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Former Nun, 96, Killed By Car, Driver Cited In Sussex County, Police Say Former Nun, 96, Killed By Car, Driver Cited In Sussex County, Police Say
Former Nun, 96, Killed By Car, Driver Cited In Sussex County, Police Say A 96-year-old former nun was struck and killed by a vehicle last week in Sussex County, police said. Aurora Marcos Travis, of Newton, died on Thursday, June 27, after being struck by a 25-year-old driver who failed to yield as she crossed Madison Street in a marked crosswalk, local police said. The driver had been turning left from Elm Street around 11 a.m., Newton police said. Travis was taken to Newton Medical Center where she was pronounced dead, while the driver was issued a summons for failure to yield, police said. Born and raised in Honduras, Travis became a nun with the Franci…

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NJ State Trooper Catches Baby No. 5 In Swift Wawa Parking Delivery NJ State Trooper Catches Baby No. 5 In Swift Wawa Parking Delivery
NJ State Trooper Catches Baby No. 5 In Swift Wawa Parking Delivery Stephanie McPherson knew her fifth baby could come as fast as some of her other babies — if not faster. The Wantage mom was due on June 29, and was planning on a home birth. But contractions started on Saturday afternoon, June 1. The following day, she delivered Baby Boy No. 5. In just two pushes. With two contractions. In the passenger's seat of her family car in the Route 206 Wawa parking lot. Kneeling next to her was New Jersey State Police Trooper Romeo, who caught Baby Lane Wilder McPherson. "I had this suspicion and this fear of having the baby in the car or at work, or some p…

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by Cecilia Levine