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Sussex County Woman, 62, Killed After SUV Veers Off Road And Slams Into Tree Sussex County Woman, 62, Killed After SUV Veers Off Road And Slams Into Tree
Sussex County Woman, 62, Killed After SUV Veers Off Road And Slams Into Tree A 62-year-old Sussex County woman was killed after the SUV she was driving veered off the road and swerved into a tree on Sunday, Nov. 13, state police confirmed. The crash occurred on CR 565 north in Frankford around 8:20 p.m., NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan told DailyVoice.com. Karen Krok, of Sussex, was driving a Honda CRV when the vehicle veered off the right side of the road and struck a tree near milepost 0.5, Marchan said. Krok was taken to a nearby hospital and succumbed to her injuries a short time later. The crash remains under investigation, Marchan said. No further details were …
UPDATE: Car Of Missing Warren County Man Found At Stadium Parking Lot, Police Say UPDATE: Car Of Missing Warren County Man Found At Stadium Parking Lot, Police Say
Update: Car Of Missing Warren County Man Found At Stadium Parking Lot, Police Say A car belonging to a missing Warren County man was found at a Sussex County stadium hosting a jack o’ lantern event, police confirmed. Daniel A. Cannone, 23, was last seen on a RING camera on Oct. 16, Blairstown Township police said. Cannone stands 6 feet tall, weighs between 161 and 180 pounds and has black-framed glasses, police said. He may be in the area of Augusta or Frankford, police said. Cannone’s vehicle was recovered from the parking lot of Skylands Stadium, which hosts a weekly ‘Jack O’ Lantern Experience’ event, Blairstown Police said in a Tuesday update on the case. Bla…
‘Brought Out The Best In All:’ Sussex County Native, Horizon HS Grad Collin McDonough Dies, 29 ‘Brought Out The Best In All:’ Sussex County Native, Horizon HS Grad Collin McDonough Dies, 29
‘Brought Out The Best In All:’ Sussex County Native, Horizon HS Grad Collin McDonough Dies, 29 Sussex County native and Horizon High School graduate Collin James McDonough died July 17 at the Homestead Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Frankford. He was 29. Born in Newton, McDonough lived in Sparta throughout his life and attended the Clifton E. Lawrence School in Wantage for 11 years, participating in a program for students with disabilities, his obituary says. McDonough later attended Livingston’s Horizon High School, which also helps students with special needs, and graduated in 2013. “He listened to the voices of all those around him and smiled or laughed when he heard ha…
Goodbye, Chatterbox. Hello, Wawa. Goodbye, Chatterbox. Hello, Wawa.
Goodbye, Chatterbox. Hello, Wawa. The historic and one-of-a-kind Chatterbox Drive-In restaurant in Frankford was being knocked down Tuesday, making way for a new Wawa store. The old-fashioned eatery’s demolition didn’t play out without countless memories resurfacing — like an old copy of a 1968 record by Booker T. & the M.G.’s, according to NJ.com, which documented the project with photographs. Other images depict the 50s- and 60s-themed diner’s walls, some still decorated with 45 rpm records. The main dining area — which hosted a revolving set of vintage cars during the restaurant’s more than 15-year run ending on Lab…
Sussex County Officials Won't Release Details On Grad Party Linked To Teen COVID-19 Outbreak Sussex County Officials Won't Release Details On Grad Party Linked To Teen COVID-19 Outbreak
Sussex County Officials Won't Release Details On Grad Party Linked To Teen Covid-19 Outbreak A COVID-19 outbreak among six teens in Sussex County has been linked to a graduation party, according to health officials who won't release the details. According to the NJ Herald, County Health Officer Jim McDonald declined to release the date and location of the party, and wont' release the names of towns of those who tested positive. Data released by the county on Monday, however shows the following municipalities have residents who tested positive between Friday and Sunday: Byram (6), Green, Sparta (3), Vernon (3), and one each in Frankford, Hampton, Hardyston, Hopatcong, and …
Jailed Bergen County Man Charged With Raping Another Pre-Teen Jailed Bergen County Man Charged With Raping Another Pre-Teen
Jailed Bergen County Man Charged With Raping Another Pre-Teen UPDATE: A former state DOT employee from River Edge already being held on charges of raping two pre-teens is also accused of sexually assaulting a member of a Sussex County rescue squad at his former home in Frankford. Cory Bensen, 27, has remained in the Bergen County Jail since authorities arrested him in February in connection with the accused rape of a victim under 13. Bensen, who is engaged, was fired as a state Department of Transportation highway operations technician soon after, authorities said.  SEE: State DOT Worker From River Edge Charged With Raping Pre-Teen He and his f…
Sussex County Motorcycle Crash Shuts Portion Of Route 206 Sussex County Motorcycle Crash Shuts Portion Of Route 206
Sussex County Motorcycle Crash Shuts Portion Of Route 206 A motorcycle accident closed a portion of Route 206 in Frankford Wednesday morning. The incident occurred around 11:40 a.m. in the northbound lanes near mile marker 120, initial reports say. All lanes were closed at Owassa Road as of 11:50 a.m. The incident was being investigated as a fatal, initial reports say. This is a developing story. Check back for more.
