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Birchwood Terrace, Wayne, NJ

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Woman Killed, 6-Year-Old Boy Critically Injured Crossing Wayne Road Woman Killed, 6-Year-Old Boy Critically Injured Crossing Wayne Road
Woman Killed, 6-Year-Old Boy Critically Injured Crossing Wayne Road WAYNE, N.J. -- A woman was dead and a 6-year-old boy in surgery after they were struck Tuesday night while crossing the same Wayne road where another woman was killed a day earlier. The pair were crossing Valley Road at Birchwood Terrace around 7 p.m. when they were struck by a four-door Chevy Impala, authorities said. The elementary school-age boy was taken to the emergency room at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson in serious condition.  The woman was pronounced dead at the hospital at 7:46 a.m. The driver remained and his passenger remained at the scene -- barely a mile d…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Female Pedestrians Killed Barely Mile Apart On Valley Road In Wayne Female Pedestrians Killed Barely Mile Apart On Valley Road In Wayne
Female Pedestrians Killed Barely Mile Apart On Valley Road In Wayne WAYNE, N.J. -- A 78-year-old Wayne woman was struck and killed Monday afternoon in the first of what responders said were a pair of tragic fatal accidents barely a mile apart. It came a day before another female pedestrian was killed – and a 6-year-old boy critically injured -- barely a mile up Valley Road. Rosa Nikhamina, 78, succumbed to her injuries at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson after she was struck by a 2007 GMC Sierra at the intersection of Valley Road and MacDonald Drive just before 12:30 p.m. Monday, authorities said. The 50-year-old driver from Plainfield rema…

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by Jerry DeMarco