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Speeding 22-Year-Old Driver Dead In 3-Car South Jersey Crash: Cops Speeding 22-Year-Old Driver Dead In 3-Car South Jersey Crash: Cops
Speeding 22-Year-Old Driver Dead In 3-Car South Jersey Crash: Cops A 22-year-old South Jersey driver was killed after hitting two other vehicles in a high-speed, head-on crash on Friday, March 22, police said. The unnamed driver from Berlin was headed south on Haddonfield Berlin Road in a 2008 Honda at a high rate of speed when they struck a 2024 Lexus SUV being operated by a 53-year-old Atco resident just before 10:10 p.m. near Lafayette Avenue in Voorhees, local police said. After the initial impact with the Lexus SUV, the Honda crossed the double yellow lines and struck a northbound vehicle head-on, authorities said. That vehicle, a 2016 Chevy Traverse…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Police Vehicle In South Jersey ID'd Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Police Vehicle In South Jersey ID'd
Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Police Vehicle In South Jersey ID'd Authorities identified a man who was struck and killed by a police car in South Jersey before dawn on Thanksgiving as a 44-year-old resident of Berlin. Christofe “Christopher” Wita was hit on the White Horse Pike (Route 30) near Whispering Pine Drive in the Atco section of Camden County's Waterford Township at 2:19 a.m. Nov. 23, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said.  Wita was pronounced dead at the scene, Platkin said. Driving was Sgt. Richard Sbarra of the Waterford Township Police Department, who was on duty, he said.  State law and his own guidelines req…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Man Struck, Killed By Police Car On South Jersey Highway: NJ AG Man Struck, Killed By Police Car On South Jersey Highway: NJ AG
Man Struck, Killed By Police Car On South Jersey Highway: NJ AG A man was struck and killed by a police car in South Jersey before dawn on Thanksgiving, authorities said. New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin's office initially withheld the names of the victim and of the officer driving the vehicle following the crash on the White Horse Pike (Route 30) near Whispering Pine Drive in the Atco section of Camden County's Waterford Township at 2:19 a.m. Nov. 23. State law and his own guidelines require the attorney general to review any and all deaths that occur “during an encounter with a law enforcement officer acting in the officer’s official capac…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Sports
Hearts Break As NJ's Famed Atco Dragway Abruptly Closes After 63 Years Hearts Break As NJ's Famed Atco Dragway Abruptly Closes After 63 Years
Hearts Break As NJ's Famed Atco Dragway Abruptly Closes After 63 Years Racing fans are devastated by the abrupt closing of Atco Dragway after 63 years. The schedule for the remainder of the year has been canceled, the raceway said on Facebook Tuesday night, July 18. “Thank you all for your patronage and memories over the years,” the Camden County stadium wrote without providing a reason. The post drew more than 1,100 reactions and more than 450 comments on DragCoverage's Facebook page. Ron Gilbert said: "Breaks my heart! My son is gonna be really upset! Glad he was able to experience and run his car before it closed." "I'm so sad! It was on my short-term b…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Man Eyed In Double Homicide Found Dead Man Eyed In Double Homicide Found Dead
Man Eyed In Double Homicide Found Dead Detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a man and a woman in Gloucester City, authorities said.  A "person of interest" in the fatal shooting, charged with arson, also is now dead of unspecified causes, according to Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay and Gloucester City Police Chief Brian Morrell. On Monday, March 27, at 6:31 p.m., the Gloucester City Police Department and the Gloucester City Fire Department responded to a motel at 1200 Route 130 in Gloucester City for a fire alarm.  Police fouind a dead man and dead woman in a motel ro…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Woman Struck, Killed By NJ Transit Train Woman Struck, Killed By NJ Transit Train
Woman Struck, Killed By NJ Transit Train A woman was struck and killed by a NJ Transit train in Camden County, authorities said. She was hit just south of the Lindenwold station by Atlantic City Rail Line train 4612 at about 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22, a NJ Transit spokesman said. Service between Atco and Cherry Hill was temporarily suspended in both directions. There were about 160 passengers and crew on the train, which left Atlantic City at 6:49 a.m. and was due in Philadelphia at 8:28 a.m. The woman’s name was not immediately available. New Jersey Transit Police are leading the investigation.

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
South Jersey Woman Charged With Leaving Scene Of Fatal Pedestrian Crash, Second Driver Sought South Jersey Woman Charged With Leaving Scene Of Fatal Pedestrian Crash, Second Driver Sought
South Jersey Woman Charged With Leaving Scene Of Fatal Pedestrian Crash, Second Driver Sought A Camden County woman has been charged in connection with a motor vehicle crash that resulted in the death of a pedestrian in Lindenwold, authorities said. Raquel M. Syvertson, 52, of Atco, was charged on Wednesday, Dec. 21,  with knowingly leaving the scene of a fatal motor vehicle accident, according to Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay and Lindenwold Police Chief Michael P. McCarthy, Jr. On Thursday, Dec. 8, at 5:42 p.m. Lindenwold police were dispatched to the 600 block of South White Horse Pike.  The pedestrian who was struck was identified as Dal B. …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Detectives Seek Public's Help Identifying Bank Robbery Suspect: Prosecutor Detectives Seek Public's Help Identifying Bank Robbery Suspect: Prosecutor
Detectives Seek Public's Help Identifying Bank Robbery Suspect: Prosecutor Detectives in Camden County seek the public’s help identifying a man who allegedly robbed a bank in Atco. On Thursday, Sept. 22, the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office and Waterford Township Police Department responded to the Truist Bank at 249 White Horse Pike in Atco for a bank robbery that occurred at 4:22 p.m.  The suspect, shown in surveillance images, was described as a Hispanic male, wearing a dark jacket and mask.  The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is urged to contact Detective Megan Hill of the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit at (8…

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by Jon Craig
Obituaries
Marine With NJ Ties ID'd As Motorcyclist Killed In PA Crash Marine With NJ Ties ID'd As Motorcyclist Killed In PA Crash
Marine With NJ Ties ID'd As Motorcyclist Killed In PA Crash The motorcycle rider who died at the scene of a crash in central Pennsylvania on Saturday, August 20, has been identified as a former marine with ties to New Jersey.  Ricardo Reyes, 35, of Mount Joy, was killed in the two-vehicle crash at 8:15 p.m., according to a release by the Lancaster County Forensic Center.  The Manor Township police were called to a crash involving a motorcycle at the intersection of Seitz and Manor Church roads at 7:22 p.m., according to a release by the department. The police officers "render aid to the motorcycle rider until Blue Rock FD and EMS arrived," as stat…

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by Jillian Pikora