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Authorities: Bergen Couple Killed When Speeding Sedan Slams Into Tonnelle Ave Tractor-Trailer Authorities: Bergen Couple Killed When Speeding Sedan Slams Into Tonnelle Ave Tractor-Trailer
Authorities: Bergen Couple Killed When Speeding Sedan Slams Into Tonnelle Ave Tractor-Trailer UPDATE: A North Arlington driver and his female passenger from Bergenfield were killed when their speeding sedan slammed into the side of a tractor-trailer in North Bergen before dawn Wednesday, authorities said. Luis Fernando Cevallos, 24, and his as-yet unidentified 27-year-old passenger were pronounced dead at the scene of the 2:15 a.m. crash on Tonnelle Avenue at the Paterson Plank Road overpass. The tractor-trailer, whose driver was making an early delivery, was perpendicular across Route 1&9 when it was struck behind the rear wheel by their southbound 2022 Kia Stinger, township Po…
UPDATE: Authorities Find Vehicle That Killed Wedding Guest Outside Bergen Catering Hall UPDATE: Authorities Find Vehicle That Killed Wedding Guest Outside Bergen Catering Hall
Update: Authorities Find Vehicle That Killed Wedding Guest Outside Bergen Catering Hall UPDATE: Authorities have the hit-and-run vehicle that struck and killed a 20-year-old wedding guest from Massachusetts outside a popular Route 17 catering hall Saturday night. Now they just need to determine who was driving. Witnesses and several occupants who were in the vehicle at the time were being interviewed. "We need to make sure which one was the actual driver," Bergen County Prosecutor's Chief of Detectives Robert Anzilotti told Daily Voice around noontime. An alert initially was broadcast for a red Dodge that fled the scene after the victim from Roxbury, MA was struck outside t…
UPDATE: Garfield Motorcyclist, 57, Killed In Route 17 Crash UPDATE: Garfield Motorcyclist, 57, Killed In Route 17 Crash
Update: Garfield Motorcyclist, 57, Killed In Route 17 Crash A 57-year-old motorcyclist from Garfield was killed in a crash Wednesday night on northbound Route 17 in Paramus, authorities said. No other vehicles were involved in the crash, which occurred after the rider lost control of his Harley Davidson outside the McDonald's near East Ridgewood Avenue and hit a guardrail shortly before 8 p.m., Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg confirmed. The victim, whose identity was being withheld pending notification of next of kin, was thrown into a tree, responders said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A single lane temporarily remained open, although the …
Pedestrian Fatally Struck On Route 202 In Branchburg Pedestrian Fatally Struck On Route 202 In Branchburg
Pedestrian Fatally Struck On Route 202 In Branchburg A Somerset County man was struck and killed on Route 202 in Branchburg Township Monday night, authorities said. Surinder Singh, 39, of Branchburg was struck by a 2019 Acura while attempting to cross Route 202 southbound near Huyler Road around 7:40 p.m., Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson and Somerset County Chief of County Detectives John W. Fodor said in a joint release. He was pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset about an hour and a half later, responders said. No charges were immediately filed nor summonses issued to the driver, a Hillsboroug…
UPDATE: Montvale Pedestrian, 55, Struck At NJ/NY Border Dies UPDATE: Montvale Pedestrian, 55, Struck At NJ/NY Border Dies
Update: Montvale Pedestrian, 55, Struck At NJ/NY Border Dies A 55-year-old pedestrian who was struck Friday night at the Rockland County border in Montvale died of her injuries, authorities confirmed. Responders found the Montvale resident in cardiac arrest, bleeding from a traumatic head wound, in the northbound lane of Chestnut Ridge Road a little more than 50 yards from the border, Police Chief Joseph Sanfilippo said. She'd been struck in the southbound lane by a 2016 Chevy Malibu driven by a 63-year-old Garfield man shortly before 8:30 p.m., the chief said. The area is a dark stretch of road with no sidewalks. Montvale police and Tri-Boro EMTs …
Union County Motorcyclist, 25, Dies In I-95 Pennsylvania Crash Union County Motorcyclist, 25, Dies In I-95 Pennsylvania Crash
Union County Motorcyclist, 25, Dies In I-95 Pennsylvania Crash A 25-year-old motorcyclist from Union County died when he collided with a car on Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania, authorities said. Randy Reyes-Jaquez of Elizabeth was headed northbound in Bucks County at a high speed when he crossed in front of a car also trying to take the same exit around 2 p.m. Wednesday, Pennsylvania State Police said. The 37-year-old Pennsylvania driver tried avoiding Reyes-Jaquez, but instead hit him -- ejecting him from the bike and onto his windshield, a police report says. Reyes-Jaquez landed on the highway and was taken to a local hospital where he died, acco…
Wayne CPA, 83, Struck, Killed Wayne CPA, 83, Struck, Killed
Wayne CPA, 83, Struck, Killed An 83-year-old Wayne accountant was struck and killed as he crossed a township road Tuesday night, authorities confirmed. Stuart Kahlenberg, a practicing CPA, was struck around 6:40 p.m. while crossing Hamburg Turnpike near Mountain Ridge Drive, they said. Kahlenberg was hit by a  2013 Volvo S60 operated by a 56-year-old township man, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Wayne Police Chief James McNiff said Wednesday morning. He was pronounced dead at 9:02 p.m. at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, they said. The driver remained at the scene and presented a valid l…
West New York Man, 22, Killed In Motorcycle Crash On Turnpike In Secaucus West New York Man, 22, Killed In Motorcycle Crash On Turnpike In Secaucus
West New York Man, 22, Killed In Motorcycle Crash On Turnpike In Secaucus A West New York man was killed when he struck a guardrail on the New Jersey Turnpike with his motorcycle Saturday, State Police said.  Agustin G. Amendola, 22, was leaving the Turnpike at Exit 16E in Secaucus around 10:40 a.m. when he hit the guardrail and was thrown from the bike. He was pronounced dead at the scene.  In a tragic coincidence, he is one of two young men killed on the Turnpike Saturday from Hudson County. A North Bergen man, also aged 22, died in a crash in Burlington County later that day.