in a release. “The district and the community extends our heartfelt sympathy to his family and friends,” Superintendent David Aderhold said in the release. “During this time, I ask that we respect the family’s wishes for time to process this tragedy and to respect their time as a family to grieve.” Our heartfelt sympathies go out to the family and friends of Alex Wolohan. C…

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by Valerie Musson