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ICY MORNING (UPDATE): One Dead, Highways Closed, Dozens Injured In North Jersey Crashes ICY MORNING (UPDATE): One Dead, Highways Closed, Dozens Injured In North Jersey Crashes
ICY Morning (Update): One Dead, Highways Closed, Dozens Injured In North Jersey Crashes UPDATE: One victim was confirmed dead and westbound Route 3 in East Rutherford was temporarily closed Wednesday morning following what was the most serious in a series of crashes on icy North Jersey roads. Here's a listing of incidents. Mark Kolta, 31, of North Bergen had been involved in an earlier chain-reaction crash on the Hackensack River bridge on westbound Route 3 shortly after 6:30 a.m., East Rutherford Deputy Police Chief Phillip Taormina said. He was struck in another pileup after getting out of his vehicle, the deputy chief said. Kolta was pronounced dead at a local hospital a …

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PD: Woman Drives Around Teaneck Threatening People With Gun, Eludes Pursuit, Caught By NYPD PD: Woman Drives Around Teaneck Threatening People With Gun, Eludes Pursuit, Caught By NYPD
PD: Woman Drives Around Teaneck Threatening People With Gun, Eludes Pursuit, Caught By Nypd A 23-year-old Teaneck woman with a violent criminal history went on a gun-waving rampage before leading a township detective on a chase to the George Washington Bridge, authorities said. The detective broke off the pursuit out of safety concerns, but the NYPD captured Ashley Gilead Wednesday night, Teaneck Police Chief Glenn O’Reilly said. She was carrying what turned out to be a Glock replica pellet gun, the chief said. It began hours earlier at a private home on Genesee Avenue, off Teaneck Road, where callers reported Gilead “banging on a door, then standing in the street yelling and wav…

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Teaneck Grandfather, 75, Struck Outside Synagogue Dies Teaneck Grandfather, 75, Struck Outside Synagogue Dies
Teaneck Grandfather, 75, Struck Outside Synagogue Dies One of two men critically injured when they were struck crossing the street outside a Teaneck synagogue Thursday night died Saturday. Sheldon Mermelstein, 75, passed away around 2 p.m. Saturday, Deputy Mayor Elie Katz said. “Our hearts are broken,” his daughter-in-law, Ayelet Schwartz Mermelstein, wrote in tribute. “May his memory be a blessing.” Mermelstein and Micah Kaufman, 41, both members of congregation Beth Aron on Queen Anne Road, were coming from Congregation Bnai Yeshurun when they were struck by a sedan while crossing West Englewood Avenue around 6:20 p.m. Thursday, authorities …

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Teaneck Man Critically Injured In Double-Pedestrian Crash Had Donated Kidney To Grandmother Teaneck Man Critically Injured In Double-Pedestrian Crash Had Donated Kidney To Grandmother
Teaneck Man Critically Injured In Double-Pedestrian Crash Had Donated Kidney To Grandmother One of two men critically injured when they were struck crossing the street outside a Teaneck synagogue Thursday night was to receive an award this weekend for donating a kidney that saved the life of a grandmother. Micah Kaufman, 41, and Sheldon Mermelstein, 75, both members of congregation Beth Aron on Queen Anne Road, were coming from Congregation Bnai Yeshurun when they were struck by a sedan while crossing West Englewood Avenue around 6:20 p.m. Thursday, authorities said. Mermelstein succumbed to his injuries on Saturday: https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/teaneck/police-fire/…

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Two Pedestrians Struck, One Critical, Outside Teaneck Synagogue Two Pedestrians Struck, One Critical, Outside Teaneck Synagogue
Two Pedestrians Struck, One Critical, Outside Teaneck Synagogue Two men were struck crossing the street in front of a Teaneck synagogue Thursday night -- one of whom was critically injured, responders said. The more seriously injured of the two suffered a skull fracture and was bleeding severely, they said, adding that the other sustained a serious head injury, as well. Both were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with advanced life support by the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps, police Sgt. Daniel Antinori said. Police believe both were coming from Congregation Bnai Yeshurun when they were struck as they crossed West Englewood Avenue head…

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