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NJIT Student Fighting For His Life After Major Crash NJIT Student Fighting For His Life After Major Crash
Njit Student Fighting For His Life After Major Crash A New Jersey Institute of Technology senior is fighting for his life after a serious car crash. Vinamra Sharma has been taken off a ventilator but suffers severe brain swelling after multiple surgeries, stemming from a crash on Nov. 12, said Abhishek Sharma, who organized a GoFundMe page. Vinamra was on his way home from the university's campus in Newark when the crash occurred, knocking him unconscious the GoFundMe says. The student was rushed to Rutgers University Hospital, where he was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Within 10 days, Vinamra had undergone four br…

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Irvington Man With Multiple DWIs Found Guilty Of Vehicular Homicide Irvington Man With Multiple DWIs Found Guilty Of Vehicular Homicide
Irvington Man With Multiple DWIs Found Guilty Of Vehicular Homicide A jury in Essex County Thursday convicted an Irvington man guilty of vehicular homicide after years of legal wrangling over whether his record of driving under the influence would be admissible in court, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said. Carlos Green, who is now 44 years old, was driving a Cadillac Escalade near 19th and Ellis avenues Dec. 27, 2014, when he struck a pedestrian. Green kept driving for about a block until bystanders told Green to return to the scene. The pedestrian, 54-year-old Billy Ray Dudley of East Orange, died from his injuries. Green, who told police he’d ha…

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by Paul Milo