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Swimmers Drown In North Jersey Lake Swimmers Drown In North Jersey Lake
Swimmers Drown In North Jersey Lake A trip to a North Jersey lake turned deadly for two swimmers on Tuesday, June 14. Bodies of the 17- and- 22-year-old Hispanic males were recovered from the waters of Mine Hill Beach in the evening hours, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said. The pair had gone in with a group at the sand pits around 5:20 p.m. and never came out, launching an intensive search that was complicated by the vegetation below the surface. The body of one swimmer was recovered hours later, and then the other, Carroll said. Additional identifying information is pending further investigation and noti…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Dump Truck Driver Dies In Jefferson Route 15 Crash, Police Say Dump Truck Driver Dies In Jefferson Route 15 Crash, Police Say
Dump Truck Driver Dies In Jefferson Route 15 Crash, Police Say A 70-year-old dump truck driver died in a Jefferson crash, authorities said. Gilberto Salazar, of Ledgewood, was trapped inside of his dump truck when it overturned on Route 15 northbound and Weldon Road around 2:10 p.m. on Thursday, Jefferson Police Lt. Robert Bush said. Officers extricated Salazar, who was transported to St. Clare's Dover Hospital where he was pronounced dead, Bush said. No other occupants were inside the overturned truck, police said. The cause of the accident is still under investigation.  The Jefferson Township Police Department was assisted by the Morris …

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by Cecilia Levine