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Authorities ID Driver Killed In Newark Crash With NJ Transit Bus Authorities ID Driver Killed In Newark Crash With NJ Transit Bus
Authorities ID Driver Killed In Newark Crash With NJ Transit Bus A 33-year-old woman died and several others were injured in a crash between a vehicle and NJ Transit bus early Tuesday in Newark, authorities said. The Bloomfield-bound bus was struck head-on by a westbound 2007 Chevy Impala while going east on Hawthorne Avenue near Clinton Place around 5:30 a.m., NJ Transit spokesman Jim Smith said. Paige N. Graham, of Newark, was behind the wheel of the Chevy, and crossed the double yellow line before hitting the bus, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara said. There were seven passen…

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by Cecilia Levine
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SEEN IT? Newark PD Seeks Carjacked Cadillac SEEN IT? Newark PD Seeks Carjacked Cadillac
Seen IT? Newark PD Seeks Carjacked Cadillac Authorities in Newark are on the lookout for a silver SUV they say was targeted in an armed carjacking Monday afternoon. A man exiting a 2004 Cadillac Escalade was approached by an armed man who demanded money near the 300 block of Hawthorne Avenue around 11:45 a.m., Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. The armed man then sped off in the victim’s vehicle, heading west on Hawthorne Avenue, Ambrose said. Anyone with information about the stolen vehicle is asked to contact the Newark Police Division's 24-hour Crime Stopper tip line at 1-877-NWK-TIPS (1-877-695-8477). 

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by Valerie Musson
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Five Injured In Newark Police Pursuit Crash Five Injured In Newark Police Pursuit Crash
Five Injured In Newark Police Pursuit Crash A Newark police pursuit ended in a multi-vehicle crash that injured a carjacker, two police officers and two civilian before dawn Monday, responders said. All five were taken to University Medical Center after the chase ended in a chain-reaction collision at Hawthorne and Chadwick avenues shortly after 2:30 a.m., they said. The Essex County Prosecutor's Office, which was investigating the crash, said none of the injuries appeared life-threatening. It hadn't yet confirmed an earlier report that the carjacker bailed from the vehicle after it collided with a police car -- then somehow became …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Stolen Car With Sleeping 6-Year-Old Inside Found In Newark Stolen Car With Sleeping 6-Year-Old Inside Found In Newark
Stolen Car With Sleeping 6-Year-Old Inside Found In Newark A 6-year-old who was sleeping in the back of a running car when it was stolen is OK after the vehicle was found within minutes in Newark, police said. A woman left a 2018 Honda Accord idling when she went to drop off a package in East Orange around 10 p.m. Thursday. A thief jumped inside the car and took off, police said. Possibly after realizing there was a child in the car, the thief abandoned it a few blocks away at Hawthorne Avenue and South 20th Street in Newark. The suspect was seen running down Fabyan Place. Police in Newark recovered the car and the boy -- who was still sleeping.…

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by Paul Milo