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NJ Mom Killed By Falling Tree While Camping With Family In Furious Upstate NY Storm NJ Mom Killed By Falling Tree While Camping With Family In Furious Upstate NY Storm
NJ Mom Killed By Falling Tree While Camping With Family In Furious Upstate NY Storm A New Jersey woman was killed in upstate New York over the weekend when a tree fell on her camper during fierce thunderstorms that ripped through the region, authorities said. At about 10:50 a.m. the Delaware County 911 Center received multiple reports of trees down on campers at multiple locations with an individual trapped at the Russell Brook Campground in the Town of Colchester. Carol E. Luistro was inside of her camper when it was struck by a fallen tree, pinning her underneath it, police said. She was pronounced dead at the scene, Colchester police said. Her age was not released. Pho…

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by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Aspiring State Trooper, 25, Killed By Backyard Bonfire Explosion In Atlantic County Aspiring State Trooper, 25, Killed By Backyard Bonfire Explosion In Atlantic County
Aspiring State Trooper, 25, Killed By Backyard Bonfire Explosion In Atlantic County An aspiring Florida state trooper died four days after catching fire at a backyard bonfire in Atlantic County.  James Nelson Davis III, 25, was airlifted to Temple Hospital's Burn Center in Philadelphia on Christmas night with burns over 90 percent of his body, DailyVoice.com previously reported. He died the night of Dec. 29. Mullica Township Police Chief Brian Zeck told NJ Advance Media that Davis used a gas can to re-ignite the flame and it exploded. The fire has been ruled accidental, the chief said. Most recently, Davis worked as a corrections officer. He was accepted in…

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by Jon Craig
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NJSP: Two Dead, Three Ejected In Separate Garden State Parkway Crashes Miles And Minutes Apart NJSP: Two Dead, Three Ejected In Separate Garden State Parkway Crashes Miles And Minutes Apart
Njsp: Two Dead, Three Ejected In Separate Garden State Parkway Crashes Miles And Minutes Apart UPDATE: Three occupants were ejected and two people died in separate Garden State Parkway crashes within two miles and less than 15 minutes of one another, authorities confirmed. A BMW X5 was headed north on the Parkway near milepost 157.9 in Clifton when it veered off the road, hit a cluster of trees and a guardrail, then overturned and re-entered the roadway at 5:43 a.m., New Jersey State Police Trooper II Charles Marchan said. All three occupants in the vehicle were ejected -- one of whom was pronounced dead at the scene, the trooper said. The other two sustained serious injuries, he sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Woman Struck, Killed By Hit-Run Driver In Somerset County, Prosecutor Says Woman Struck, Killed By Hit-Run Driver In Somerset County, Prosecutor Says
Woman Struck, Killed By Hit-Run Driver In Somerset County, Prosecutor Says A woman was struck and killed by a driver who fled the scene earlier this week, authorities announced. Treasa M. Daye-Fennie, 50, was crossing Somerset Street near High Street in Franklin Township when a southbound vehicle struck her and fled the scene just before 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 22, Acting Somerset County Prosecutor Thomas Chirichella said in Friday release. Daye-Fennie, of New Brunswick, was pronounced dead at the scene, Chirichella said. The investigation is ongoing, and no arrests have been made. Anyone with information is asked to call the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Offic…

