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Driver, 31, Arrested At Airport After Fleeing To Turkey In Deadly Route 46 Crash: Prosecutor Driver, 31, Arrested At Airport After Fleeing To Turkey In Deadly Route 46 Crash: Prosecutor
Driver, 31, Arrested At Airport After Fleeing To Turkey In Deadly Route 46 Crash: Prosecutor A 31-year-old Wayne man was identified as the driver who struck and killed a pedestrian in Parsippany before fleeing the scene and then trying to flee the country last month, authorities said. Davut Batca was behind the wheel of a Toyota RAV4 when he struck Jelson Cabrera, 35, of Trenton, on Route 46 West near Sandra Drive just before 10 p.m. Monday, Aug. 19, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll said. Cabrera was taken to Morristown Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, authorities said. Meanwhile, Batca fled the scene and then left the United States for Turkey, the pros…

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by Sam Barron
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Officials ID Pedestrian Fatally Struck By Train In North Jersey Officials ID Pedestrian Fatally Struck By Train In North Jersey
Officials ID Pedestrian Fatally Struck By Train In North Jersey NJ Transit officials have identified the pedestrian fatally struck by a train this week. Naji Jacob, a 74-year-old New Providence resident, was struck and killed by a train near Murray Hill Station in New Providence early Wednesday morning, Dec. 27. At 5:05 a.m., a Gladstone Branch train en route to Hoboken, fatally struck Jacob, NJ Transit officials said. There were no injuries to the people on board the train, NJ Transit said.

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by Sam Barron
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Pedestrian Struck, Killed On Route 17 In Ramsey Pedestrian Struck, Killed On Route 17 In Ramsey
Pedestrian Struck, Killed On Route 17 In Ramsey A middle-aged pedestrian was struck and killed trying to cross Route 17 in Ramsey early Friday, responders said. The man was struck in the northbound lanes and hurled onto the other side of the highway near the Ramsey Outdoor store around daybreak Dec. 8, they said. He was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later. There was no immediate word on the type of vehicle or vehicles that struck him or who was driving. The incident was part of a chain reaction of events that shut down the busy highway into the morning rush. Another involved a fiery stolen car crash in Saddle River that dr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Pedestrian Killed By Train In Union County, Delays Reported Pedestrian Killed By Train In Union County, Delays Reported
Pedestrian Killed By Train In Union County, Delays Reported Delays were reported on NJ Transit's Raritan Valley Line Sunday morning, March 26 due to a pedestrian having been fatally struck. The RVL train 5515, which left Newark Penn Station just before 9:40 a.m., struck the pedestrian around 9:50 a.m. on Galloping Hill Road near the Roselle Park station, NJT officials said.  Service was suspended between Cranford and Newark Penn Station as of 11:40 a.m. Raritan Valley Line rail service remains suspended in both directions between Cranford and Newark Penn Station due to a pedestrian fatality near Roselle Park. Substitute bus service is being pro…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Man Killed By Train In Somerset County Man Killed By Train In Somerset County
Man Killed By Train In Somerset County A man was struck and killed by a a train in Somerset County, suspending service to NJ Transit's Morris & Essex line Saturday, Feb. 26, authorities said. The man was struck on the Gladstone Branch by train 732 around 1:45 p.m. in Basking Ridge, NJT spokesman Everett Merrill said. The train had left Summit at 12:14 p.m. and was scheduled to arrive in Gladstone at 2:08 p.m. Gladstone Branch rail service is suspended in both directions between Stirling and Bernardsville due to a pedestrian fatality near Basking Ridge. — Morris & Essex Line (@NJTRANSIT_ME) February 26, 2022 The one…

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by Cecilia Levine
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State Police: Girl, 15, Struck And Killed By Car On Route 80 State Police: Girl, 15, Struck And Killed By Car On Route 80
State Police: Girl, 15, Struck And Killed By Car On Route 80 A 15-year-old girl was struck and killed by a car on Route 80 early Tuesday morning, state police said.  The girl ran into the road and was hit by an unknown vehicle eastbound near milepost 45.3 in Parsippany-Troy Hills just before 3:30 a.m., NJSP Trooper Alejandro Goez told Daily Voice. The girl was pronounced dead at the scene, Goez said. Her name was not released. The center and right lanes were closed for about three hours during the crash investigation.

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by Valerie Musson
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UPDATE: Woman, 18, Struck, Killed On Route 17 In Paramus UPDATE: Woman, 18, Struck, Killed On Route 17 In Paramus
Update: Woman, 18, Struck, Killed On Route 17 In Paramus An 18-year-old woman was struck and killed early Saturday on southbound Route 17 in Paramus, responders said. "The victim was walking in right lane of the highway" when she was struck around 5:30 a.m. near the Garden State Parkway overpass and Midland Avenue, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg told Daily Voice. Furious efforts to save her life failed. The driver remained at the scene as the victim was taken to a nearby hospital.  No other information about the crash was immediately available. The highway remained closed at Midland Avenue for nearly four hours before reopening. CHEC…

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by Jerry DeMarco