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Sussex County Man Killed In Pickup, Box Truck Crash Sussex County Man Killed In Pickup, Box Truck Crash
Sussex County Man Killed In Pickup, Box Truck Crash A 70-year-old man was killed after his pickup truck was struck by a box truck early Friday morning, authorities said. The box truck, driven by a 26-year-old Quarryville, PA man, was heading north on State Highway 23 when it struck the pickup, making a left out of the the Irish Cottage Inn parking lot onto the southbound side of the roadway around 6 a.m., Franklin police said in a release. The pickup then hit several road signs and veered off State Highway 23 as a result of the impact, police said. The south bound lane of State Highway 23 was closed for several hours during the investigatio…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Prosecutor: Wrong-Way DWI Dumont Driver, 28, Charged In Route 80 Triple Fatal Crash Prosecutor: Wrong-Way DWI Dumont Driver, 28, Charged In Route 80 Triple Fatal Crash
Prosecutor: Wrong-Way DWI Dumont Driver, 28, Charged In Route 80 Triple Fatal Crash A car salesman from Dumont was charged in a wrong-way Route 80 crash in Parsippany-Troy Hills that killed three people last October, authorities announced Friday. Miguel Botero, 28, had been drinking and was headed westbound on the eastbound side of the highway on Oct. 18, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said. Botero's car struck another vehicle around 1:45 a.m. near mile post 45.2, killing the driver and two passengers documents say. The passengers were identified as Julia Wells and Jalen Davis, a pair of friends pursuing careers in cosmetology and music, respectively. Another als…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Child, Driver Critical After Car Overturns Multiple Times In Franklin, Police Say Child, Driver Critical After Car Overturns Multiple Times In Franklin, Police Say
Child, Driver Critical After Car Overturns Multiple Times In Franklin, Police Say Two people were taken to the hospital with serious injuries after their car rolled down an embankment and crashed in Franklin, authorities said. The driver and the front-seated juvenile passenger remained in critical condition Monday after the 7:10 p.m. crash on Sunday, when the driver lost control of the car while headed southbound and crossed over the center line near the Ogensburg border, Franklin Police Chief Gregory M. Cugliari said. While leaving the roadway, the car struck a traffic sign, embankment and overturned before hitting a concrete wall -- ejecting the driver, police sai…

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by Cecilia Levine