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Driver, 38, Killed After Hitting Landscaping Stone, Tree In South Jersey Crash Driver, 38, Killed After Hitting Landscaping Stone, Tree In South Jersey Crash
Driver, 38, Killed After Hitting Landscaping Stone, Tree In South Jersey Crash A 38-year-old Williamstown man died in a Franklin Township crash late Saturday, March 2, local police said. Robert Lafferty III's Kia Optima veered off the 3500 block of West Malaga Road into the oncoming lane of traffic before hitting a landscaping stone, several mailboxes and a tree before coming to rest, local police said. Lafferty was hospitalized where he was pronounced dead while his 41-year-old male passenger suffered a possible broken wrist, police said. The crash remains under investigation.

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Man, 52, Killed In Palisades Plunge Man, 52, Killed In Palisades Plunge
Man, 52, Killed In Palisades Plunge Palisades Interstate Parkway police were investigating the death of a New York City man who plunged down the cliffs near the George Washington Bridge. John May, 52, of New York City was still alive when a passerby spotted him at the base of the cliff between the northbound lanes of the parkway and the Henry Hudson Drive in Fort Lee shortly before 4 p.m. Thursday, PIP Police Lt. Raymond E. Walter said. Fort Lee Ambulance Corps took May to Hackensack University Medical Center, where he later was pronounced dead, the lieutenant said. Detectives were trying to determine what happened.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Pedestrian Killed On NJ Turnpike Pedestrian Killed On NJ Turnpike
Pedestrian Killed On NJ Turnpike A pedestrian was struck and killed by a car on the NJ Turnpike in Mercer County Saturday, April 16, authorities said. The crash occurred on the northbound side of the highway in the outer roadway at milepost 68.4 in East Windsor around 12:25 p.m., New Jersey State Trooper Alejandro Goez said. The driver of the car that struck the victim remained on scene and was not injured while the pedestrian was pronounced dead, Goez said. The right two lanes were closed for accident investigation.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
1 Dead In Route 195 Mercer County Crash 1 Dead In Route 195 Mercer County Crash
1 Dead In Route 195 Mercer County Crash One person was killed in a Route 195 crash in Mercer County Sunday evening. A Hyundai sedan went off the eastbound side of the road into the woods around at Exit 5B around 5:35 p.m. in Hamilton Township, New Jersey State Police Trooper Alejandro Goez said. UPDATE: State police ID victim of Sunday's crash The exit ramp was closed for the accident investigation.  Last week, a 16-year-old Trenton girl was killed in a crash on the same highway.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Police: 'Other Medical Reason' Could've Caused Crash Involving Driver Wearing N95 Mask Police: 'Other Medical Reason' Could've Caused Crash Involving Driver Wearing N95 Mask
Police: 'Other Medical Reason' Could've Caused Crash Involving Driver Wearing N95 Mask An N95 mask worn by a driver may not have been the reason he fainted and crashed, said police in Lincoln Park, updating an original report. “It is certainly possible that some other medical reason could've contributed" to the accident, they said in an updated post. “Police officers are not physicians and do not know the medical history of every person we encounter,” police said. “We conduct accident scene investigations using training, experience and observations at the scene to determine a cause. “It was stated in the original post that we ‘believed’ the excessive wearing of an N95 mask …

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by Jerry DeMarco