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Rutgers Student, Beloved Medical Assistant Dies After Leukemia Battle, 22 Rutgers Student, Beloved Medical Assistant Dies After Leukemia Battle, 22
Rutgers Student, Beloved Medical Assistant Dies After Leukemia Battle, 22 Rutgers University student and beloved medical assistant Christine Michelle Starozytnyk died on Friday, March 11 after battling leukemia. She was 22. Born in New Brunswick, Starozytnyk grew up in South Bound Brook, where she survived childhood leukemia, her obituary says. Starozytnyk was a Somerset Pediatric Group medical assistant and Rutgers University student, her memorial says. Starozytnyk was remembered as caring, generous, humble, and “unimaginably kind.” "[She] brought a light with her that couldn’t shine brighter,” reads her memorial. Meanwhile, nearly $4,500 had been raised as o…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Pedestrian Struck, Killed In Central Jersey Pedestrian Struck, Killed In Central Jersey
Pedestrian Struck, Killed In Central Jersey A pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle in New Brunswick, authorities said. The male crash victim, who had not been identified as of Thursday night, was pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Director Anthony A. Caputo of the New Brunswick Police Department. The man was fatally struck Wednesday evening on Livingston Avenue near Welton Street, they said. The motorist remained at the crash scene and cooperated with law enforcement, they said. The investigation is active and continuing. Anyon…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Driver, 27, Gets 8-Year Prison Sentence For Fatal Hit-Run Crash Jersey Shore Driver, 27, Gets 8-Year Prison Sentence For Fatal Hit-Run Crash
Jersey Shore Driver, 27, Gets 8-Year Prison Sentence For Fatal Hit-Run Crash A 27-year-old man from Central Jersey was sentenced to up to eight years in state prison on Thursday for a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian last year in New Brunswick, authorities said. Daquan White of North Brunswick was arrested and charged in the April 20, 2019, vehicular death of Anthony Cruz-Medina, 22, of New Brunswick, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said in a press statement. White was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Diane Pincus, to a prison term of 8 years with 4 years of parole ineligibility for leaving the scene of a motor vehicle crash res…

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by Jon Craig