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: Officers Rescue Driver Seconds Before SUV Erupts In Flames On Route 287
Two police officers' quick actions likely saved an unconscious 29-year-old New York driver from a wrecked car on Route 287, just seconds before it burst into flames. The Chevrolet SUV was heading south when he struck a Peterbilt tractor-trailer parked on the right shoulder at 4:20 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Charles Marchan said. "While Mahwah units were responding, dispatch updated that they were receiving additional 9-1-1 calls that the driver was still inside the burning vehicle and that witnesses were unable to extricate the driver," Mahwah Police Capt. Guido…
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NJ Motorcyclist, 25, Killed In SUV's Lane Change Leaves Behind 3-Month-Old Son, Campaign Says
A 25-year-old motorcyclist killed in a crash on Interstate 76 Friday night, Aug. 16 was a brand-new dad, loved ones say. A Chevrolet SUV was making a lane change in front of Ryan Gaskill, of Pennsauken, who was heading south on the interstate at milepost 1.1 in Gloucester around 9:40 p.m., New Jersey State Police Sgt. Charles Marchan said. Gaskill hit the brakes of the Suzuki, causing the motorcycle to overturn, ejecting and killing him. The driver of the Chevrolet remained on scene. The crash remains under investigation. A GoFundMe for Gaskill's family a 3-month-old son are among su…
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Mexico-Bound Killer Decapitated Victim Then Dumped Her Body Near Camden Overpass: Affidavit
Gruesome details are coming to light in the death of a 26-year-old New Jersey woman. Police documents obtained by Daily Voice are painting a horrifying story in the death of Cathleen McGrath, of Haddon Township. ** WARNING: The following news report contains graphic information. ** Reports of a body wrapped in clear, black trash bags brought Camden County police officers to the area near the overpass at 8th Street and Atlantic Avenue, just before 2 p.m. on Nov. 15, according to an affidavit obtained by Daily Voice. "Investigation revealed the victim was Cathleen McGrath," the complaint re…
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South Jersey Engineer, 25, Killed In Wrong-Way Massachusetts Crash
A 25-year-old engineer from Mercer County was killed this week by a wrong-way driver in Massachusetts, where she lived and worked, police said. Geetika Guruprasad, of West Windsor, died just after 12:45 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 17, in Littleton, a suburb of Boston. Guruprasad was driving her Mazda CX-5 on Route 2 when an SUV traveling on the wrong side of the road collided with her, Massachusetts State Police said. Paramedics rushed her to Emerson Hospital in Concord, Massachusetts, where doctors pronounced her dead. The 22-year-old driver of the Chevrolet SUV was also se…
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Fair Lawn Driver Hospitalized After Glen Rock Crash
A Fair Lawn motorist was hospitalized following a Tuesday morning crash in Glen Rock, authorities said. The 38-year-old woman was driving a 2023 Toyota Camry that collided with a 2021 Chevy Tahoe driven by a 43-year-old Glen Rock woman at the intersection of Hillman Avenue and Woodvale Road near Prospect Street shortly before 10 a.m. Aug. 15, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The Camry driver was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with injuries that weren't life-threatening, the chief said. A passenger in the Tahoe reported minor injuries but declined medical aid, he said. Both ve…
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: Bergen County Driver Off-Duty Firefighter, Nurse Revive Woman Ejected In Parkway Crash
An off-duty firefighter, nurse, and passing driver revived a woman ejected from a vehicle on the Garden State Parkway on Wednesday, Aug. 9, sources tell Daily Voice. UPDATE: A 54-year-old Port Jervis, NY woman driving a Chevrolet SUV veered off the roadway to the right and struck a guardrail, sending the vehicle into the roadway in front of a Chevrolet pickup truck near milepost 136.5 in Clark, New Jersey State Police Trooper Charles Marchan said. The SUV driver was ejected and seriously injured, but things could've turned out differently if not for the off-duty Passaic firefighter, nurse, …
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Driver In Bizarre Crash Off Overpass Onto Route 17 In Ramsey Charged With DWI Assault
UPDATE: A Ramsey driver was drunk when her out-of-control SUV crashed through an overpass guard rail and rolled down an embankment onto Route 17, where it broadsided another vehicle, authorities said. Good Samaritans rushed to upright the 2018 Toyota Rav4 and help Rosa Griffin, 56, out after the bizarre crash shortly before 5 p.m. Monday, July 24, Ramsey Police Detective Jaclyn Sabatelli said. Griffin was headed north on Franklin Turnpike when she lost control of the Rav4, Sabatelli said. The SUV hit the curb-high barrier median, then accelerated through a guardrail and a thicket of brush…
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'57 Chevy Among Antique Vehicles Destroyed In Pre-Dawn Garfield Garage Fire: Responders
