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Wrong-Way Crash Kills Groom, Cousin Night Before Bergen County Wedding Wrong-Way Crash Kills Groom, Cousin Night Before Bergen County Wedding
Wrong-Way Crash Kills Groom, Cousin Night Before Bergen County Wedding A weekend that would've been one of the happiest for the families of Kirk Walker and Shauntea Weaver ended in tragedy. The pair were set to marry on Sunday, Aug. 25 at The Royal Manor in Garfield. But early Saturday morning, Aug. 24, Walker, 38, and his cousin, Robert "Todd" McLaurin, 40, were killed by a wrong-way driver on the Henry Hudson Parkway in New York City, according to loved ones and the NYPD.  As of Thursday, Sept. 5, more than $31,900 had been raised on a GoFundMe for Weaver, whose Facebook page says she is a nurse who lives in Teaneck. According to the campaign launched…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Fleeing Suspected Car Thief 19, Plunges To Death At George Washington Bridge Fleeing Suspected Car Thief 19, Plunges To Death At George Washington Bridge
Fleeing Suspected Car Thief 19, Plunges To Death At George Washington Bridge A teenage suspected car thief fleeing police plunged to his death at the George Washington Bridge before dawn Sunday, authorities said. The 19-year-old driver fled from a traffic stop by officers from the NYPD's 52nd Precinct in the Bronx shortly before 1:30 a.m. June 9, they said. The vehicle apparently gave out, at which point the driver bailed and bolted. He was running along the Henry Hudson Parkway toward the southbound upper level of the GWB when he apparently fell through a gap in the elevated parkway and landed on Riverside Drive, the NYPD said. EMS rushed the teen to NYC Health H…

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by Jerry DeMarco