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Wrong-Way Tractor Trailer Crosses Double-Yellow Lines, Traps Woman In Building: Bridgewater PD Wrong-Way Tractor Trailer Crosses Double-Yellow Lines, Traps Woman In Building: Bridgewater PD
Wrong-Way Tractor Trailer Crosses Double-Yellow Lines, Traps Woman In Building: Bridgewater PD A tractor trailer driver wreaked havoc in Bridgewater when he crossed the double-yellow line, struck several parked cars,  a moving vehicle, and crashed into a building trapping an occupant, police said. Wesley Jefferson, 62, of Dansville, NY, was heading north on Finderne Avenue around 12:05 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16, when he crossed the solid double yellow lines into the southbound lanes of travel in Bridgewater, local police said. Jefferson struck a 2006 Ford Ranger operated by a 33-year-old Bridgewater woman, and continued north in the southbound lanes, police said. That's when Jeffer…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Somerset County Gunman Fires At Vehicle In Broad Daylight: Prosecutor Somerset County Gunman Fires At Vehicle In Broad Daylight: Prosecutor
Somerset County Gunman Fires At Vehicle In Broad Daylight: Prosecutor Authorities in Somerset County are investigating after a gunman fired at a car carrying two women in Bridgewater the afternoon of Tuesday, March 1, they said. Multiple spent shell casings were found near the apartments on Sunny Slope Road after police tracked down a car carrying to women near Finderne Avenue and East Main Street around 3:30 p.m., Acting Somerset County Prosecutor Thomas Chirichella said. No shooting victims have been reported to authorities from this incident. Detectives from the Bridgewater Township Police Department along with the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Offic…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Woman Fatally Struck By Tractor-Trailer, Car Crossing Somerset County Street Woman Fatally Struck By Tractor-Trailer, Car Crossing Somerset County Street
Woman Fatally Struck By Tractor-Trailer, Car Crossing Somerset County Street A woman was fatally struck by a tractor-trailer and then hit by another car while crossing a street in Somerset County, authorities said. The unidentified woman was walking southbound in a designated crosswalk on Union Avenue at the Finderne Avenue intersection when she was struck by a tractor-trailer around 1 p.m. Tuesday, according to a joint statement from Bridgewater police and the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office. The woman was subsequently hit by a second vehicle — a 2018 Hyundai Elantra driven by Richard Katz of Bedminster, authorities said. The victim was pronounced dead at…

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by Valerie Musson