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by Valerie Musson
Obituaries
'She Wasn't A Bad Kid': Mom Of 15-Year-Old Killed In Double Fatal Stolen Car Crash Speaks Out 'She Wasn't A Bad Kid': Mom Of 15-Year-Old Killed In Double Fatal Stolen Car Crash Speaks Out
'She Wasn't A Bad Kid': Mom Of 15-Year-Old Killed In Double Fatal Stolen Car Crash Speaks Out Majia Horner wasn't a bad kid, her mom Jennifer Horner says: "She just made a bad choice." The 15-year-old Newark girl was driving a stolen Jeep that crossed a double-yellow line and struck a westbound Acura RDX in Princeton earlier this month, according to her mom and local police. Majia and the other driver, Jodi Marcou, 61, of the Kendall Park section of South Brunswick, were both pronounced dead at the scene. A 14-year-old passenger in the Jeep was hospitalized with serious injuries, police and the teen's mom said. Horner says she's heartbroken that her daughter took two lives. J…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Twin Who Lost His Leg Trying To Stop North Jersey Brother From Drunk Driving Dies, 19 Twin Who Lost His Leg Trying To Stop North Jersey Brother From Drunk Driving Dies, 19
Twin Who Lost His Leg Trying To Stop North Jersey Brother From Drunk Driving Dies, 19 A 19-year-old North Jersey man who lost his leg trying to stop his brother from drunk driving has died, his obituary says. West Caldwell's Joseph N. Dattoli -- "a protector by nature" -- died on Oct. 19. Joe lost his leg after authorities said his drunk twin brother, Anthony Dattoli, drove into a tree with him on the hood of the car on June 27, according to a GoFundMe launched by the Dattolis' sister. The crash occurred at the corner of Central Avenue and Taylor Drive, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and West Caldwell Police Chief Dennis A. Capriglione Jr. said in a…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Maryland Assistant Attorney General Killed In Motorcycle Crash In Central Pennsylvania Maryland Assistant Attorney General Killed In Motorcycle Crash In Central Pennsylvania
Maryland Assistant Attorney General Killed In Motorcycle Crash In Central Pennsylvania A Maryland Assistant Attorney General died in a motorcycle crash in York County on Sunday. Patrick “Pat” Henry McCormally, 41, of the 5000 of Ridgedale Road Baltimore, Maryland, died at WellSpan York Hospital at 3:46 p.m., according to the York County coroner’s office. McCormally was hit by an oncoming vehicle which failed to yield a left turn at the intersection of Mt. Carmel Road and Single Tree Lane in Baltimore County around 2:35 p.m., according to area police. He was named after the US Founding Father Patrick Henry because he was born on Independence Day, according to his obituary. …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Man's Body Found At Dangerous Trenton Intersection, Police Say Man's Body Found At Dangerous Trenton Intersection, Police Say
Man's Body Found At Dangerous Trenton Intersection, Police Say A man's body was found on Route 129 in Trenton, authorities said. The victim, identified as 35-year-old Celso Rivera, suffered fatal injuries from being struck by a vehicle at Lalor Street, Trenton police spokesman Lt. Gaetano Ponticiello told NJ Advance Media. Trenton police found the man's body about 5:40 a.m. Sunday, Ponticiello told nj.com An investigation remains active.

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
South Jersey Pedestrian, 46, Killed In Hit-Run Crash South Jersey Pedestrian, 46, Killed In Hit-Run Crash
South Jersey Pedestrian, 46, Killed In Hit-Run Crash A 46-year-old woman from Burlington was killed early Saturday when she was struck by a driver who fled the scene, authorities said.  At 2:13 a.m., Burlington Township police responded to Campus Drive between Sunset Road and Autumn Lane on a report of a pedestrian lying in the road.  Rochelle Ritter suffered fatal injuries as a result of being struck by a vehicle that then fled the scene prior to passersby locating her and calling 9-1-1, police said.  Ritter was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. Initial investigation suggests that Ritter was struc…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
NJ Mom Found Drowned With Son Was Substitute Teacher Who Suffered Trio Of Recent Tragedies NJ Mom Found Drowned With Son Was Substitute Teacher Who Suffered Trio Of Recent Tragedies
NJ Mom Found Drowned With Son Was Substitute Teacher Who Suffered Trio Of Recent Tragedies The 35-year-old Morris County mother found drowned with her 11-year-old son in a Boonton pond had suffered a trio of recent tragedies, reports say. The body of Warda Syed and her son, Uzair Ahmed, were recovered from the Upper Pond section of Grace Lord Park in Boonton around 6:40 p.m. Tuesday, Acting Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said in a release with other county officials. Syed, a substitute teacher in the Boonton school district, rented an apartment from the cousin of Dr. Abdul Raja, who says the family had been struggling after her husband was diagnose…

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by Valerie Musson