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ER Nurse Returning From Work ID'd By Grieving Family As Victim Of Wrong-Way DUI NJ Crash ER Nurse Returning From Work ID'd By Grieving Family As Victim Of Wrong-Way DUI NJ Crash
ER Nurse Returning From Work ID'd By Grieving Family As Victim Of Wrong-Way DUI NJ Crash Anne Rasmussen dedicated her life to helping others, but her own was cut short when a suspected drunk driver caused a wrong-way crash on Route 70 early Friday morning, Dec. 27. Rasmussen, 58, of Whiting, was identified by her family on a GoFundMe campaign as an emergency room nurse on her way home from work when the Brick Township crash occurred, "killing her instantly." "She spent a lot of her life dedicated to helping people working as an ER nurse," Rasmussen's daughter, Kelly Kracsun wrote on the campaign. She would take the shirt off her back for absolutely anyone and would do anything …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Passaic Sheriff's Officer Injured In Hit-Run Crash: Driver Found, Charged Passaic Sheriff's Officer Injured In Hit-Run Crash: Driver Found, Charged
Passaic Sheriff's Officer Injured In Hit-Run Crash: Driver Found, Charged A Passaic County sheriff's officer escaped serious injury after his cruiser was rammed from behind in Paterson by a driver who then took off, authorities said. Officer Jason Michaels chased the hit-and-run driver, but a damaged tire disabled his patrol car. His colleagues, however, found the other car and charged the driver. The Volkswagen Beetle had struck the officer's car after 41-year-old Juan Carlos Carrillo Ruiz ran a red light at the intersection of Broadway and Rosa Parks Boulevard around 3 p.m., Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. "Michaels’ unit went up on the sidewa…

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by Jerry DeMarco