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NJ Motorcyclist, 25, Killed In SUV's Lane Change Leaves Behind 3-Month-Old Son, Campaign Says
A 25-year-old motorcyclist killed in a crash on Interstate 76 Friday night, Aug. 16 was a brand-new dad, loved ones say. A Chevrolet SUV was making a lane change in front of Ryan Gaskill, of Pennsauken, who was heading south on the interstate at milepost 1.1 in Gloucester around 9:40 p.m., New Jersey State Police Sgt. Charles Marchan said. Gaskill hit the brakes of the Suzuki, causing the motorcycle to overturn, ejecting and killing him. The driver of the Chevrolet remained on scene. The crash remains under investigation. A GoFundMe for Gaskill's family a 3-month-old son are among su…
Police & Fire
80-Year-Old 'Careless Driver' Injured In Route 206 Crash: Police
An 80-year-old Princeton woman was injured and cited for careless driving after causing a two-car crash in Montgomery on Thursday, May 2, authorities said. At 12:52 pm, the woman was driving a 2009 Honda northbound on Route 206 near Applegarth Road when she rear-ended a 2017 Chevrolet pickup truck that was stuck in traffic, Montgomery police said on Facebook. The woman complained of chest pains and was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital, police said. The driver of the pickup truck and his passenger were not injured, police said. The woman due to appear in Montgomery Municipal Co…
Police & Fire
Mexico-Bound Killer Decapitated Victim Then Dumped Her Body Near Camden Overpass: Affidavit
Gruesome details are coming to light in the death of a 26-year-old New Jersey woman. Police documents obtained by Daily Voice are painting a horrifying story in the death of Cathleen McGrath, of Haddon Township. ** WARNING: The following news report contains graphic information. ** Reports of a body wrapped in clear, black trash bags brought Camden County police officers to the area near the overpass at 8th Street and Atlantic Avenue, just before 2 p.m. on Nov. 15, according to an affidavit obtained by Daily Voice. "Investigation revealed the victim was Cathleen McGrath," the complaint re…
Police & Fire
Pedestrians Struck In Separate Hit-Run Crashes In Jersey Shore Town
Two separate hit-and-run crashes involving pedestrians being struck took place within hours of each other on Sunday, Oct. 15 in Manchester Township. The Manchester Township Police Department is actively investigating both incidents, urging the public's assistance in identifying the vehicles and drivers involved. At 12:59 p.m., officers were dispatched to Northampton Boulevard near the exit of Silverwoods Independent Living in response to a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle. The victim, 71-year-old Daniel Beatty, of Manchester, was struck by a vehicle described a…
Traffic
Car Overturns In Fiery Crash On Garden State Parkway (
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A fiery crash involving an overturned car caused delays along the Garden State Parkway during evening rush hour Thursday, Oct. 5. It happened on the southbound side in Aberdeen near Exit 117, the state's DOT website shows. A New Jersey State Police spokesperson said the crash involved a BMW and Chevrolet both traveling south. The BMW lost directional control, collided with the Chevrolet, overturned and subsequently caught fire near milepost 119.6. Heavy delays were being reported as of 6 p.m. Based on a preliminary investigation, The driver of the BMW was transported to an …
News
Mercer County Engineer, 25, Killed In Wrong-Way Massachusetts Crash
