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Wedding Guest Killed By Hit-Run Driver Outside North Jersey Catering Hall Wedding Guest Killed By Hit-Run Driver Outside North Jersey Catering Hall
Wedding Guest Killed By Hit-Run Driver Outside North Jersey Catering Hall UPDATE: Authorities have the hit-and-run vehicle that struck and killed a 20-year-old wedding guest from Massachusetts outside a popular Route 17 catering hall Saturday night. Now they just need to determine who was driving. Witnesses and several occupants who were in the vehicle at the time were being interviewed. "We need to make sure which one was the actual driver," Bergen County Prosecutor's Chief of Detectives Robert Anzilotti told Daily Voice around noontime. An alert initially was broadcast for a red Dodge that fled the scene after the victim from Roxbury, MA was struck outside t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Garfield Motorcyclist, 57, Killed In Route 17 Crash UPDATE: Garfield Motorcyclist, 57, Killed In Route 17 Crash
Update: Garfield Motorcyclist, 57, Killed In Route 17 Crash A 57-year-old motorcyclist from Garfield was killed in a crash Wednesday night on northbound Route 17 in Paramus, authorities said. No other vehicles were involved in the crash, which occurred after the rider lost control of his Harley Davidson outside the McDonald's near East Ridgewood Avenue and hit a guardrail shortly before 8 p.m., Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg confirmed. The victim, whose identity was being withheld pending notification of next of kin, was thrown into a tree, responders said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A single lane temporarily remained open, although the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Montvale Pedestrian, 55, Struck At NJ/NY Border Dies UPDATE: Montvale Pedestrian, 55, Struck At NJ/NY Border Dies
Update: Montvale Pedestrian, 55, Struck At NJ/NY Border Dies A 55-year-old pedestrian who was struck Friday night at the Rockland County border in Montvale died of her injuries, authorities confirmed. Responders found the Montvale resident in cardiac arrest, bleeding from a traumatic head wound, in the northbound lane of Chestnut Ridge Road a little more than 50 yards from the border, Police Chief Joseph Sanfilippo said. She'd been struck in the southbound lane by a 2016 Chevy Malibu driven by a 63-year-old Garfield man shortly before 8:30 p.m., the chief said. The area is a dark stretch of road with no sidewalks. Montvale police and Tri-Boro EMTs …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Officials Call For Shutdown Of Mental Health Facility After Resident Killed By Cars On Route 33 Officials Call For Shutdown Of Mental Health Facility After Resident Killed By Cars On Route 33
Officials Call For Shutdown Of Mental Health Facility After Resident Killed By Cars On Route 33 A 38-year-old man who died after being struck by two cars on Route 33 this week was the fourth group home resident killed there since 2014, authorities said. The fatality immediately prompted town leaders to call for the shutdown of the long-troubled healthcare facility. The resident from Newark was walking outside of the crosswalk when he was struck by two cars at 7:20 p.m. Wednesday at Route 33's intersection with Woodward Road, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office  He has not been identified by police. He was struck by a 32-year-old Neptune woman, and then hit …

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by Jon Craig