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? Newark Police Looking For Kidnapping Suspects
Newark Police are attempting to locate two people who they say forced a woman into a minivan and made her withdraw $9,000 from her bank account on Monday, July 3. The incident occurred at 4 p.m. in the 100 block of Adams Street, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. The suspects grabbed the woman by the arm and made her get into a blue Toyota Sienna where they threatened her and demanded money, Fragé said. The group drove to Santander Bank on Ferry Street and she withdrew the money while one of them waited outside to take her back to her vehicle, Fragé said. Th…
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DWI Paramus Motorist Charged In Head-On Crash That Severely Injured Other Driver: Police
A drunken motorist had already hit a few vehicles when his SUV veered into oncoming traffic and slammed head-on into another in Paramus, seriously injuring the other driver, authorities said. Police were headed to the scene of an erratic driver behind the wheel of a Toyota Sienna on Farview Avenue shortly before 5 p.m. Monday, May 15, Paramus Deputy Police Chief Robert M. Guidetti said. Manchung P. Poon, 42, of Paramus struck a few vehicles on Rochelle Avenue near Passaic Street, then turned around and headed north on Farview, the deputy chief said. It then crossed the double-yellow line a…
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Bicyclist, 12, Hurt In Somerset County Crash Was Not Wearing Helmet: Police
A 12-year-old bicyclist was hospitalized after being struck by a car in Somerset County without a helmet, authorities said. The crash occurred near Route 601 near Reading Boulevard in Montgomery just before 6:10 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5, according to Montgomery Police. The Belle Mead boy was crossing the road from the northbound side and pulled out from behind a line of stopped traffic when he was struck by a southbound Toyota Sienna driven by Eunhwa Yang, 43, of Hillsborough, police said. The boy was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick for treatment of facia…
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3 Hospitalized In Horrific Hit-And-Run Head-On In Teaneck, DWI Driver Caught Hiding In Dumpster
A driver from Englewood dove into a Dumpster and was captured after running from the scene of a horrific head-on crash on Cedar Lane in Teaneck, police said. Responding officers were pointed toward an alleyway where Felix Veloz had fled following the collision shortly after 11:30 p.m. Sunday, March 19, Lt. Kevin Marrero said. The impact knocked a Jeep Compass driven by Veloz onto the sidewalk and into a building on Cedar Lane's north side between Lincoln Place and Elm Avenue. A female driver and male passenger of a Toyota Sienna, both 57 years old from Englewood, were extricated by Teanec…
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Girl Ejected From Minivan On Garden State Parkway, Driver ID'd
A 14-year-old girl was ejected from a minivan on the Garden State Parkway this weekend, authorities said. Melande Alexis-Joseph, 51, of Maplewood was heading south in a Toyota Sienna when the van struck a guardrail on the right, ejecting the girl around 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 13 in Kenilworth, New Jersey Sate Police Trooper Charles Marchan said. Alexis-Joseph struck a concrete overpass and a nearby guardrail, then crossed the highway to the left and hit a median barrier, police said. The girl was seriously injured. It was not clear if the driver was injured. No further details were relea…
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PA Mom Went To NJ For Heroin After Young Sons' Planned Murders: DA
The day that Trinh Nguyen shot her two sons was also the day she intended to die, authorities said releasing brand-new information. The 38-year-old Pennsylvania mom drove to New Jersey for heroin in an attempt to kill herself after shooting her two sons, Jeffrey "JT" and Nelson Tini, in their Upper Makefield home on Monday, May 2, Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub said. All of it was planned, said Weintraub, noting the family had been given an eviction notice for Tuesday, May 3. But things exactly didn't go as planned, for Nguyen, who was captured around 11:3…
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Teaneck Woman Charged With DWI In Sussex County Hit-And-Run Crash: Sparta Police
A drunk Teaneck woman sped off after slamming into a traffic pole in Sparta and later denied her involvement in the crash to police, authorities said. Rosa Marroquin, 45, was behind the wheel of a gray Toyota Sienna when she crashed into a light pole at the intersection of Route 15 and Lafayette Road in Sparta around 11:55 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, Lt. John Lamon said in a release. Marroquin had initially stopped behind the downed pole but drove off as police arrived, heading south on Route 15, Lamon said. Officers caught up with Marroquin and had stopped her for questioning when she den…
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Garbage Truck Crash In Bergen Brings Two Choppers, Massive Response
Two victims were airlifted by separate medical choppers after a minivan slammed into a tractor-trailer hauling garbage in what responders and witnesses said was a horrific crash in Closter. Firefighters had to extricate both of them from their Toyota Sienna after the crash with an Interstate Waste Disposal rig at Closter Dock Road and High Street around 10:15 a.m. Tuesday, March 22, responders said. Both were conscious and alert when taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, Closter Police Detective Lt. Vincent Aiello said. The minivan was traveling east on High Street, which is cont…
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Police: Fatal Crash In North Arlington Might Have Involved Medical Episode