A 25-year-old engineer from Mercer County was killed this week by a wrong-way driver in Massachusetts, where she lived and worked, police said. Geetika Guruprasad, of West Windsor, died just after 12:45 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 17, in Littleton, a suburb of Boston. Guruprasad was driving her Mazda CX-5 on Route 2 when an SUV traveling on the wrong side of the road collided with her, Massachusetts State Police said. Paramedics rushed her to Emerson Hospital in Concord, Massachusetts, where doctors pronounced her dead. The 22-year-old driver of the Chevrolet SUV was also se…
Police & Fire
2 Truck Drivers Killed In Salem County Collision, 2 Kids Hurt: State Police
Two truck drivers were killed in a collision at an intersection in Salem County, authorities said. Ashley Knuth, 36, of Bridgeton, was driving a Chevrolet Silverado pickup towing a trailer westbound on Mannington-Yorktown Road in Mannington at 9:07 a.m., Thursday, July 27, according to a New Jersey State Police spokesman. David Mitchell, 42, of Woodstown, was driving an International 920 truck north on Alloway-Woodstown Road (County Route 603), said the State Police spokesman, Sgt. Philip Curry. The trucks collided at the intersection resulting in fatal injuries to both drivers, Curr…
Police & Fire
Lakewood Man, 21, Indicted In Fatal DWI Crash: Prosecutor
A 21-year-old man from Lakewood has been indicted in connection with a fatal crash in which the driver was traveling 90 mph, authorities said. Mordechai Berkowitz was charged with aggravated manslaughter and aggravated assault, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. The crash caused the death of Juana Lopez-Hernandez, 44, a citizen of Mexico, and caused serious bodily injury to Maria Flores-Moreno, 35, of Jackson, Billhimer said. On July 22, 2022, at approximately 8:20 p.m., Lakewood police responded to the area of South Lake Drive and East Lak…
Police & Fire
'57 Chevy Among Antique Vehicles Destroyed In Pre-Dawn Garfield Garage Fire: Responders
A vicious pre-dawn Bergen County garage fire exacted a steep sentimental price. THE quintessential American greaser car -- a 1957 Bel Air -- was destroyed along with another antique Chevy and a motorcycle in the overnight fire in Garfield, responders said. The fire broke out on the second floor of the detached Cedar Street garage off Belmont Avenue shortly after 2 a.m. Monday, May 1. The fire broke out on the second floor of the Cedar Street garage in Garfield shortly after 2 a.m. Monday, May 1.Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE Firefighters had it knocked down in just under a half hour and …
Business
GM Recalling 40K Chevy Pick-Ups For Fire Hazard
Tens of thousands of Chevrolet trucks are being subject to a national recall due to a faulty switch that could potentially pose an increased risk of sparking a fire. Some truck owners are being cautioned to park outside and away from anything that could burn after General Motors advised the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that Chevy Silverados produced between 2019 and 2023 that could go up in flames and pose a massive safety hazard. The vehicles included in the recall include 4500HD, 5500HD, and 6500HD models. In total, 40,428 trucks are subject to the recall. Accor…
Police & Fire
Driver, 57, Killed In South Jersey Crash:
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A 57-year-old driver from Gloucester County was killed in a collision at a Salem County intersection, authorities said. Daniel Lehner, of Newfield, was driving a Chevrolet Express van west on Route 40 in Pilesgrove Township at 6:29 a.m. on Feb. 2 when his van collided with a Toyota Highlander traveling north on Route 646/Pointers Auburn Road, according to New Jersey State Police. Lehner was killed in the collision, State Police said. The driver of the Highlander, Cheryl Freels, 45, of Quinton, suffered serious injuries, police said. The crash remains under investigation.
