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Expert Says State Trooper Was Texting Before Westfield Teen Fatally Hit: Report Expert Says State Trooper Was Texting Before Westfield Teen Fatally Hit: Report
Expert Says State Trooper Was Texting Before Westfield Teen Fatally Hit: Report An expert hired by the family of a 14-year-old Westfield girl who was killed when a state trooper hit her with his patrol car says he was texting moments before striking her and did not have his eyes on the road, TAPintoWestfield reported Wednesday.  The family of Terry DiFalco is suing Trooper Alexander Gelfand, who was driving on Central Avenue the evening of March 4, 2017, when he hit the girl, who was taking part in a scavenger hunt. Gelfand, of Cranford, was not criminally charged.  An attorney for the DiFalco family stated in court documents that the text from Gelfand was ti…

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