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Video Shows Erratic Driver, 25, Fleeing NJ Scene After Seriously Injuring Trio: Cops Video Shows Erratic Driver, 25, Fleeing NJ Scene After Seriously Injuring Trio: Cops
Video Shows Erratic Driver, 25, Fleeing NJ Scene After Seriously Injuring Trio: Cops A 25-year-old pickup truck driver from Passaic was captured on camera erratically leaving the scene of a crash in Hudson County where authorities said he struck two pedestrians and a vehicle, leaving three victims seriously injured. Luis Tubac-Socoy was behind the wheel of a Ford F350 when he struck a Honda CRV around 9:50 p.m. along Port Imperial Boulevard Friday, July 5, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. After striking the Honda, Tubac-Socoy struck two pedestrians as he fled the scene, according to Suarez. Both pedestrians, a 78-year-old North Bergen woman and a 70-ye…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
NJ Cop Charged In Hit-Run Crash That Left Teen Bicyclist Critical, Prosecutor Says NJ Cop Charged In Hit-Run Crash That Left Teen Bicyclist Critical, Prosecutor Says
NJ Cop Charged In Hit-Run Crash That Left Teen Bicyclist Critical, Prosecutor Says A New Jersey police officer who has been on the force for just under a decade has been charged in a hit-and-run crash that critically injured an 18-year-old bicyclist last month, authorities said. Christopher Bucceroni, 28, a Gloucester Township police officer from West Deptford, was off-duty and driving his personally-owned vehicle, a 2020 Toyota RAV4, when he struck the 18-year-old bicyclist around 2:30 a.m. June 20, on Erial Road and Blackwood-Clementon Road, Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay said alongside Bucceroni's chief, David Harkins. Bucceroni, a nine-…

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by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Arrest Made In Hit-And-Run That Seriously Injured Route 46 Pedestrian : Ridgefield Park PD Arrest Made In Hit-And-Run That Seriously Injured Route 46 Pedestrian : Ridgefield Park PD
Arrest Made In Hit-And-Run That Seriously Injured Route 46 Pedestrian : Ridgefield Park PD Authorities arrested a tow truck driver from Philadelphia who they said kept on going after hitting and seriously injuring a 67-year-old pedestrian crossing Route 46 six weeks ago. Naser Abu Ali, 20, was driving a 2014 Ford transit van that hit Elizabeth Crum as she crossed at the light on Route 46 (Winant Avenue) in Ridgefield Park on Sept. 24, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Crum, of Ridgefield Park, was taken by ambulance to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, where she was treated for serious bodily injuries, the prosecutor said. Meanwhile, detectives from Musella’s Major Cri…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
West New York Driver Nabbed In Hit-Run That Seriously Injured Man, 56 West New York Driver Nabbed In Hit-Run That Seriously Injured Man, 56
West New York Driver Nabbed In Hit-Run That Seriously Injured Man, 56 A West New York woman was arrested in a hit-and-run crash that seriously injured a 56-year-old man last December, authorities charged. Temilayo Okeowo, 44, fled the scene after she hit a New York City man crossing 66th Street at the intersection of Boulevard East on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said in a release. The man was transported to Jersey City Medical Center via EMS and is still recovering from his injuries, Suarez said. A six-month investigation linked Okeowo to the incident, authorities said. She turned herself in to police with her attorney Friday…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Authorities: Bayonne Man Was Driving With Suspended License In Serious Jersey City Crash Authorities: Bayonne Man Was Driving With Suspended License In Serious Jersey City Crash
Authorities: Bayonne Man Was Driving With Suspended License In Serious Jersey City Crash A 54-year-old Bayonne man was driving with a suspended license when he struck another vehicle, seriously injuring the driver, authorities said. Ramon Quinones was headed southbound on Route 185 in a 1992 Toyota Celica when he collided with a 2012 Honda Accord, also going southbound, on June 4 around 6:30 a.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said Friday. Both drivers were transported to the Jersey City Medical Center, however, Quinones was released a short time later with only a minor injury, Suarez said. The other driver, a 34-year-old Bayonne resident, was seriously injured, a…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Hudson County Man Who Struck 2 Pedestrians Was DUI, Prosecutor Says Hudson County Man Who Struck 2 Pedestrians Was DUI, Prosecutor Says
Hudson County Man Who Struck 2 Pedestrians Was DUI, Prosecutor Says A 37-year-old North Bergen man was under the influence of drugs when he struck two pedestrians with his car last year in Jersey City, authorities said. Lawrence Smith was arrested Monday morning in connection with the Nov. 23, 2019 incident, that injured a 50-year-old woman and her 22-year-old son, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said. Smith was headed south on Summit Avenue in a 2003 Chevrolet Impala when he hit the woman and her son in the marked crosswalk at Sherman Place around 11:30 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The woman was unresponsive at the scene a…

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by Cecilia Levine