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Boy Killed Riding Bike In Small Central Jersey Town Leaves Community Reeling Boy Killed Riding Bike In Small Central Jersey Town Leaves Community Reeling
Boy Killed Riding Bike In Small Central Jersey Town Leaves Community Reeling Residents of a small, New Jersey town are coming together following the hit-and-run death of a 14-year-old boy riding a bike. A GoFundMe campaign identifies the boy killed in South River on Whiteland and Russell avenues Friday, July 7 as Bryan Barbosa. "Today our town had a devastating loss," campaign founder Nicole Martins writes, noting "a child was taken from him family because of negligence and disgusting behaviors." Meanwhile, 63-year-old Michael Arena has been charged in the crime, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and SRPD Chief Mark Tinitigan announced. Posting abou…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Bicyclist, 12, Hurt In Somerset County Crash Was Not Wearing Helmet: Police Bicyclist, 12, Hurt In Somerset County Crash Was Not Wearing Helmet: Police
Bicyclist, 12, Hurt In Somerset County Crash Was Not Wearing Helmet: Police A 12-year-old bicyclist was hospitalized after being struck by a car in Somerset County without a helmet, authorities said. The crash occurred near Route 601 near Reading Boulevard in Montgomery just before 6:10 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5, according to Montgomery Police. The Belle Mead boy was crossing the road from the northbound side and pulled out from behind a line of stopped traffic when he was struck by a southbound Toyota Sienna driven by Eunhwa Yang, 43, of Hillsborough, police said. The boy was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick for treatment of facia…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Central Jersey Police Response To Reckless Bicyclists Justified, Prosecutor Says Central Jersey Police Response To Reckless Bicyclists Justified, Prosecutor Says
Central Jersey Police Response To Reckless Bicyclists Justified, Prosecutor Says Police in Perth Amboy were justified in their response to bicyclists riding recklessly on city streets, authorities said. An arrest was made and several bicycles were seized after youths disregarded police instructions to ride safely.  "The actions of the Perth Amboy Police Department were justified under the circumstances presented," a review by the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office concluded. "The officers would have been in dereliction of their duties if they had acted otherwise." Since June 2020, Perth Amboy police have been dispatched to thirty-three calls for s…

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by Jon Craig
News
Family Of Bicyclist Killed In Newark’s Ironbound Settles Suit For $2.5M Family Of Bicyclist Killed In Newark’s Ironbound Settles Suit For $2.5M
Family Of Bicyclist Killed In Newark’s Ironbound Settles Suit For $2.5M The family of a mechanic who was struck and killed on his bicycle in The Ironbound has reportedly settled a wrongful death lawsuit for $2.5 million. Renato Gomes, 42, was struck and run over by a tractor-trailer hauling fuel as he rode his bicycle on July 10, 2018 in the Down Neck neighborhood of Newark where the Brazilian native worked, authorities said at the time. Surveillance video captured images of the horrific crash at Adam and Thomas streets, where he was pronounced dead, they said. Renato Roberto Gomes was born in São Paulo, where worked at a Mercedes Benz plant before emigrating…

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by Jerry DeMarco