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Shock, Grief: River Vale Bagel Shop Owner Killed By Rt. 80 Wrong-Way Driver Shock, Grief: River Vale Bagel Shop Owner Killed By Rt. 80 Wrong-Way Driver
Shock, Grief: River Vale Bagel Shop Owner Killed By Rt. 80 Wrong-Way Driver They called him “King Roc Don,” as kind, considerate and caring as anyone they knew. That’s why shock instantly gave way to grief as word spread Sunday that Rocco Donatiello -- the 29-year-old owner of Manhattan Bagels shops in River Vale and Fairfield -- had been killed just before dawn in a crash with a Jeep that was headed the wrong way on Route 80 in Woodland Park. Donatiello, who knew many of his patrons by name, “had such a bright future that was taken from him in the blink of an eye,” friend Tim Hartmann wrote. He “knew how to make a room bright and welcomed everyone with that big s…

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by Jerry DeMarco