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Passenger, 24, Killed In Crash Off NJ Highway: Prosecutor Passenger, 24, Killed In Crash Off NJ Highway: Prosecutor
Passenger, 24, Killed In Crash Off NJ Highway: Prosecutor A 24-year-old woman was killed in a two-car crash in West Orange on Tuesday, Oct. 29, authorities said. First responders arrived at Pleasant Valley Way and Belle Terre Road near the Route 280 ramp at 11:59 p.m. and saw multiple injuries at the scene, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office and Joe Fagan, the public information officer for the city of West Orange said. Floribel Hiciano was sitting in the rear of one of the two cars at the time of the crash, authorities said. She was taken to University Hospital where she died, authorities said. Two individuals were transported to another …

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by Sam Barron
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Citizen Helps Police Nab West Orange Bank Robber Citizen Helps Police Nab West Orange Bank Robber
Citizen Helps Police Nab West Orange Bank Robber It didn't take long to catch a man who robbed a bank in West Orange Tuesday morning, authorities said. A local transportation company driver who'd dropped him off at a local hotel called police after seeing all the commotion at the TD Bank branch on Pleasant Valley Way shortly after 9 a.m., WOPD spokesman Joe Fagan said. The driver's description matched the one witnesses gave police: white, 5-foot-6 and carrying a backpack, Fagan said. Police seized the suspect at the Avenue Hotel on Northfield Avenue soon after. Several witnesses identified him as the robber, Fagan said, adding that he w…

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by Cecilia Levine
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W. Orange Police Officer OK After Being Thrown 20 Feet In Crash W. Orange Police Officer OK After Being Thrown 20 Feet In Crash
W. Orange Police Officer OK After Being Thrown 20 Feet In Crash A West Orange police officer suffered only minor injuries Saturday after being thrown from his motorcycle in a traffic accident, a spokesman for the township said.  Officer Chris Jacksic, who was on duty, was riding his police motorcycle around 7:30 a.m. towards Verona to assist in the Valerie Fund 5K race. While Jacksic was driving in the left lane on Pleasant Valley Way, a vehicle traveling in front of him in the right lane made an illegal U-turn, the spokesman said. Jacksic collided with the car and was launched about 20 feet into the air. Jacksic was taken to University Hospital…

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by Paul Milo