Police & Fire
19-Year-Old Woman Dead, Four Hurt In South Jersey Crash
A 19-year-old passenger was killed and four others hurt in a crash in South Jersey, authorities said. On Wednesday, Jan. 11, at approximately 11:40 p.m., Pennsauken Police responded to River Road and Springfield Avenue for a motor vehicle crash involving a 2008 Honda Civic and a 2016 Chevrolet pickup truck. As a result of the crash, all occupants of both vehicles were transported to the hospital with injuries. One passenger, Grace Lopez of Woodlynne, was fatally injured. One of the passengers is in critical condition; another is in stable condition. This incident is still unde…
Police & Fire
Children Critical, NJ Drivers Hospitalized In Wrong-Way NY Crash
A wrong-way, three-vehicle crash in New York sent multiple people to the hospital, including two drivers from New Jersey. Police responded to a crash in Rockland County at the intersection of Route 303 and Greenbush Road in Blauvelt at about 12:40 p.m. on Saturday, July 30, according to the Orangetown Police Department. A 2001 BMW X5, driven by 20-year-old Thomas Robb, was southbound, traveling the wrong way on a one-way section of Greenbush Road, and entered the intersection at Route 303, striking a 2017 Chevrolet Cruze driven by a 32-year-old woman from Newark. The Chevrolet then collide…
Police & Fire
Driver Killed In Berks Pickup Rollover Crash
A 26-year-old Pennsylvania man was killed in a rollover crash Independence Day Weekend, authorities said. Norris Carl, of Shoemakersville, lost control of a 2004 Chevrolet pickup while navigating a curve eastbound on Mountain Road, crossing into the opposite lane of travel around 9 p.m., Tilden Township police said. The truck left the roadway and went in a ditch, continuing before rolling onto the driver's side, police said. Carl was partially ejected and pinned under the driver's side door, while his passenger climbed out the broken windshield uninjured, according to police. Over the…
Police & Fire
3 Hospitalized In Serious Mercer County DWI Crash, Driver Charged With Vehicular Assault: PD
A drunken driver was charged with vehicular assault for causing a serious crash in Mercer County, authorities said. Romulo Alfredo Menchu Aguilar, of Millstone, was driving a white Chevrolet Colorado southbound on Old Trenton Road near Pennington Drive in West Windsor when he veered into the path of a black 2022 Genesis G70 heading northbound on Old Trenton Road just after 10:30 p.m. on Friday, June 17, local police said in a release on Friday, June 24. Both drivers, as well as Aguilar’s passenger, had to be extricated and were taken to the trauma unit at Capital Health Regional Medical Cen…
Police & Fire
Fiery Crash With Freightliner Claims Life Of Pickup Driver In South Jersey
The driver of a Chevrolet pickup truck died in a fiery crash on a state highway in South Jersey overnight, authorities said. The Freightliner M2 was heading south on Route 29 when it struck the back of a Chevrolet GMT-400 that was stopped in the right shoulder near milepost 0.6 in Hamilton Township around 12:45 a.m., New Jersey State Police Trooper Alejandro Goez said. The Chevrolet caught fire and became fully engulfed, killing the driver, police said. The 50-year-old male driver of the M2 was not injured. The driver of the Chevrolet is pending identification. The right two lanes of…
Police & Fire
Dad, 2 Children Seriously Hurt After Being Struck By Car At Mercer County Intersection: Police
A 39-year-old father and his two children were seriously hurt after being struck by a car at a Mercer County intersection Monday afternoon, authorities said. Hamilton resident Bonnie Cody, 56, was behind the wheel of a 1993 Chevrolet Caprice Wagon heading eastbound on Edinburg Road when she struck Luis Minyety and his two children near the intersection of Stamford Road around 3:40 p.m., Lt. Richard Mastropolo said in a release. The victims, of Hamilton, had been attempting to cross Edinburg Road, Mastropolo said. Minyety and his children were taken to Capital Health Hospital at Fuld for tr…
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HIM? South Jersey Man With Alzheimer's, 72, Missing
Police in South Jersey seek the public's help locating a man in the early stages of Alzheimer's who has gone missing. The Willingboro Police Department said Jimmie Crosby is described as a black male, 72 years old, 5-feet, 10-inches tall, and weighing approximately 180 pounds. Crosby was driving a silver 2011 Chevrolet Malibu with NJ registration H71MAX. He was last seen on Monday, Feb. 28 at 3 p.m. on Charleston Road. Anyone with information please contact Willingboro police at 609-877-3001 and/or dial 9-1-1.
Police & Fire
19-Year-Old Driver Killed In Head-On South Jersey Crash: Report
A 19-year-old woman from Cumberland County was killed in a head-on crash with a pickup truck, authorities said. Dijana D. Battle, of Millville, was driving a 2010 Chevrolet Aveo south on Hance Bridge Road, near Canterbury Lane, when she crossed the center line and struck a Ford F-150 pickup truck at 11:05 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, according to Vineland police. Anyone with information is urged to call Vineland Officer Justin Levari at 856-691-4111 x4942.
