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'Snowy Roofs Can Be Deadly': Paramus Police Warn Motorists 25 Years After Fatal Accident 'Snowy Roofs Can Be Deadly': Paramus Police Warn Motorists 25 Years After Fatal Accident
'Snowy Roofs Can Be Deadly': Paramus Police Warn Motorists 25 Years After Fatal Accident Drive around with snow on top of your car in New Jersey and risk a $25 to $75 ticket. That law isn't taken lightly in Paramus, where 25 years ago nearly to the day, a 45-year-old motorist lost his life to a chunk of flying ice. Paramus officers this week are making a special effort to ensure it doesn't happen again. "Even though [ticketing cars with snowy roofs] is not the only thing we do, after a fresh snow, it becomes a priority for us," Paramus Police Officer Michael Mullay told Daily Voice. Twenty-four citations for snow-covered rooftops were issued in the borough during the mor…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Snow Shoveling Dispute Leaves Three Dead In Pennsylvania Murder-Suicide Snow Shoveling Dispute Leaves Three Dead In Pennsylvania Murder-Suicide
Snow Shoveling Dispute Leaves Three Dead In Pennsylvania Murder-Suicide A 47-year-old Pennsylvania man shot a neighboring couple dead in the street before taking his own life during a snow shoveling dispute Monday morning, The Citizens' Voice reports. James Goy, 50, and his wife Lisa Goy, 48, were shoveling snow outside their Bergh Street home in Plains Township when neighbor Jeffrey Spaide came out with a pistol and opened fire around 9:20 a.m., police told the news outlet. Spaide then went back inside his house and got an AR-15-style rifle to shoot the pair again, police said. Responding police heard another gunshot, which turned out to be the sound of …

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
PHOTOS: Snow Remover Falls Through Route 208 Bridge, Hits Van Below, Three Hospitalized PHOTOS: Snow Remover Falls Through Route 208 Bridge, Hits Van Below, Three Hospitalized
Photos: Snow Remover Falls Through Route 208 Bridge, Hits Van Below, Three Hospitalized A Bobcat removing snow from a pedestrian bridge on Route 208 in Hawthorne fell through the span and landed on a van on the northbound highway, seriously injuring three people late Monday morning, authorities confirmed. Both van occupants and the driver of the 4,100-pound Bobcat S100 were hospitalized.  ****** UPDATE: Authorities were investigating why a snow removal machine plunged through a pedestrian bridge, smashing into a van and seriously injuring its two occupants on Route 208 below. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/southpassaic/police-fire/prosecutor-investigating-snow-removers-p…

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by Jerry DeMarco