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High School Swimmer ID'd As 16-Year-Old Killed In South Jersey Crash High School Swimmer ID'd As 16-Year-Old Killed In South Jersey Crash
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…

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by Jon Craig
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Fights, Assault On Officer Cancels South Jersey High School Carnival Fights, Assault On Officer Cancels South Jersey High School Carnival
Fights, Assault On Officer Cancels South Jersey High School Carnival A South Jersey high school carnival has been cut short by a series of fights, arrests, and an assault on a police officer. Large crowds comprised mostly of people from other towns descended on the Washington Township High School Football & Marching Band Spring Carnival in Gloucester County Friday night, April 14. The carnival was slated to run one more night, but based on events that unfolded, the carnival has been canceled, Washington Township Police Chief Patrick Gurcsik said. "Tonight at the football/band carnival, several fights broke out amongst the large crowds that gat…

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by Cecilia Levine