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Tree Worker Electrocuted By Power Line In Morris County: Police Tree Worker Electrocuted By Power Line In Morris County: Police
Tree Worker Electrocuted By Power Line In Morris County: Police A tree worker was killed after coming in contact with a power line in Morris County on the afternoon of Thursday, April 4, police said. The worker was at 95 Taylortown Road in Montville when he came in contact with the line around  3:50 p.m., Montville Police Chief Andrew Caggiano said. The Montville Fire Department, Morris County EMS, and Jersey Central Power and Light responded to the scene, Caggiano said. The worker was removed from the tree and taken to Morristown Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead, Caggiano said. The identity of the worker is not being released at thi…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Van With 10 Occupants Rolls Down Embankment Off Rt. 287, Seriously Injuring Driver, Passenger Van With 10 Occupants Rolls Down Embankment Off Rt. 287, Seriously Injuring Driver, Passenger
Van With 10 Occupants Rolls Down Embankment Off Rt. 287, Seriously Injuring Driver, Passenger A van with 10 occupants rolled down an embankment Tuesday, August 15, seriously injuring the driver and one of the passengers, authorities said. The crash occurred by the off-ramp from the Hamburg Turnpike to Rt. 287 North near Walmart in Riverdale around 3 a.m., according to the Riverdale Fire Department. The van was located about 30 feet down an embankment in a wooded area, where eight of its 10 occupants had self-extricated, the squad said. The driver, a 20-year-old New Square, NY resident, as well as a front passenger, a 15-year-old from Monsey, NY, were both removed via a Stokes baske…

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by Valerie Musson
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3 Hospitalized As Serious Crash Shuts Down Route 206: UPDATE 3 Hospitalized As Serious Crash Shuts Down Route 206: UPDATE
3 Hospitalized As Serious Crash Shuts Down Route 206: Update Three people were hospitalized with serious injuries as a 3-car crash shut down Route 206 in Morris County, authorities confirmed. A Ford transit van heading south on Route 206 rear-ended a Chevrolet Malibu that was slowing or stopped in the southbound lane near Matt’s Glass in Mount Olive just before 10:10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 10, local police said in a release. The Malibu spun and was pushed partially into the northbound lane, where it was then hit by a Nissan Sentra that was heading northbound. The man driving the Malibu and woman driving the Sentra were treated at the scene before b…

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by Valerie Musson
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Swimmers Drown In North Jersey Lake Swimmers Drown In North Jersey Lake
Swimmers Drown In North Jersey Lake A trip to a North Jersey lake turned deadly for two swimmers on Tuesday, June 14. Bodies of the 17- and- 22-year-old Hispanic males were recovered from the waters of Mine Hill Beach in the evening hours, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said. The pair had gone in with a group at the sand pits around 5:20 p.m. and never came out, launching an intensive search that was complicated by the vegetation below the surface. The body of one swimmer was recovered hours later, and then the other, Carroll said. Additional identifying information is pending further investigation and noti…

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by Cecilia Levine
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3 People Including Motorcyclist Rescued From North Jersey Lake (PHOTOS) 3 People Including Motorcyclist Rescued From North Jersey Lake (PHOTOS)
3 People Including Motorcyclist Rescued From North Jersey Lake (Photos) Three people including a motorcyclist were rescued after falling through a Morris County lake Sunday. Police were called to Lake Musconetcong just before 5 p.m., where James Best had fallen through the ice. After several failed attempts at pulling him out, an officer got a rope from a Stanhope officer to retrieve him, Netcong firefighters said in a release. Posted by Morris County Fire Wire on Monday, January 17, 2022 A few seconds later, a female identified as Emma Ike fell through the ice. An officer threw a rescue rope for Ike to hold onto and, a few moments later, Netcong firefighte…

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by Cecilia Levine
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‘Another Chance At Life:’ Madison Officer, Passerby Nurse Save Man, 53, Unconscious On Sidewalk ‘Another Chance At Life:’ Madison Officer, Passerby Nurse Save Man, 53, Unconscious On Sidewalk
‘Another Chance At Life:’ Madison Officer, Passerby Nurse Save Man, 53, Unconscious On Sidewalk A Madison police officer and a passerby nurse worked together to save the life of a man who had collapsed on the sidewalk and gone into cardiac arrest Saturday afternoon. Madison Police Patrolman Patrick Strafaci responded “within seconds” to the area of Main Street near Station Road after a caller stated that a man was lying unresponsive on the sidewalk around 12:10 p.m., authorities said. Strafaci evaluated the 53-year-old patient, a Madison resident, and determined that he was not breathing, did not have a pulse, and had gone into cardiac arrest. Strafaci alerted Madison Dispatch and ha…

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by Valerie Musson
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UPDATE: 8 Saint Clare’s ER Patients Evacuated Due To Mechanical Fire, Heavy Smoke UPDATE: 8 Saint Clare’s ER Patients Evacuated Due To Mechanical Fire, Heavy Smoke
Update: 8 Saint Clare’s ER Patients Evacuated Due To Mechanical Fire, Heavy Smoke Eight patients were evacuated from the emergency room of Saint Clare’s Hospital in Denville due to heavy smoke conditions from a mechanical fire Monday afternoon, authorities said. The fire broke out in an air handler on the roof due to a mechanical failure around 12 p.m. Monday, Denville Police Capt. Jeffrey Tucker said. Once the fire was doused, the heavy smoke spread through a portion of the building and led to patients’ evacuation, Tucker said. A total of eight patients in the emergency room were transported to St. Clare’s Dover campus, while others were moved to various areas of the h…

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by Valerie Musson