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High School Swimmer ID'd As 16-Year-Old Killed In South Jersey Crash
The 16-year-old girl killed in a weekend South Jersey crash has been identified as a high school athlete. Sophia Bennett was killed in the two-car crash on Friday, March 22, at the intersection of Hurffville Road and Deptford Center Road just after 8 p.m., according to police and school officials. The vehicle that Sophia was riding in was being driven by a 17-year-old Gibbstown boy, who was seriously injured, police said at the time of the crash. The other driver, a 27-year-old woman from Deptford, was taken to Jefferson Hospital (Washington Township), police said. Sophia was a s…
Police & Fire
Teen Football Star Dead In Route 9 Crash Was Aspiring Police Officer
Support is surging for a star athlete killed in a Route 9 crash earlier this week.Asaivion Whiting, 17, a standout athlete on the Manalapan High School football team, was being remembered as soft spoken and polite. He dreamt of being a police officer, according to a GoFundMe page that had raised more than $23,000 as of April 21. Whiting was a passenger in the 2004 Chevrolet Malibu, driven by a 17-year-old male from Howell, that changed lanes when the driver lost control and spun out around 10:40 p.m. on Tuesday, April 19, authorities said. The vehicle ran off the road to the right si…
Schools
Sex Assaults, Football Hazing Incident Probed At NJ High School, Report Says
A sexual assault investigation is apparently under way at the same New Jersey school where a hazing investigation was launched earlier this week, according to an exclusive report by NJ Advance Media citing anonymous sources. The outlet reports that several females were sexually assaulted. These incidents are separate from the alleged hazing incident in which six older football players tried pinning down a younger athlete in the locker room as onlookers begged them to stop, as first reported by NJ Advance Media. Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office spokesman Christian Swendeman told Dail…
Police & Fire
Suburban Philly HS Athlete Dies Of 'Sudden Cardiac Incident,' Report Says
A senior athlete at a high school in southeastern Pennsylvania died unexpectedly, 6abc reports. Blake Barkley died of a "sudden cardiac incident," Saturday night, according to a letter to parents obtained by 6abc. View this post on Instagram A post shared by La Salle College High School (@lschs) Barkley played for La Salle College High School's tennis team and was a varsity soccer manager, according to the school's athletics page and the news outlet. The soccer team won the Philadelphia Catholic League championship on Saturday, the school s…
Obituaries
'Unimaginable': Irvington Athlete Killed In Crash Was 'Curious Learner, Dream-Chaser'
Dream-chaser. Curious learner. Go-getter. These are just some of the words being used to remember Irvington's Nashawn Brooks, one of three people killed in a fiery Newark crash earlier this week. A candlelight vigil for Brooks, 20, will be held at Irvington High School Thursday, June 11 at 8 p.m. Brooks was named the 2019 Irvington High School athlete of the year before starting as a linebacker at Wagner College. A rising sophomore, was was pursuing a degree in business administration with a concentration in finance and minor in information systems. "This is an unimaginab…
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