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21-Year-Old Passenger Killed In Central Jersey Crash: Police 21-Year-Old Passenger Killed In Central Jersey Crash: Police
21-Year-Old Passenger Killed In Central Jersey Crash: Police South Brunswick Police continue to investigate a fatal crash that killed a 21-year-old passenger from Monroe.  At 10:32 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19, South Brunswick police received multiple 911 calls of an overturned van on Route 130 near Deans Rhode Hall Road.  Officers found a 2003 Ford Econoline van had been traveling Route 130 southbound being driven by Eli Szmer a 32-year-old man from Monroe.  Szmer for unknown reasons lost control of his vehicle and crossed the grass divider, the northbound lanes of travel then struck the guardrail off the northbound shoulder of the highway…

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by Jon Craig
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NJ Stoneworker, 37, Killed By Granite Slab Was 'Everyone's Friend' NJ Stoneworker, 37, Killed By Granite Slab Was 'Everyone's Friend'
NJ Stoneworker, 37, Killed By Granite Slab Was 'Everyone's Friend' A 37-year-old stoneworker from Burlington County was killed when a slab of granite fell onto him, authorities said. The man from Marlton, who was not identified, worked for Empire Marble & Granite in South Brunswick, police said. At 3:28 p.m. on Thursday, April 21, South Brunswick police, South Brunswick EMS, and Monmouth Junction Fire Department responded to 5 Chris Ct.  The worker from Empire Marble & Granite who was killed in an industrial accident.Facebook/ Empire Marble & Granite Police found that the man's coworkers had removed much of the slab off of him, they said.…

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by Jon Craig
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Central Jersey Motorist, 52, Killed In Tractor-Trailer Crash Central Jersey Motorist, 52, Killed In Tractor-Trailer Crash
Central Jersey Motorist, 52, Killed In Tractor-Trailer Crash A 52-year-old man from Somerset County died in a collision with a tractor-trailer, authorities said. The motorist, whose name had not been released, was pronounced dead at the scene of the Friday evening crash, South Brunswick police said on Saturday. First responders were called to the crash on Route 130 at 7:16 p.m., police said. A preliminary investigation found that the tractor-trailer was stopped at a traffic light and the passenger car read-ended it. The victim was driving a 2015 Dodge Dart which ran under the rear of the 2015 Volvo tractor-trailer, police said. The driver of the tr…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
NJ Family Delivering Food Narrowly Escapes Car Fire NJ Family Delivering Food Narrowly Escapes Car Fire
NJ Family Delivering Food Narrowly Escapes Car Fire A family delivering food to relatives narrowly escaped a car fire Saturday night in South Brunswick, authorities said. The family pulled over on Ridge Road and got out after the car made a noise, police said in a tweet. Seconds later, the car burst into flames.  Monmouth Junction firefighters put out the fire.

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by Cecilia Levine