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Hawthorne FedEx Courier Killed In Storm Remembered As Loving Husband, Dad Hawthorne FedEx Courier Killed In Storm Remembered As Loving Husband, Dad
Hawthorne FedEx Courier Killed In Storm Remembered As Loving Husband, Dad A GoFundMe has been established to aid the family of a 25-year-old Hawthorne man who died earlier this month driving in the damaging Nor'easter. Jonathan Rodriguez-Melendez, 25, of Hawthorne, was pronounced dead on the scene when a large tree fell on his car on the Merritt Parkway in Fairfield County amid the storm. Francisco Berdecia, 33, of Paterson was a passenger in the vehicle and was transported to Greenwich Hospital with minor, non-life-threatening injuries, according to police. Rodriguez-Melendez was a courier for FedEx Express and leaves behind his mom, Lissie Melendez, his wife a…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Hawthorne Man Killed, Passenger From Paterson Hurt When Tree Falls On Car Hawthorne Man Killed, Passenger From Paterson Hurt When Tree Falls On Car
Hawthorne Man Killed, Passenger From Paterson Hurt When Tree Falls On Car A 25-year-old motorist from New Jersey was killed Friday afternoon when a large tree fell on his car on the Merritt Parkway in Fairfield County amid the damaging Nor'easter. Jonathan Rodriguez-Melendez of Hawthorne was traveling southbound near the Stamford-Greenwich border south of Exit 33 at about 1:20 p.m. amid rain and severe crosswinds when the tree fell on his Mini Cooper, Connecticut State Police said. Rodriguez-Melendez was pronounced dead at the scene. Francisco Berdecia, 33, of Paterson, New Jersey, a passenger in the vehicle, was transported to Greenwich Hospital with minor, non-…

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by Joe Lombardi