Sussex County Dad Delivers Baby On Side Of Route 519 Sussex County Dad Delivers Baby On Side Of Route 519
Sussex County Dad Delivers Baby On Side Of Route 519 A Sussex County dad is reflecting on the desperate and adrenaline-filled moment he helped deliver his own child on the side of Route 519. Coronavirus precautions changed the birth plan for Branchville's Gia Leo, 37, who birthed her first child with husband Erion Adams via Cesarean section, NJHerald reports. Though Leo wanted a natural delivery, Adams, 44, got a call just two days prior to his wife's March 24 delivery date saying the couple would have to schedule a C-section due to the possibility of understaffing. But Asher Jackson Adams had a plan of his own.  Leo’s water broke…
COVID-19: Sussex County Officials Announce 3 Cases COVID-19: Sussex County Officials Announce 3 Cases
Covid-19: Sussex County Officials Announce 3 Cases Sussex County as of Wednesday afternoon was among three New Jersey counties with no COVID-19 cases. That changed hours later, when three positive cases were announced in a combined release from Sussex County Freeholder Director Sylvia Petillo and the Sussex County Division of Health. Officials are working to identify anyone the Frankford, Sparta and Vernon residents came in contact with. The patients are a 34-year-old Frankford man, 53-year-old Vernon man and an unidentified Sparta resident.  There had been 427 cases in all of New Jersey as of Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Phil…
Police ID Driver Killed In Sussex County Crash As Local Woman, 77 Police ID Driver Killed In Sussex County Crash As Local Woman, 77
Police ID Driver Killed In Sussex County Crash As Local Woman, 77 A Sussex County woman was identified as the woman killed in an accident that sent another driver to the hospital. Elaine Bernardini, 77, of Wantage, was behind the wheel of a Chevrolet when it crossed over the double-yellow line on Ross Corner Sussex Road in Frankford, hitting a Toyota SUV head-on Thursday morning, New Jersey State Police said. Bernardini, who was headed southbound around 11:30 a.m., was taken to Newton Medical Center, where she died of her injuries, NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan said. The other driver, a 37-year-old female, was taken to Saint Clare's Hospital in Denville w…
One Dead In Head-On Sussex County Crash, NJSP Says One Dead In Head-On Sussex County Crash, NJSP Says
One Dead In Head-On Sussex County Crash, Njsp Says A female driver died and another was injured in a head-on Sussex County crash Thursday morning, authorities said. ** UPDATE: Police ID'd the victim of Thursday's fatal Frankford crash a Wantage woman. ** The driver of a Chevrolet sedan was headed southbound on County Road 565 (Ross Corner Sussex Road) in Frankford when she crossed over the double-yellow line and hit a southbound Toyota SUV near around 11:30 a.m., New Jersey State Police Trooper Charles Marchan said. The Chevrolet driver was taken Newton Medical Center, where she later died of her injuries, Marchan said. The Toyota dr…
Prosecutor: Animal Lover Who Sought Sex With Cows, Horses Attacks Sussex Farms Prosecutor: Animal Lover Who Sought Sex With Cows, Horses Attacks Sussex Farms
Prosecutor: Animal Lover Who Sought Sex With Cows, Horses Attacks Sussex Farms A judge in Sussex County ordered that a Vernon man remain jailed after authorities said he attacked local farms whose owners refused his requests to have sex with animals. Prosecutor said Richard Decker, 31, damaged vehicle tires and left "harassing messages" -- in one case threatening to beat a wife with a wooden stick -- when his requests were denied, the NJ Herald reports. That was enough to convince a Superior Court judge in Newton to order that Decker remain held in the Morris County Correctional Facility until a scheduled Nov. 4 hearing for a "pattern of unlawful conduct that pre…
State Police: Man, 61, Airlifted With Serious Injuries, Dogs Taken To Vet After Frankford Crash State Police: Man, 61, Airlifted With Serious Injuries, Dogs Taken To Vet After Frankford Crash
State Police: Man, 61, Airlifted With Serious Injuries, Dogs Taken To Vet After Frankford Crash A 61-year-old man was airlifted to a hospital with serious injuries after his pick-up truck struck a tree in Frankford Tuesday evening, authorities said. The Frankford man was headed north on Mattison Road in his Dodge 1500 with his two dogs when his truck veered off the road and struck a tree near Kice Road just before 5:30 p.m., New Jersey State Trooper Alejandro Goez said. Neighbors and witnesses said the scene as "horrific" and worried for the dogs and the driver. The dogs were uninjured but taken to a Brancheville animal hospital as a precaution, Goez said. The driver, who sustained …