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Newark Teacher Dies Days After Being Struck By Vehicle Outside High School: Authorities Newark Teacher Dies Days After Being Struck By Vehicle Outside High School: Authorities
Newark Teacher Dies Days After Being Struck By Vehicle Outside High School: Authorities A 66-year-old Newark teacher died Saturday, Oct. 26, after being struck by a vehicle at Arts High School on Wednesday, Oct. 23, authorities said. At 10:39 a.m., police responded to the 500 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard on a call of two pedestrians struck, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. Police found two women, one of whom was Laura Cuevas, struck in the aftermath of a two-car crash that saw one vehicle striking a wall at Arts High School, Fragé said. Cuevas was pinned against the exterior wall of the building, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said. …

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Two People Critical After Struck By Vehicle Outside High School: Newark PD Two People Critical After Struck By Vehicle Outside High School: Newark PD
Two People Critical After Struck By Vehicle Outside High School: Newark PD Two people are in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle outside Arts High School in Newark on the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 23, authorities said. At 10:39 a.m., police responded to the 500 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard on a call of two pedestrians struck, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. Police found two women who had been struck as a result of a two-car crash resulting in one vehicle striking a wall at Arts High School, Fragé said.  The two pedestrians and both drivers have been transported to a nearby hospital for treatment, Fr…

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by Sam Barron
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WILD CHASE: Stolen Car Driver With Two Flats Hits Police Car, Parked Vehicles, Flees South WILD CHASE: Stolen Car Driver With Two Flats Hits Police Car, Parked Vehicles, Flees South
Wild Chase: Stolen Car Driver With Two Flats Hits Police Car, Parked Vehicles, Flees South Two thieves led police on a wild stolen car chase through Bergen County on what became two flat front tires. A Little Ferry police cruiser was struck during the pursuit, which began in Ridgefield and went through several towns -- on highways as well as back streets -- before winding up back there. The driver and his passenger were then somehow able to flee south on the New Jersey Turnpike with both the flats and a heavily-damaged front end, police said. Fortunately, no one was injured, Ridgefield Police Chief TJ Gallagher said Thursday. It all began late Wednesday afternoon when the two b…

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by Jerry DeMarco