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Newton-Sparta Road, Andover Township, NJ

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Services Set For Former Police Officer, 2 Kids Killed In Sussex County Crash Services Set For Former Police Officer, 2 Kids Killed In Sussex County Crash
Services Set For Former Police Officer, 2 Kids Killed In Sussex County Crash Funeral services have been set for the former police officer and his two children who were killed in a devastating Sussex County crash last week. Thirty-six-year-old Andrew “Andy” Benavente, his 13-year-old son, Andrew “AJ” Jr., and 5-year-old daughter, Madelyn, died after a Jeep crossed over the double yellow lines on Newton-Sparta Road in Andover Township, striking their Ford Ranger pickup around 4 p.m. on Friday, May 26, Daily Voice reported. A GoFundMe for Digna Melendez-Benavente — Andy’s fiancée and loving mom to AJ and Madelyn — was launched by Edwin Melendez shortly afterward and h…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Dad, Kids Killed In Andover Crash Caused By 22-Year-Old Driver: Police Dad, Kids Killed In Andover Crash Caused By 22-Year-Old Driver: Police
Dad, Kids Killed In Andover Crash Caused By 22-Year-Old Driver: Police Shock and sadness spread Memorial Day Weekend following a crash that killed four people, including a father and his two children struck by a wrong-way driver in Sussex County. Bruce Cseh, 22, of Blairstown, was behind the wheel of a 2021 Jeep Rubicon heading west crossed over the double yellow lines on Newton-Sparta Road around 4 p.m. in Andover Township on Friday, May 26, local police said. Cseh struck a 2011 Ford Ranger pickup, driven by Andrew Benavente, 36 of Newton. Benavente's truck erupted in flames which became too intense for firefighters. As a result, the dad, his 13-year-old son,…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Four Dead In Fiery Andover Township Crash Four Dead In Fiery Andover Township Crash
Four Dead In Fiery Andover Township Crash Police have identified a father and his two children as three of the four people who died in a Sussex County crash Friday, May 26. Click here for details, or read on for the original news report. A 2021 Jeep Rubicon heading west crossed over the double yellow lines, striking a 2001 Ford Ranger pickup head-on around 4 p.m., on Newton-Sparta Road east of Limecrest Road, in Andover Township near the Sparta line, local police said. The Ford Ranger pickup erupted in flames with three occupants entrapped. First responders used fire extinguishers and attempted life-saving measures but t…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Not So Sweet: Tractor-Trailer Carrying 40,000 Pounds Of Sugar Overturns In Sussex County Not So Sweet: Tractor-Trailer Carrying 40,000 Pounds Of Sugar Overturns In Sussex County
Not So Sweet: Tractor-Trailer Carrying 40,000 Pounds Of Sugar Overturns In Sussex County Emergency crews made a not-so-sweet discovery Thursday evening when they rushed to the scene of a Sussex County crash and found an overturned tractor-trailer loaded with 40,000 pounds of sugar. The trailer overturned and went down an embankment on Limecrest Road in Andover Township around 4:40 p.m., the local police department said. A detour was put into place as heavy duty wreckers from three companies were called to the scene to help upright the tractor-trailer due its size and embankment angle, police said. No injuries were reported, and the road was reopened by 9:20 p.m., the township…

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by Valerie Musson