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Harrison Avenue, Kearny, NJ

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SEE ANYTHING? Kearny Hit-Run Crash Leaves North Arlington Moped Rider, 67, Critical SEE ANYTHING? Kearny Hit-Run Crash Leaves North Arlington Moped Rider, 67, Critical
SEE Anything? Kearny Hit-Run Crash Leaves North Arlington Moped Rider, 67, Critical 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧: A motorist who seriously injured a moped operator from North Arlington in Kearny ditched the cargo van involved and split, authorities confirmed. The 67-year-old victim was struck in the areas of Harrison and Bergen avenues shortly after 10:15 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. He was taken to University Hospital in Newark with life-threatening injuries and then transferred to Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, where he remained in critical condition, the prosecutor said on Monday. Suarez didn’t say whether or not the vehicle that …

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
22-Year-Old Man Charged In Crash That Seriously Injured 2 Passengers In Kearny 22-Year-Old Man Charged In Crash That Seriously Injured 2 Passengers In Kearny
22-Year-Old Man Charged In Crash That Seriously Injured 2 Passengers In Kearny A 22-year-old Connecticut man is facing multiple assault charges following a crash that seriously injured two passengers in New Jersey last year. Daniel Leal Jr., of Meriden, CT, was arrested on Friday, Dec. 2, in connection to a crash that happened in Kearny in October 2021, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced. Police responded to the crash near the Route 7 and Harrison Avenue split at about 4:10 a.m. on Oct. 19, 2021, after receiving reports that a vehicle struck a parked tractor-trailer, Suarez reported.  The four occupants of the 2011 Mitsubishi Lancer …

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
2 Fighting For Life, 2 Moderately Hurt In Kearny Crash 2 Fighting For Life, 2 Moderately Hurt In Kearny Crash
2 Fighting For Life, 2 Moderately Hurt In Kearny Crash Two people were seriously injured and two were moderately hurt in a Kearny crash Tuesday morning, authorities said. A 2011 Mitsubishi Lancer struck a disabled tractor trailer just after 4 a.m. near Route 7 and Harrison Avenue, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The 21-year-old driver, a Garfield man, and a second rear passenger, a 20-year-old male, are listed in stable condition. A 19-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries, Suarez said. All four occupants of the car were transported to University Hospital in Newark. The Hudson County Re…

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
NJ Worker Crushed By 6,000 Pounds Of Porcelain Was Loving Family Man NJ Worker Crushed By 6,000 Pounds Of Porcelain Was Loving Family Man
NJ Worker Crushed By 6,000 Pounds Of Porcelain Was Loving Family Man The New Jersey construction worker who was killed after being crushed by three tons of porcelain last week is being remembered as a loving family man.  Walter Sanchez was taken to a local hospital in cardiac arrest and later died following the Sept. 20 incident at Porcelain Source on Harrison Avenue in Kearny, an OSHA representative confirmed. Sanchez’s daughter, Nicole, describes her father in a GoFundMe as “such a noble, caring, strong, loving man.” “No words could ever take away the pain we are all going through but remember him as the man he was who will live in our hearts forever…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Charges Upgraded For Drunken Newark Driver, 53, In Fatal Head-On Kearny Crash Charges Upgraded For Drunken Newark Driver, 53, In Fatal Head-On Kearny Crash
Charges Upgraded For Drunken Newark Driver, 53, In Fatal Head-On Kearny Crash Charges against the drunken driver in a Kearny crash that killed a 26-year-old man last March were upgrade after an investigation found he was driving above the speed limit,  had a BAC over the legal limit and crossed into another lane of traffic, authorities said Thursday. William Frazier, 53, of Newark, had initially been charged with causing death while driving with a suspended license and driving while intoxicated after the March 13 crash on Harrison Avenue, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Frazier was arrested Thursday at the Hudson County Jail, where he…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Worker At Kearny Company Seriously Burned In Accident Worker At Kearny Company Seriously Burned In Accident
Worker At Kearny Company Seriously Burned In Accident An employee of a Kearny business was rushed to St. Barnabas Medical Center Monday afternoon after he was burned with molten metal, police said.  The victim, a 37-year-old Elizabeth man, was working at Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp. on Harrison Avenue around 12:45 p.m. when a furnace "burped," splashing liquid metal. The man suffered burns to his hands, feet and buttocks, police said.  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration was notified and is investigating, police also said. 

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by Paul Milo