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Wrong-Way Crash Kills Groom, Cousin Night Before Bergen County Wedding
A weekend that would've been one of the happiest for the families of Kirk Walker and Shauntea Weaver ended in tragedy.
The pair were set to marry on Sunday, Aug. 25 at The Royal Manor in Garfield.
But early Saturday morning, Aug. 24, Walker, 38, and his cousin, Robert "Todd" McLaurin, 40, were killed by a wrong-way driver on the Henry Hudson Parkway in New York City, according to loved ones and the NYPD.
As of Thursday, Sept. 5, more than $31,900 had been raised on a GoFundMe for Weaver, whose Facebook page says she is a nurse who lives in Teaneck.
According to the campaign launched…
Bomb Threat On American Airlines Flight Diverts Plane From NJ To PA: Report
An American Airlines flight was diverted from Newark, New Jersey on its way to Dallas, Texas on Wednesday morning, Sept. 4, according to flight logs.
The flight, AA 1603, was diverted to Pittsburgh International Airport allegedly due to a bomb threat, as WPXI Channel 11 reported.
A flight attendant using the restroom supposedly spotted a "barely legible note written in pink pen on the door that said 'there’s a bomb on board,'" the outlet reported citing the FBI.
The plane left EWR at 8:06 a.m., diverting and landing at PIT at 10:15 a.m., flight logs show.
The landing at …
Bayonne Motorcyclist Killed In Route 78 Crash: Njsp
A 35-year-old Bayonne man was killed after his motorcycle overturned on Route 78 in Hunterdon County on Tuesday evening, Sept. 3, authorities said.
At 11:47 p.m., Raquan Hicks was traveling east on Route 78 in Union Township when his Harley-Davidson veered off the roadway to the left, reentered the road and overturned, Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said.
R.i.p Raquan T. Hicks (rocky) you will be missed 💔💔 Posted by Danica McRae on Wednesday, September 4, 2024
During the crash, Hicks was ejected and struck the guardrail and sustained fatal injuries, Leb…