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SUV Kills Motorcyclist During Route 80 Police Pursuit, AG Says SUV Kills Motorcyclist During Route 80 Police Pursuit, AG Says
SUV Kills Motorcyclist During Route 80 Police Pursuit, AG Says The New Jersey Attorney General's Office is investigating a pursuit in which the vehicle being pursued struck a motorcyclist, killing the operator. A New Jersey State Trooper began following an SUV on Route 80 east near milepost 11 around 10:20 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 13 in Hope Township, AG Matthew Platkin said The vehicle continued eastbound and left the interstate at Exit 12, exiting onto County Road 521 southbound, in Hope Township. The SUV subsequently passed another civilian vehicle on the left in the area of Dogwood Road and, while merging back into the southbound lane, collided with …

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by Cecilia Levine
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2-Year-Old Child Released From Hospital A Month After Being Hit By Train At NJ Amusement Park 2-Year-Old Child Released From Hospital A Month After Being Hit By Train At NJ Amusement Park
2-Year-Old Child Released From Hospital A Month After Being Hit By Train At NJ Amusement Park The two-year-old child that was hospitalized in critical condition after being hit by a train ride at a New Jersey amusement park has been released a month after the accident, state police confirmed. The child was hit by a train at the Land of Make Believe in Hope Township, Warren County around 1:05 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 20, DailyVoice.com reported. The child was rushed to a nearby hospital via medical helicopter in critical condition and was released about a month later, NJSP SFC Lawrence Peele told DailyVoice.com. Meanwhile, the park shared a post on its Facebook page shortly after the…

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by Valerie Musson
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2-Year-Old Child Struck By Train At NJ Amusement Park 2-Year-Old Child Struck By Train At NJ Amusement Park
2-Year-Old Child Struck By Train At NJ Amusement Park A 2-year-old child was airlifted to a hospital after being struck by a train at a Warren County amusement park Saturday, Aug. 20, authorities said. The child was flown in critical condition after the incident at the Land of Make Believe in Hope Township around 1:05 p.m., New Jersey State Police Sgt. Philip Curry said. The incident remains under investigation. In Summer 2020, a woman was airlifted from the same amusement park in a water slide accident, as previously reported by Daily Voice. The amusement park on Great Meadows Road was transformed from a dairy farm in 1954.

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by Cecilia Levine
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State Police: Route 80 Pursuit Ends In Rollover Crash, Serious Injury State Police: Route 80 Pursuit Ends In Rollover Crash, Serious Injury
State Police: Route 80 Pursuit Ends In Rollover Crash, Serious Injury Multiple police agencies, K9 officers and the state aviation unit helped track down three men leading a police pursuit that ended in a crash and one person seriously injured Thursday, authorities said. Brian Thomas, 18, of Stroudsburg, PA, sped off when state troopers tried to stop the stolen Mercury sedan he was driving on Route 80 eastbound near milepost 10.8 in Hope Township around 2:30 p.m., NJSP Sgt. Jeff Flynn told Daily Voice. Troopers followed Thomas to Exit 12 and ended the chase as he drove toward County Road 521, Flynn said. Thomas crashed the vehicle shortly after that on the o…

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by Valerie Musson