A vicious pre-dawn Bergen County garage fire exacted a steep sentimental price. THE quintessential American greaser car -- a 1957 Bel Air -- was destroyed along with another antique Chevy and a motorcycle in the overnight fire in Garfield, responders said. The fire broke out on the second floor of the detached Cedar Street garage off Belmont Avenue shortly after 2 a.m. Monday, May 1. The fire broke out on the second floor of the Cedar Street garage in Garfield shortly after 2 a.m. Monday, May 1.Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE Firefighters had it knocked down in just under a half hour and …
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GM Recalling 40K Chevy Pick-Ups For Fire Hazard
Tens of thousands of Chevrolet trucks are being subject to a national recall due to a faulty switch that could potentially pose an increased risk of sparking a fire. Some truck owners are being cautioned to park outside and away from anything that could burn after General Motors advised the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that Chevy Silverados produced between 2019 and 2023 that could go up in flames and pose a massive safety hazard. The vehicles included in the recall include 4500HD, 5500HD, and 6500HD models. In total, 40,428 trucks are subject to the recall. Accor…
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Laborer Charged With Torching Vehicles On Local Bergen Street Awaits Move From Rikers To NJ
A Bronx laborer wanted for setting a fire that consumed a pickup truck and a sedan on a quiet Wallington street remained held on Rikers Island following his capture in the city. An extradition hearing for Eliezer Bisono Aguilera, 22, is scheduled for next Tuesday, Jan. 31, in Bronx Supreme Court, according to New York City Department of Correction records. Aguilera was wanted for a 4:30 a.m. arson fire last Nov. 15 on Morrissee Avenue that was doused by Wallington firefighters, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Destroyed by the flames were a 2009 Chevrolet Colorado and a 2016 Kia…
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! Fugitive Nabbed After Incident With Elderly Driver In Oakland
An angered driver who stopped after being cut off by an elderly motorist in Oakland turned out to be a fugitive wanted in Pennsylvania, authorities said. Sgt. Ryan O’Keefe was on Ramapo Valley Road when he saw a 2016 Kia cut off a 2007 Chevrolet Monte Carlo around 11:50 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12. As O'Keefe pulled the female motorist over, he noticed the driver of the Monte Carlo, which had struck a curb, stop just up the road, Capt. Timothy Keenan said. That driver, Tyris Scott, 20, of Newark didn't have a driver's license on him, the captain said. Then came the surprise: A computer check …
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Hunterdon County Man Killed As SUV Veers Across Rt. 78, Goes Up In Flames: State Police
A Hunterdon County man was killed after he veered across both sides of Rt. 78 in an SUV that then went up in flames, state police said. The crash occurred just before 6:05 a.m. in both sides of Rt. 78 near milepost 24.8 in Tewksbury on Friday, Oct. 7, NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan told DailyVoice.com. Anthony W. Guglielmo, 77, was driving a 2017 Chevrolet Trax east on the on-ramp from CR 523 to Rt. 78 east when he ran off the left side, entered the right shoulder of Rt. 78, re-entered the on-ramp and hit the back of a Mercedes-Benz, Marchan said. Guglielmo then continued east, heading off t…
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Children Critical, NJ Drivers Hospitalized In Wrong-Way NY Crash
A wrong-way, three-vehicle crash in New York sent multiple people to the hospital, including two drivers from New Jersey. Police responded to a crash in Rockland County at the intersection of Route 303 and Greenbush Road in Blauvelt at about 12:40 p.m. on Saturday, July 30, according to the Orangetown Police Department. A 2001 BMW X5, driven by 20-year-old Thomas Robb, was southbound, traveling the wrong way on a one-way section of Greenbush Road, and entered the intersection at Route 303, striking a 2017 Chevrolet Cruze driven by a 32-year-old woman from Newark. The Chevrolet then collide…
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Driver Killed In Berks Pickup Rollover Crash
A 26-year-old Pennsylvania man was killed in a rollover crash Independence Day Weekend, authorities said. Norris Carl, of Shoemakersville, lost control of a 2004 Chevrolet pickup while navigating a curve eastbound on Mountain Road, crossing into the opposite lane of travel around 9 p.m., Tilden Township police said. The truck left the roadway and went in a ditch, continuing before rolling onto the driver's side, police said. Carl was partially ejected and pinned under the driver's side door, while his passenger climbed out the broken windshield uninjured, according to police. Over the…
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Driver, Passenger Jailed After Paterson Detectives Find Gun, Drugs In Traffic Stop
A driver who ran a stop sign was arrested along with his passenger after Paterson detectives found a loaded gun and several bags of Ecstasy in the car, authorities said. Jonathan Guerrero of Totowa and Malik Hammond of Paterson, both 24, were sent to the Passaic County Jail after being stopped by Detectives Wojciech Kulbabinski and Kenneth Kerwin on Fulton Street around 8:45 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. The detectives were working the area of Rosa Parks Boulevard and Harrison Street when they chased down the white Chevrolet with Florida license pl…
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Fiery Crash With Freightliner Claims Life Of Pickup Driver In South Jersey
