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High School Swimmer ID'd As 16-Year-Old Killed In South Jersey Crash
The 16-year-old girl killed in a weekend South Jersey crash has been identified as a high school athlete. Sophia Bennett was killed in the two-car crash on Friday, March 22, at the intersection of Hurffville Road and Deptford Center Road just after 8 p.m., according to police and school officials. The vehicle that Sophia was riding in was being driven by a 17-year-old Gibbstown boy, who was seriously injured, police said at the time of the crash. The other driver, a 27-year-old woman from Deptford, was taken to Jefferson Hospital (Washington Township), police said. Sophia was a s…
Police & Fire
Compassionate, Committed, Adored: Englewood Teacher From Dumont ID'd As Fatal Hit-Run Victim
𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A shocked silence that gripped a downtown intersection was pierced by the anguished scream of a woman whose mother -- a popular school teacher in Englewood -- had just been struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver less than a mile from her Dumont home. A lifeless Elizabeth Rosa lay off the corner of Washington and West Madison avenues as the driver who hit her stopped and got out, according to a witness. He just as quickly got back into the red pickup truck and sped off, the witness said. ****** 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A 94-year-old widower from Bergenfield was charged with the hit-and-run …
Police & Fire
Somerset Athlete Leaps To Death From New NY Landmark
A former high school rugby star from Basking Ridge leaped to his death from a landmark structure at the brand-new Hudson Yards in Manhattan over the weekend, authorities confirmed. Peter DeSalvo, 19, a freshman at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut, jumped to his death from the sixth story of The Vessel, 150 or so feet above West 33rd Street near the Hudson River, around 5:30 p.m. Saturday, according to published reports. He didn’t leave a note, loved ones said. DeSalvo, who was a member of SHU's rugby club, was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, after jumping fr…
News
Montville Sup't IDs Boy Who Drowned In Lake As Local Seventh Grader
Montville School District officials identified the 12-year-old boy who drowned at the Lake Valhalla Club as Aaron Melzer. The Lazar Middle School seventh-grader died while swimming at the private lake club Wednesday afternoon. Grief counselors will be at the Lazar Media Center on June 28 and July 1 between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. "We extend our sincere condolences to Aaron’s family and friends as we keep them in our thoughts and prayers at this difficult time,” Superintendent René Rovtar said on Facebook.
Police & Fire
Bergenfield Mourns Hoover School Student, 10, Killed By Bus
Grief counseling and support will be available in Bergenfield's public schools "for as long as needed" following the death of a 10-year-old student fatally struck by a bus Memorial Day Weekend, education officials said in an email to parents. Hoover School student Alvin Marcallo was on his bike turning left onto Veterans Plaza from Church Street when he was struck by NJ Transit Bus 166 in the crosswalk around 4:30 p.m. Monday, authorities and school officials said. "Any loss of a child is a loss that gravely impacts us all," Bergenfield Schools Superintendent Christopher Tully said. "I kn…
Police & Fire
Police ID Bergenfield Boy, 10, Fatally Struck By Bus
A 10-year-old boy riding his bicycle was killed after being hit by a bus in Bergenfield, first-responders told Daily Voice. The child, who police identified as Alvin Maracalho the following day, was hit by NJ Transit bus 166 around 4:30 p.m. near Veterans Plaza and Church Street, a spokesman for the agency said. Grief support and counseling was available for students Tuesday and will remain in the schools for "as long as needed," Bergenfield Superintendent Christopher Tully said. The driver, a 58-year-old female from Paterson was hospitalized for distress, Bergenfield police said. The …
Obituaries
'Always Smiling And Polite': Emerson HS Junior, 17, Dies Suddenly
Those who knew Isabella Café called her beautiful, kind and talented. The oldest of three children, Isabella turned 17 on Oct 3. She died suddenly Thursday night. The Emerson Junior-Senior High School 11th grader "came from a wonderful family," one parent said. "She was a great kid, always smiling and polite," said another. "Played the piano, sang like a bird and acted in all the school plays and was an altar server. "It is heartbreaking." A funeral Mass is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Church of the Assumption, 29 Jefferson Ave. in Emerson…
Police & Fire
Boy, 12, Killed By Truck In Garfield Emigrated From Albania Last Week
GARFIELD, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A 12-year-old Albanian boy who was struck and killed by a box truck in Garfield on Tuesday had just emigrated to New Jersey a few days earlier. Identified by his cousin as Elios Xhemollari, the boy was riding alongside the truck's right side on the sidewalk of eastbound Lanza Avenue when the 43-year-old truck driver made a right turn onto Pleasant Avenue, hitting the boy, at 1:17 p.m. Tuesday, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The boy had only arrived here on Friday, a GoFundMe page established by his cousin for the family says. H…
Police & Fire
Boy, 12, Killed By Truck In Garfield Emigrated From Albania Last Week
GARFIELD, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A 12-year-old Albanian boy who was struck and killed by a box truck in Garfield on Tuesday had just emigrated to New Jersey a few days earlier. Identified by his cousin as Elios Xhemollari, the boy was riding alongside the truck's right side on the sidewalk of eastbound Lanza Avenue when the 43-year-old truck driver made a right turn onto Pleasant Avenue, hitting the boy, at 1:17 p.m. Tuesday, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The boy had only arrived here on Friday, a GoFundMe page established by his cousin for the family says. H…
Police & Fire
Boy Killed By Truck: Garfield PD Asks Respect For Family, Driver's Privacy
GARFIELD, N.J. -- (UPDATE) Authorities said they were still working late Tuesday to notify the next of kin of a young boy who was struck and killed by a box truck in Garfield while riding a bicycle earlier in the day. Police Capt. Darren Sucorowski said the "tragedy in our community" occurred at 1:17 p.m. on Lanza Avenue near Pleasant Avenue. Witnesses said the visibly upset driver paced back and forth, shaking his head, while waiting for police. Garfield police were investigating, assisted by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office and the Bergen County Sheriff's Office, whose Bur…
Police & Fire
Boy Killed By Truck: Garfield PD Asks Respect For Family, Driver's Privacy
GARFIELD, N.J. -- (UPDATE) Authorities said they were still working late Tuesday to notify the next of kin of a young boy who was struck and killed by a box truck in Garfield while riding a bicycle earlier in the day. Police Capt. Darren Sucorowski said the "tragedy in our community" occurred at 1:17 p.m. on Lanza Avenue near Pleasant Avenue. Witnesses said the visibly upset driver paced back and forth, shaking his head, while waiting for police. Garfield police were investigating, assisted by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office and the Bergen County Sheriff's Office, whose Bur…
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