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Former NJ Athlete ID'd As Victim Killed In MD Crash, Girlfriend Airlifted Former NJ Athlete ID'd As Victim Killed In MD Crash, Girlfriend Airlifted
Former NJ Athlete ID'd As Victim Killed In MD Crash, Girlfriend Airlifted The 18-year-old man killed in a crash on I-95 in Maryland over the weekend has been identified as a former New Jersey high school athlete. Gage Myers played basketball and baseball for Gloucester City High School, records show. He graduated in 2023. "Gage was a wonderful young man with a kind heart and handsome, infectious smile," the school said, sharing a memorial GoFundMe. The school also said that 2022 graduate Rylee McNee, was the 19-year-old passenger airlifted in the crash. The two had celebrated their second anniversary as a couple last month, according to a social media post. "We…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Man, 18, Killed In I-95 Crash In Maryland, 3 Others Airlifted NJ Man, 18, Killed In I-95 Crash In Maryland, 3 Others Airlifted
NJ Man, 18, Killed In I-95 Crash In Maryland, 3 Others Airlifted An 18-year-old man was killed in a crash on I-95 in Maryland over the weekend. Gage Myers was in a 2014 Chevrolet Sonic that rear-ended a 2016 Toyota Highlander, which then rear-ended a 2022 Toyota Rav4 on the northbound side of the roadway in North East (Cecil County) around 6:50 p.m. Saturday, March 23, State Police said. ALSO SEE: Former South Jersey Athlete ID'd As Victim Killed In MD Crash, Girlfriend Airlifted Traffic had been stopped along the highway for a previous crash, police said. Gage Myers, the Chevrolet driver from New Jersey, died at the scene. Police did not say wher…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Can You Overdose From Touching Fentanyl? Of Course Not, Authorities Say Can You Overdose From Touching Fentanyl? Of Course Not, Authorities Say
Can You Overdose From Touching Fentanyl? Of Course Not, Authorities Say Yet another post by someone claiming she suffered a fentanyl overdose simply by picking up a dollar bill has triggered a viral panic, and once again those who know better are left shaking their heads. “It's not possible to overdose on fentanyl by touching it,” said Dr. Andrew Stolbach, an emergency physician and medical toxicologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. “If it was absorbed well through the skin, people wouldn’t inject it and snort it in order to get high.” Higher doses and several hours of time are required for an actual user to overdose on the deadly synthetic opioid, Dr…

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by Jerry DeMarco