The driver of a Chevrolet pickup truck died in a fiery crash on a state highway in South Jersey overnight, authorities said. The Freightliner M2 was heading south on Route 29 when it struck the back of a Chevrolet GMT-400 that was stopped in the right shoulder near milepost 0.6 in Hamilton Township around 12:45 a.m., New Jersey State Police Trooper Alejandro Goez said. The Chevrolet caught fire and became fully engulfed, killing the driver, police said. The 50-year-old male driver of the M2 was not injured. The driver of the Chevrolet is pending identification. The right two lanes of…
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Felon Out Of Jail For 1 Week Nabbed In Armed Robberies, Tries To Hide In Dump Truck: Sparta PD
A PA felon had been out of jail for less than a week when he ran from Sparta police wanting to question him about armed robberies and was found hiding in a dump truck bed following a “lengthy” search with local and state agencies. Sparta Police stopped a tan Chevrolet Impala being driven erratically on Route 15 North in Sparta around 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 9, Lt. John Lamon said. The three occupants — Travon Johnson, 19, a second 19-year-old male and a 17-year-old juvenile — “appeared nervous” and evaded the officer’s questions, prompting a call for backup, Lamon said. A follow-up inves…
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Man Gets Life In Prison For Killing NJ College Student Who Mistook His Car For Uber
A South Carolina man was sentenced to life in prison for killing a college student from New Jersey who mistook his vehicle for her Uber. South Carolina senior Samantha "Sami" Josephson, 21, of Robbinsville, NJ, ordered an Uber ride home after a night out in Downtown Columbia around 2 a.m. March 29, 2019. Thinking Nathaniel Rowland's vehicle was her ride home, she hopped inside. Instead of bringing Josephson back to her apartment, 27-year-old Rowland used childproof locks on his a black Chevrolet Impala to keep her from escaping, and stabbed her 120 times, prosecutors said. Her body was f…
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Haledon Police Seize Gun From North Carolina Man During Traffic Stop
Two Haledon police officers seized a handgun from a passenger from North Carolina during a traffic stop, authorities said. Officer Jeffrey Welsh and Class II Special Police Officer Nicola Onnembo stopped the rented 2021 Chevrolet Equinox at the intersection of Pompton Road and Ailsa Avenue on Pompton Road late Saturday, Lt. George Guzman said. The vehicle had been "swerving over the double-yellow lines” even though there weren’t any debris or defects in the road, Guzman said. The officers immediately smelled raw pot as they approached the vehicle, occupied by a driver and two rear-seat pas…
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Dollar Store Workers Bring Water To Drivers In Morning Hackensack Crash
Family Dollar workers rushed bottles of water outside to a pair of drivers who had crashed on Passaic Street Thursday morning. The 8:45 a.m. crash between a Mazda SUV and Chevrolet suburban closed the portion of the street between The Esplanade and Summit Avenue. Injuries appeared to be non life-threatening.
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Jersey City Driver Killed, Passengers Injured In Garden State Parkway Crash
A 38-year-old man from Jersey City was killed and two of his passengers were injured when the car they were in struck a tree along the Garden State Parkway in Atlantic County, authorities said. The crash occurred at 4:48 p.m. on Sunday near mile-marker 38 northbound in Egg Harbor Township, state police said. The driver of a Chevrolet, Jacquim Lovely, was killed, while his passengers -- a 42-year-old woman and a 41-year-old man -- were both hurt, according to a State Police spokesman. The injured passengers were identified as Jaclyn Martinez and Marshall Mack, both of Jersey City, accordin…
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Maywood PD: Traffic Stop Of Upstate NY Duo Turns Up Loaded Gun, Pot
A Maywood police officer found a New York State man carrying a loaded gun during a weekend traffic stop, authorities said. Officer Benjamin Singer stopped a rented 2020 Chevy Malibu for various violations on northbound Route 17 shortly before 4 p.m. Sunday, Police Chief Terence Kenny said. Singer smelled raw pot when he approached the vehicle, Kenny said. The officer arrested 21-year-old passenger Isaiah Sifontes of Rensselaer, NY after finding him with a .22-caliber revolver with a defaced serial number, the chief said. The driver, Kha-jahmel Gaddy, 24, of Albany, was released pending a …
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? Family Searches For Diabetic Morris County Woman, Boyfriend Last Seen In Newark
The family of a Morris County woman is turning to the public for help locating her and her boyfriend, both missing for more than two weeks. A Type 1 diabetic with out insulin, Nicolette "Nicki" Clark was last seen leaving her Lake Hopatcong house on Oct. 31, family members said on Facebook. Her boyfriend Joe Dobie, 28, is also missing and was last seen on Tuxedo Parkway in Newark, Nicki's family said. The couple took off in a silver Chevrolet tracker with a soft, leather top, license plate V26KTL. The Clarks were not available for comment when Daily Voice reached out Saturday e…
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