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Sidewalk Pedestrian Airlifted After Being Struck By Man With History Of Careless Driving In NJ Sidewalk Pedestrian Airlifted After Being Struck By Man With History Of Careless Driving In NJ
Sidewalk Pedestrian Airlifted After Being Struck By Man With History Of Careless Driving In NJ A woman was flown to the hospital after a careless driver drove onto the sidewalk and struck her while she was walking her dog in an Ocean County town on Friday, Sept. 6, police said. Eugenio Carta of Berkeley Township was operating a 1999 Buick Sedan when he drove off the roadway, struck the victim walking her dog on the sidewalk, then came to rest after hitting a tree around 3 p.m. at the intersection on Doral Drive at Cohansey Drive, local police said. The woman suffered a head injury from the crash and was airlifted to Jersey Shore Medical Center where she was in critical but stable con…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Motorcyclist Killed In Central Jersey Crash Was Aspiring Mechanic Motorcyclist Killed In Central Jersey Crash Was Aspiring Mechanic
Motorcyclist Killed In Central Jersey Crash Was Aspiring Mechanic Nelisson De La Rosa was just more than a year out of high school and had a bright future ahead of him, those who knew him said. He was an aspiring mechanic and, no matter the circumstance, had a positive attitude. The 19-year-old Franklin Township resident died in a Somerset crash Wednesday, July 20, leaving his single dad to grieve the loss of yet another son.  More than $6,800 had been raised as of Thursday, July 21 on a GoFundMe to help bring his body to the Dominican Republic, where his mother lives. De La Rosa collided with a Toyota Camry turning left on Easton Avenue …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Pedestrian Struck Outside Of Central NJ Firehouse Dies Pedestrian Struck Outside Of Central NJ Firehouse Dies
Pedestrian Struck Outside Of Central NJ Firehouse Dies The pedestrian struck by a car earlier this month in Middlesex County has died, authorities said. Keith Butterfield, 66, passed away at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick on Monday evening. At 8:11 a.m. on Nov. 8, South Brunswick police responded to a pedestrian struck on New Road near the Kendall Park Fire House.  Patrol officers found Butterfield injured on the roadway, along with a 2019 Toyota pickup truck and its 76-year-old driver, a Princeton Junction man. The pedestrian was transported to the hospital,  where he has listed in critical but stable cond…

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by Jon Craig