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NJ Couple Killed In VA Crash: 'Really Bad Dream' NJ Couple Killed In VA Crash: 'Really Bad Dream'
NJ Couple Killed In VA Crash: 'Really Bad Dream' A New Jersey couple was killed in a crash in Virginia last week, according to their obituaries and news reports. Corey Wetmore, 28, of Brick Township, and Brittany Forsythe, 26, of Browns Mills, both died in the Halifax County crash on Wednesday, Nov. 15, Virginia State Police said.  Wetmore was heading south in a 2006 GMC Envoy on a Virginia street around 8:15 p.m., when the vehicle ran off the right shoulder, State Police said. Wetmore overcorrected, ran off the left side of the highway and struck several trees. The vehicle then overturned down an embankment, police said. Neither were w…
No Charges For Tractor Trailer Driver In Capital Beltway Crash That Killed Woman, 40 No Charges For Tractor Trailer Driver In Capital Beltway Crash That Killed Woman, 40
No Charges For Tractor Trailer Driver In Capital Beltway Crash That Killed Woman, 40 Police have identified the driver of a vehicle who died in a crash last week on the Capital Beltway with a tractor trailer, whose operator will not be charged, they said. Nicole M. Lewis, 40, of Dumfries, was operating a 1998 Honda Accord slowly, partially  in the right shoulder and partially in the right travel lane around 12:20 a.m. Nov. 9 in Fairfax County, Virginia State Police said. She was struck by a tractor trailer from behind before both vehicles ran off the road and struck the Jersey wall, police said. It happened near milepost 175, where both vehicles came to rest in the lef…
Victims Killed In VA Plane Crash ID'd As Passionate Pilot, NY Mom, 2-Year-Old Daughter, Nanny Victims Killed In VA Plane Crash ID'd As Passionate Pilot, NY Mom, 2-Year-Old Daughter, Nanny
Victims Killed In VA Plane Crash ID'd As Passionate Pilot, NY Mom, 2-Year-Old Daughter, Nanny The pilot and three passengers killed in the Sunday, June 4 Virginia plane crash have been identified. Adina Azarian, her 2-year-old daughter, Aria, and nanny, were identified as the passengers of the aircraft by Azarian's father, John Rumpel — who runs the company that owns the aircraft — in an interview with the New York Times. Azarian's live-in nanny was identified as Evadnie Smith, and the pilot as Jeff Hefner, according to the Washington Post. Kimberly Hefner, who is listed on social media as Hefner's wife, said "Papi Hefner" died doing what he loved doing: Flying. Papi Hefner do…
South Jersey Woman, 28, Killed In Virginia Crash South Jersey Woman, 28, Killed In Virginia Crash
South Jersey Woman, 28, Killed In Virginia Crash A 28-year-old woman from South Jersey was killed in an out-of-state crash earlier this week, authorities said. Hasina K. Camacho-Prather was driving southbound on Route 29 in Nelson County, Virginia, when the fatal single-car crash occurred about 7 a.m. Tuesday, according to Virginia State Police. Camacho-Prather's SUV veered off the right shoulder before striking a tree, police said. Camacho-Prather of Brigantine Boulevard in Atlantic City was pronounced dead at the crash scene, police said. She was not wearing a seatbelt, they said. The cause of the crash remains under investigatio…
Former Priest-Turned-Bookstore Owner From Asbury Park Charged With Having Sex With Teen Former Priest-Turned-Bookstore Owner From Asbury Park Charged With Having Sex With Teen
Former Priest-Turned-Bookstore Owner From Asbury Park Charged With Having Sex With Teen Authorities in Virginia charged a former priest and current independent bookstore co-owner from Asbury Park with having sex with a minor. Scott Asalone, 63, was arrested in Asbury Park this past weekend by Virginia State Police and New Jersey law enforcement officers, authorities said. Asalone -- an author, speaker and poet who's also worked as a consultant for private and non-profit groups -- has co-owned a bookstore on Cookman Avenue for more than a decade. He was being held pending extradition proceedings. A grand jury in Virginia indicted Asalone three days earlier on w…
Authorities: Sussex County Man Leads Virginia Police On High-Speed Chase In Stolen Pickup Authorities: Sussex County Man Leads Virginia Police On High-Speed Chase In Stolen Pickup
Authorities: Sussex County Man Leads Virginia Police On High-Speed Chase In Stolen Pickup A 32-year-old Sussex County man was taken into custody after leading police in Virginia on a high-speed chase in a pickup truck he stole from his mom's boyfriend, local authorities said. Samuel Courtright III entered the Franklin apartment that his mom and her boyfriend share, swiped the keys and drove off in their pickup truck Thursday, Franklin police said. Two days later -- and more than 550 miles away -- a Virginia state trooper saw the Ford F-150 speed by him on Interstate 81, according to a police report obtained by Daily Voice. The trooper activated his lights and siren, but the veh…