A 63-year-old driver who died following a crash in North Arlington may have suffered a medical episode beforehand, authorities said. Three vehicles were involved in the 7:18 a.m. collision outside the Riverside Laundromat on a busy stretch of River Road near the Belleville Turnpike on Monday, March 7 -- a Ford Mustang, a Toyota Sienna and a Nissan, Capt. Robert Reilly said. Responders conducted CPR on the Newark driver, who Reilly said was pronounced dead at Clara Maas Medical Center in Belleville. Police were completing preliminary reports on Monday as part of their investigation. Report…
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Minivan Lands On Pickup Truck: Three Hospitalized, One Serious After Route 4 Crash
Three victims were hospitalized after a minivan went airborne and landed on top of a pickup truck on Route 4 in Paramus, responders said. The most seriously injured, police at the scene said, was the driver of the Toyota Sienna, which crashed nose-first into the ground next to the driveway of Stickley Furniture & Mattress on the westbound highway near the Farview Avenue overpass shortly before 9:30 am. Monday. Paramus police, firefighters, heavy rescue members and ambulances (2) responded. All Points towing responded to remove the minivan and Ford pickup. At the scene Monday morni…
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ID Released For Driver Killed In Route 80 Crash
State Police have released the identity of the driver killed in an early morning crash on Route 80 eastbound. Ping Chu, 50, was behind the wheel of a Toyota Sienna near milepost 10.4 in Hope Township (Warren County) when the vehicle struck the left guardrail, re-entered the highway, crossed all lanes, hit the right guardrail, ran off the roadway completely and struck multiple trees around 7 a.m. Tuesday, NJSP Trooper Brandi Slota told Daily Voice. Chu, of Flushing, New York, suffered fatal injuries, Slota said. One of three right lanes were closed for the crash investigation, according to…
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2nd Child Dies In South Jersey Rollover Crash
Two children have died following a rollover crash earlier this month in South Jersey. Camden's Jesus Diaz, 5, was pronounced dead at the scene of the Route 55 incident in Vineland on July 7, around 11:30 p.m., authorities said. Then, on July 11, Carlos Diaz, 6, of Camden, passed away, police said. The two boys were among five children ejected from the Toyota Sienna driven by a 35-year-old Camden mom, New Jersey State Police said. The minivan went off the roadway, overturned and ended up back on the highway, where it was hit by another vehicle near mile marker 34.6 in Vineland, autho…
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Child Killed, 6 Injured In Route 55 Vineland Crash
A young boy was killed and six others from South Jersey were hurt in a rollover crash late Wednesday, authorities said. A Toyota Sienna went off of Route 55 in Vineland, then overturned into the lanes of travel, according to State Police. The Toyota minivan was then struck by a Chevrolet Cruze, according to Sgt. Alejandro Goez, a NJSP spokesman. The driver of the Toyota, Elvira Lopez-Mendoza, 35, of Camden, suffered moderate injuries and was taken to Cooper University Hospital, Goez said. One young boy in the Toyota was ejected and sustained fatal injuries, Goez said. He was pronounce…
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Woman Struck, Killed In Newark Was Walking In Middle Of Road, Police Say
Authorities have identified the woman struck and killed by a car early Tuesday morning in Newark. Adrian Bradford, 54, was walking in the middle of the street on the 600 block of Frelinghuysen Avenue when she was struck by a Toyota Sienna around 3 a.m., Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, said. Brandford was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:38 a.m. The investigation is active and ongoing. No charges were filed against the driver, who remained at the scene.
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Authorities ID Woman Struck, Killed In Newark
Authorities have identified the woman struck and killed by a car early Tuesday morning in Newark. Adrian Bradford, 54, was walking in the middle of the street on the 600 block of Frelinghuysen Avenue when she was struck by a Toyota Sienna around 3 a.m., Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, said. Brandford was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:38 a.m. The investigation is active and ongoing. No charges were filed against the driver, who remained at the scene.
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: Rochelle Park PD Nabs Bronx Man After Elderly Victim Mails $7,800
Rochelle Park police nabbed a phone scammer from the Bronx who convinced an elderly victim to mail $7,800 in cash that he said was needed to bail out his just-arrested grandson, authorities said. Posing as a police officer, a caller told the 80-something Washington State resident that his grandson had been arrested, Detective Lt. James DePreta said. The caller said his son needed $16,800 for bail, then directed him to mail $7,800 to a Rochelle Park address, DePreta said. Believing it was real, the victim sent the money, the lieutenant said. He eventually realized it was a scam and called…
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Driver, 37, Killed Head-On By Truck That Crossed Barrier On I-78 In Hunterdon County,
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A 37-year-old New Brunswick man was struck and killed by the driver of a pick-up truck who crossed over the concrete barrier of I-78 in Hunterdon County, authorities said. A Nissan Rogue was headed eastbound when a westbound Ford F-250 drove over the barrier and struck him in Bethlehem Township Wednesday evening, New Jersey State Police Trooper Alejandro Goez said. The trailer being towed by the pick-up became unhitched and overturned across the westbound lanes, according to the trooper. The Nissan driver, Asheesh Bhan, was killed in the 7 p.m. crash near west milepost 9.6, Goez said…
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