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NJ Transit Light Rail Driver, Four Passengers Injured In South Jersey Crash NJ Transit Light Rail Driver, Four Passengers Injured In South Jersey Crash
NJ Transit Light Rail Driver, Four Passengers Injured In South Jersey Crash Five people were injured when a New Jersey Transit light rail train crashed into a truck in Burlington Township, officials said. Four passengers and the train's operator suffered injuries on Friday, Oct. 11, a NJ Transit spokesperson said. The crash happened near Dulty’s Lane Crossing at around 6:10 a.m. All five injured people were expected to survive their injuries. There were 36 customers on board the train. The River LINE was temporarily suspended between the Burlington Town Center and Florence stations. Service has resumed with up to 15-minute delays. NJ Transit police are inve…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Driver, 83, Killed In 2-Car Crash In South Jersey: Police Driver, 83, Killed In 2-Car Crash In South Jersey: Police
Driver, 83, Killed In 2-Car Crash In South Jersey: Police An 83-year-old woman was killed in a two-car crash in Burlington Township, authorities said Rose Zampino, of Burlington Township, was driving a Mitsubishi sedan north on Route 541 near Kelly Drive at about 8:15 a.m. Tuesday, June 18, when a southbound Volvo SUV struck her vehicle, Burlington Township police said. Zampino died of her injuries at an area hospital, police said. Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call Officer Sean Celia at 609-386-2019 or email him at scelia113@burltwppd

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by Jon Craig
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Killer Who Aimed To 'Flood Streets' Of Trenton With Heroin Gets 17-Year Minimum In Fed Pen Killer Who Aimed To 'Flood Streets' Of Trenton With Heroin Gets 17-Year Minimum In Fed Pen
Killer Who Aimed To 'Flood Streets' Of Trenton With Heroin Gets 17-Year Minimum In Fed Pen 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: Jerome “Righteous" Roberts will have to see his 70th birthday before he can taste freedom again. A convicted killer who aimed to "flood the streets" of Trenton with a "motherlode" of heroin, Roberts, 53, was sentenced this week to what will be a minimum of 17 years in federal prison for his role in a drug ring that once dominated the capital city. Federal jurors had convicted Roberts, of Delran, of drug conspiracy following a three-week trial in Trenton in October 2021. U.S. District Judge Georgette Castner, in turn, sentenced the Bloods gang leader to a 245-month prison sentence t…

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by Jerry DeMarco