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Man Flown To Trauma Center After Hunterdon County Hunting Accident Man Flown To Trauma Center After Hunterdon County Hunting Accident
Man Flown To Trauma Center After Hunterdon County Hunting Accident A man was flown to a trauma center after shooting himself with a bow while hunting in Hunterdon County on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 26. Troopers responded to Horseshoe Bend Road in Kingwood Township around 3:55 p.m. and found that a 55-year-old man had accidentally shot himself in the leg with a bow, NJSP Detective I Jeffrey Lebron told Daily Voice. Volunteers at Horseshoe Bend Park helped control the bleeding as paramedics from Kingwood Township Volunteer Fire Company arrived and requested a medical helicopter. The man was removed from the woods and flown via NJSP NorthSTAR to a local tra…

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by Valerie Musson
Obituaries
Child Shoots, Kills Relative Out Hunting Deer: Coroner Child Shoots, Kills Relative Out Hunting Deer: Coroner
Child Shoots, Kills Relative Out Hunting Deer: Coroner The first day of deer hunting season in Pennsylvania was off to a tragic start. William Tripp, 71, of Elizabethtown, was shot in the head by a juvenile relative on Saturday, reports WJAC citing the Cambria County coroner Jeff Lees. Tripp was hunting with a group of family and friends along a gas line off Buckhorn Road in Jackson Township when he was killed around 10 a.m., the coroner told the outlet. The child who shot Tripp was aiming at a deer but missed-- striking Tripp who was approximately 300 yards away, according to WTAJ citing Lees. “This is a heart-wrenching, unfortunate ac…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Man Killed In Sussex County Hunting Accident ID'd As Hamburg Police Officer Man Killed In Sussex County Hunting Accident ID'd As Hamburg Police Officer
Man Killed In Sussex County Hunting Accident ID'd As Hamburg Police Officer A 38-year-old man shot and killed in a hunting accident Tuesday was identified as a Hamburg police officer. Jason Franco was deer hunting with his family when he was shot near Havens and Lott roads in Wantage, around 12:30 p.m., and later pronounced dead, state police, sources and local officials told Daily Voice. Hamburg police Lt. Jason Tangorra, who hired Franco in April 2018, remembered him as a dutiful officer. "Jason Franco was loved by his family and his colleagues from all surrounding agencies," Tangorra said. "This was a complete tragedy and he will be missed." Franco worked…

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by Cecilia Levine & Valerie Musson