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Out-Of-Control SUV Barrels Through Saddle Brook Playground, Just Misses Kids, Slams Into School Out-Of-Control SUV Barrels Through Saddle Brook Playground, Just Misses Kids, Slams Into School
Out-Of-Control SUV Barrels Through Saddle Brook Playground, Just Misses Kids, Slams Into School A group of Saddle Brook pre-schoolers were enjoying a late morning outside when out-of-control SUV crashed through their playground fence barely 50 feet away. The large Chevrolet Suburban, driven by an off-duty Saddle Brook police officer, then hit a tree and slammed into the Washington School building. “The terror on those children’s faces I can never put into words,” one parent said. “Any of us could [have] been planning a funeral right now,” said another. Officer Matthew Benus, 52, suffered a medical episode and passed out before Thursday's crash at Market and West streets around 11 a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Lakewood Man Gets 6 Years State Prison For Fatal Hit-Run Crash Lakewood Man Gets 6 Years State Prison For Fatal Hit-Run Crash
Lakewood Man Gets 6 Years State Prison For Fatal Hit-Run Crash A 30-year-old man from Lakewood has been sentenced to six years in state prison for leaving the scene of a fatal crash, authorities said. Mashon Wilson was sentenced on Monday by Superior Court Judge Steven F. Nemeth based on a previously entered guilty plea to knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident resulting in death, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. Nemeth also sentenced Wilson to 45 days in Ocean County Jail with credit for time served, and suspended his driving privileges for six months, regarding his guilty plea t…

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by Jon Craig