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Carlstadt, NJ

Police & Fire
Driver Of Airborne Mini Cooper That Slammed Into Minivan On Route 17 Identified, Charged Driver Of Airborne Mini Cooper That Slammed Into Minivan On Route 17 Identified, Charged
Driver Of Airborne Mini Cooper That Slammed Into Minivan On Route 17 Identified, Charged Authorities identified the driver of a speeding Mini Cooper that flew into a minivan on Route 17, critically injuring its driver, as a 33-year-old warehouse worker from Hudson County, New Jersey. Witnesses told police that Christopher Macias of Guttenberg was racing the driver of another vehicle – believed to be a Camaro – when he failed to negotiate the exit ramp to Hoboken Road on the southbound highway shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 8, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The other vehicle kept going, they said. Macias’s Mini Cooper hit the grass triangle median separating …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Mini Cooper Goes Airborne, Slams Into Minivan On Route 17, Leaves Other Driver Gravely Injured Mini Cooper Goes Airborne, Slams Into Minivan On Route 17, Leaves Other Driver Gravely Injured
Mini Cooper Goes Airborne, Slams Into Minivan On Route 17, Leaves Other Driver Gravely Injured UPDATE: Authorities identified the driver of a speeding Mini Cooper that flew into a minivan on Route 17, critically injuring an Orange County driver, as a 33-year-old warehouse worker. Witnesses told police that Christopher Macias of Guttenberg, NJ was racing the driver of another vehicle – believed to be a Camaro – when he failed to negotiate the exit ramp to Hoboken Road on the southbound highway shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The other vehicle kept going, they said. Macias’s Mini Cooper hit the grass triangle median separating the exit and e…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Matthew Dickman Of Bergen Dies At 24 Matthew Dickman Of Bergen Dies At 24
Matthew Dickman Of Bergen Dies At 24 Matthew James Dickman of Carlstadt died at home surrounded by his family on Aug. 17. He was 24 years old. A graduate of Henry P. Becton Regional High School, Matthew was an avid New York Mets fan and enjoyed golfing, fishing, cooking and spending time with family and friends.  He was predeceased by his grandparents, William Beatty, Joan Dickman and Robert Dickman, Sr. Matthew is survived by his parents, Linda (nee Beatty) and Robert H. Dickman, Jr.; siblings Alyson R. Dickman and her fiancé Jordan Vega, and Gregory R. Dickman; and grandmother Patricia Beatty,  He is also survived by his …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
NY Man ID'd As Victim Of Fatal NJ Turnpike Crash NY Man ID'd As Victim Of Fatal NJ Turnpike Crash
NY Man ID'd As Victim Of Fatal NJ Turnpike Crash A New York City man was killed in a chain reaction crash Wednesday after the pickup he was riding in was rear-ended by a garbage truck, said the New Jersey State Police. Zhen Dong Wang, 50, of Brooklyn, a passenger in a Dodge Ram, was killed when the vehicle was rear-ended by the garbage truck in the southbound lanes near mile marker 114.8 on the New Jersey Turnpike in Carlstadt, Trooper Alejandro Goez said. Following the first crash, the pickup was then rear-ended by a Honda Accord and a Lexus RX, according to Goez. Wang died at the scene. The driver of the pickup was also seriously injur…

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by Kathy Reakes