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New Immigrant Dies In Fall From Roof At Abandoned NJ Hospital New Immigrant Dies In Fall From Roof At Abandoned NJ Hospital
New Immigrant Dies In Fall From Roof At Abandoned NJ Hospital A worker at an abandoned New Jersey psychiatric hospital fell to his death on Wednesday, authorities said. Cristian Velez-Hurtado, 33, of Paterson had been working on the roof of Marlboro State Hospital on Springs Road (Monmouth County location) when he fell inside the building around 9:30 a.m., NJSP Sgt. Lawrence Peele said. The incident was deemed accidental in nature and remains under investigation. According to his Facebook profile, Velez-Hurtado is from Loja, Ecuador. He apparently celebrated one year in the US in January 2020, photos show. The hospital apparently closed in 1998 and…

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by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine
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Sussex County Tractor-Trailer Crash Shuts Down Route 206 Sussex County Tractor-Trailer Crash Shuts Down Route 206
Sussex County Tractor-Trailer Crash Shuts Down Route 206 A car slammed into the back of a tractor-trailer Thursday morning, causing a nearly 2-hour shutdown of Route 206 southbound in Sussex County, state police said. The driver of a Subaru Impreza slammed into the back of the truck near milepost 128.7 in Montague around 5:20 a.m., NJSP Sgt. Lawrence Peele told Daily Voice. The road was reopened around 7:10 a.m., Peele said. No serious injuries were reported in the crash, which remained under investigation.

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
State Police: Driver Injured In Route 80 Tractor-Trailer Hit-And-Run State Police: Driver Injured In Route 80 Tractor-Trailer Hit-And-Run
State Police: Driver Injured In Route 80 Tractor-Trailer Hit-And-Run The driver of a tractor-trailer fled after hitting a sedan on Route 80 eastbound in Morris County Sunday night, state police said. The driver of a Honda Accord was struck by a tractor-trailer near milepost 39.2 in Denville just before 8:30 p.m., NJSP Sgt. Lawrence Peele told Daily Voice. The Honda driver was sent to St. Claire’s Hospital in Denville with non-life-threatening injuries, Peele said. The crash remains under investigation. It was unclear if that tractor-trailer driver had been charged.

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by Valerie Musson