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Police & Fire
FIREBALL (UPDATE): Gas Tanker Flips From One Side Of Route 17 To Other, Dealership Destroyed FIREBALL (UPDATE): Gas Tanker Flips From One Side Of Route 17 To Other, Dealership Destroyed
Fireball (Update): Gas Tanker Flips From One Side Of Route 17 To Other, Dealership Destroyed In nothing short of a miracle, no serious injuries were reported after a gas tanker truck exploded into a huge fireball on Route 17 Monday morning. A used car dealership and many of its two dozen or so vehicles were destroyed in the five-alarm blaze after the truck and a passenger vehicle collided near the U-turn at the White Castle on the highway's southbound side in Hasbrouck Heights at 5:43 a.m. Jan. 8. The force flipped the tanker over the divider into the northbound lanes, Fire Chief Mike Greco said at the scene. (Justin Derevyanik took the photo at the top of this story. See his vide…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Pedestrian Struck, Killed On Garden State Parkway Was Missing Rockland Teen UPDATE: Pedestrian Struck, Killed On Garden State Parkway Was Missing Rockland Teen
Update: Pedestrian Struck, Killed On Garden State Parkway Was Missing Rockland Teen A missing Rockland County girl died when she was struck on the Garden State Parkway by two vehicles -- one of which kept going -- just before dawn Thursday, authorities said. The 14-year-old victim from Chestnut Ridge was pronounced dead on the darkened southbound highway near Exit 171 south of the James Gandolfini Service Area in Montvale shortly after 5 a.m. Nov. 16, they said. An unknown vehicle hit the girl first and kept going, New Jersey State Police Trooper Troy McNair said. A Chevy Tahoe traveling behind that vehicle then hit her, as well, he said. The Tahoe driver "cont…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Schools
Former North Jersey BOE Member, Husband, Son Killed In Florida Crash Former North Jersey BOE Member, Husband, Son Killed In Florida Crash
Former North Jersey BOE Member, Husband, Son Killed In Florida Crash A former trustee of a North Jersey school board, her husband, and one of their sons died in a highway crash in Florida over the weekend, according to district officials and authorities. The victims were identified as former Millburn BOE member Danielle Prieto, 53, her husband Alfred, 57, and their son Antonio.  Left to mourn their losses are their two other sons: Millburn HS senior Roberto, and 25-year-old Alec. The crash occurred on Interstate 75 just south of State Road 52 in Pasco County, NJ Advance Media reports. Millburn Schools Superintendent Dr. Christine Burton shared the news in a…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Grieving Parents Scramble To Give Son Proper Burial Following Horrific Parkway Crash Grieving Parents Scramble To Give Son Proper Burial Following Horrific Parkway Crash
Grieving Parents Scramble To Give Son Proper Burial Following Horrific Parkway Crash The death of a 9-year-old boy on the Garden State Parkway has left his grieving family scrambling for funeral funds. Jake Olivos' dad, Fausto, of Beachwood, launched a GoFundMe page two days after the horrific crash in hopes of collecting enough money to hold a proper funeral service for his son. The page had garnered $5,300 in just four hours. Jake was ejected from a Volkswagen Passat that overturned on the entrance ramp to exit 89A south around 10:20 p.m., New Jersey Police Sgt. Philip Curry said. "I have no words right now, but I'm asking for a huge favor," the grieving father…

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by Jon Craig