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Multiple Injuries In 2-Car Crash On Route 15, Police Say Multiple Injuries In 2-Car Crash On Route 15, Police Say
Multiple Injuries In 2-Car Crash On Route 15, Police Say Multiple people were injured Monday night in a two-car crash on Route 15 in Jefferson, police said. The vehicles collided in the northbound lanes near milepost 4.1, about 400 feet north of Berkshire Valley Road, around 8 p.m., Jefferson Township Police Capt. Robert Bush told Daily Voice. Occupants of both vehicles suffered minor injuries and were taken to Morristown Medical Center and St. Clare’s in Denville for treatment, Bush said. Additional details were not immediately released.

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by Valerie Musson
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Prosecutor: Passenger Dies, Driver Hospitalized In Jefferson Crash Prosecutor: Passenger Dies, Driver Hospitalized In Jefferson Crash
Prosecutor: Passenger Dies, Driver Hospitalized In Jefferson Crash A driver was hospitalized and the passenger killed after crashing into a tree in Jefferson Saturday morning, authorities said. The driver crashed a 1973 Chevrolet Nova into a tree on Berkshire Valley Road near mile marker 4.4 just after 8 a.m., Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp said in a joint release with local police. ** UPDATE: The driver of the Chevrolet, Matthew Pulis, has been served a summons complaint of third-degree vehicular homicide in connection with the incident. ** A male passenger was pronounced dead at the scene and the driver was taken to Morristown Medic…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Drunk Hackettstown Driver Restrained After Hitting Police Sergeant, Jefferson PD Says Drunk Hackettstown Driver Restrained After Hitting Police Sergeant, Jefferson PD Says
Drunk Hackettstown Driver Restrained After Hitting Police Sergeant, Jefferson PD Says A Hackettstown man being arrested on a drunk driving charge had to be restrained after hitting a Jefferson police officer, authorities said. Police found Robert Devos, 55, last month when he was  stopped for erratic driving on Berkshire Valley Road, Jefferson Police Sgt. Joe Kratzel said. While being processed at Jefferson police headquarters, Devos struck a sergeant several times and had to be restrained, Kratzel said. Devos was served a DWI and charged with aggressive assault on a police officer, police said. He also received a summons for reckless driving and failure to maintain la…

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by Cecilia Levine
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3 Seriously Injured When Teen Tries Passing Car, Crashes Into Oncoming Traffic: Jefferson PD 3 Seriously Injured When Teen Tries Passing Car, Crashes Into Oncoming Traffic: Jefferson PD
3 Seriously Injured When Teen Tries Passing Car, Crashes Into Oncoming Traffic: Jefferson PD Three people were hospitalized with serious injuries sustained in a head-on Jefferson crash, authorities said. Naiomy Rivera, 18 of Somerset, was headed eastbound on Berkshire Valley Road when she attempted to pass another car, striking a 2015 Honda CRV headed westbound head on around 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Jefferson Police Sgt. Joseph Kratzel said. Rivera, her 15-year-old passenger and the 29-year-old Honda driver from Warwick, N.Y., were all taken to Saint Clare's Denville and Dover with serious injuries, Kratzel said. The Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, Sheriff’s Office and Jeffers…

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by Cecilia Levine
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64-Year-Old Woman Struck, Killed Crossing Jefferson Street 64-Year-Old Woman Struck, Killed Crossing Jefferson Street
64-Year-Old Woman Struck, Killed Crossing Jefferson Street A 64-year-old woman was struck and killed while crossing Route 15 in Jefferson on Saturday, police said. Anne Belcastro of Lake Hopatcong got out of the passenger seat of a car at the intersection of Berkshire Valley Road and began walking west across the highway around 5:30 p.m. when she was struck, Sgt. Joseph Kratzel said. The 47-year-old Andover driver had a green light, Kratzel added. Belcastro was taken to St. Clare's Hospital in Dover, where the sergeant said she was pronounced dead. The Morris County Prosecutor's Office and Jefferson police were investigating.

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by Cecilia Levine