Police & Fire
South Jersey Man In Disabled Pickup Truck Killed By Drunk Driver:
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A Gloucester County man whose pickup truck became disabled was struck and killed by a drunk driver, authorities said. Marco Trunk, 59, of Deptford was killed in the crash shortly before midnight Tuesday along Route 42 in Camden County, State Police said. State Police responded to the crash at 11:53 p.m. on Roiute 42 northbound at milepost 9 in Gloucester Township, according to Trooper Bradi Slota. Trunk and a passenger had gotten out of his Chevrolet pickup due to a mechanical problem, Slota said. A woman from Camden County allegedly was driving drunk in a Mitsubishi Mirage when she…
Police & Fire
South Brunswick Man Gets 11 Years State Prison In DWI Crash
A 42-year-old man from South Brunswick has been sentenced to 11 years in state prison in connection with a DWI crash, authorities said. An investigation by Patrolman Jason Zier of the North Brunswick Police Department and Detective Jonathan Berman of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office determined that on Aug. 8, 2020, at approximately 8:50 pm Christopher L. Mertens of Monmouth Junction was driving while intoxicated, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and North Brunswick Police Chief Joseph Battaglia. The investigation found that Mert…
Police & Fire
Pedestrian, 33, Struck, Killed Crossing Atlantic County Highway
A 33-year-old man from Atlantic County died early Monday after being struck by an SUV at a traffic light, authorities said. Egg Harbor Township police were investigating whether the motorist had run through the red light on Black Horse Pike at English Creek Avenue. The victim was identified by police as Anthony Swezeny. He was pronounced dead at the crash scene about 8:30 a.m. Monday. Michael Doyle, 31, of Tuckerton, Ocean County, was driving east on Black Horse Pike in a Honda, police said, and allegedly struck the pedestrian. Doyle's SUV also struck a 2021 Chevy van driven by Joseph Ave…
News
Man Gets Life In Prison For Killing NJ College Student Who Mistook His Car For Uber
A South Carolina man was sentenced to life in prison for killing a college student from New Jersey who mistook his vehicle for her Uber. South Carolina senior Samantha "Sami" Josephson, 21, of Robbinsville, NJ, ordered an Uber ride home after a night out in Downtown Columbia around 2 a.m. March 29, 2019. Thinking Nathaniel Rowland's vehicle was her ride home, she hopped inside. Instead of bringing Josephson back to her apartment, 27-year-old Rowland used childproof locks on his a black Chevrolet Impala to keep her from escaping, and stabbed her 120 times, prosecutors said. Her body was f…
Police & Fire
Jersey City Driver Killed, Passengers Injured In Garden State Parkway Crash
A 38-year-old man from Jersey City was killed and two of his passengers were injured when the car they were in struck a tree along the Garden State Parkway in Atlantic County, authorities said. The crash occurred at 4:48 p.m. on Sunday near mile-marker 38 northbound in Egg Harbor Township, state police said. The driver of a Chevrolet, Jacquim Lovely, was killed, while his passengers -- a 42-year-old woman and a 41-year-old man -- were both hurt, according to a State Police spokesman. The injured passengers were identified as Jaclyn Martinez and Marshall Mack, both of Jersey City, accordin…
Police & Fire
Monroe Woman, 81, Dies Of Injuries From 3-Car Crash
An 81-year-old Monroe Township woman died Sunday from injuries she sustained in a three-car crash on Route 1 in South Brunswick, authorities said. Theresa Dowling succumbed to her injuries Sunday at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick, South Brunswick police said. Dowling was driving a 2017 Lexus westbound on Henderson Road at 10:47 a.m. Friday when she failed to stop for a red light, police said. Her Lexus entered the intersection and was struck by a 2013 Hyundai, driven northbound by a Somerset woman.The impact sent the Lexus across Route 1, striking a 2016 Chevrolet, polic…
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