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Lakewood Man Killed, 4 Passengers Hurt In Rollover Crash: Howell PD Lakewood Man Killed, 4 Passengers Hurt In Rollover Crash: Howell PD
Lakewood Man Killed, 4 Passengers Hurt In Rollover Crash: Howell PD A 51-year-old man from Lakewood was killed and his four passengers were seriously hurt when his vehicle overturned in Monmouth County, authorities said. The single-vehicle crash was reported at 11:02 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6 near Lanes Mill Road and Lanes Pond Road, Howell Township police said.  The man was driving an SUV east on Lanes Mill Road when he ran off the road on a curve and struck a concrete mailbox, police said. The crash caused the SUV to lose control, strike a brick landscaping wall and flip over, police said.  The driver, who was trapped inside, was pronounced …

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by Jon Craig
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Hospitalizations Lead To Ice Cream Recall In 19 States: FDA Hospitalizations Lead To Ice Cream Recall In 19 States: FDA
Hospitalizations Lead To Ice Cream Recall In 19 States: FDA Hospitalizations have led a New York-based company to recall its packages of soft-serve ice cream — in 19 states, according to the Food and Drug Administration.  Two people have reported becoming ill in New York and Pennsylvania after consuming Soft Serve On The Go by Real Kosher Ice Cream of Brooklyn, NY, according to the FDA recall notice issued on Aug. 9. "Both individuals were hospitalized but no deaths have been reported to date," the FDA said. After the first patient in Pennsylvania became ill, the state's Department of Agriculture tested samples of the product, finding Listeria mono…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Five Hospitalized, One Rescued, One Jumps In South Jersey House Fire Five Hospitalized, One Rescued, One Jumps In South Jersey House Fire
Five Hospitalized, One Rescued, One Jumps In South Jersey House Fire Five people were hospitalized including two in critical condition after a house fire in Camden County, authorities said. Fire companies were dispatched to the 3000 Block of Finlaw Avenue in Pennsauken at 5:06 a.m. Monday, May 29, for a reported dwelling fire, they said. Firefighters arrived to find heavy fire on the 1st and 2nd floors with a confirmed occupant trapped in the basement, according to the Pennsauken Fire Department. Companies initiated an aggressive interior search and firefight and were able to locate and remove the occupant from the basement, fire officials said. Another oc…

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by Jon Craig
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State Troopers, Civilian Driver Injured In Garden State Parkway Collision State Troopers, Civilian Driver Injured In Garden State Parkway Collision
State Troopers, Civilian Driver Injured In Garden State Parkway Collision Two New Jersey State Police troopers and a civilian driver were hospitalized after a collusion along the Garden State Parkway. Troopers were arriving to assist a motorist who struck a dee when they were rear-ended in Old Bridge, said Trooper Charles Marchan, a State Police spokesman. Neither trooper had exited the State Police vehicle when it was rear-ended. The crash took place at 2:29 a.m. Thursday May 4 near milepost 121 southbound, Marchan said. The troopers suffered injuries that are not considered life-threatening, he said. The driver of the vehicle that hit the State Police vehicl…

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by Jon Craig
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Motorist Hospitalized After Garden State Parkway Crash Motorist Hospitalized After Garden State Parkway Crash
Motorist Hospitalized After Garden State Parkway Crash A motorist was hospitalized after a crash on the Garden State Parkway,  authorities said. New Jersey State Police were called at 7:07 p.m. Tuesday, April 25 to milepost 74.8 in Lacey Township on a report of an overturned vehicle. A preliminary investigation found that the driver was traveling south on the Parkway, lost control of the vehicle and ran off the highway to the right, down an embankment and overturned, State Police said. The driver was taken to an area hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening, police said. The crash remains under investigation.

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by Jon Craig
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Monmouth County Girl Shows Strength Through Major Surgeries Monmouth County Girl Shows Strength Through Major Surgeries
Monmouth County Girl Shows Strength Through Major Surgeries A valiant, Monmouth County 5-year-old girl has maintained her strength through a series of major surgeries, her family says. Charli has endured an open heart surgery, two brain surgeries and countless more over the years, her aunt Mathyer Meghan of Freehold wrote on this GoFundMe page. The youngster again has landed in the hospital, and this time, medical experts are puzzled. "This current hospitalization has her team scratching their heads," the GoFundMe page reads. "A high fever that just won’t break and a blood transfusion." Charli's mother, Monica, is starting a new job and …

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by Jon Craig
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Young Girl Plunges From Fairview Apartment Building Roof Young Girl Plunges From Fairview Apartment Building Roof
Young Girl Plunges From Fairview Apartment Building Roof UPDATE (2/21/2023): A 13-year-old girl who jumped from the roof of a five-story apartment building in Fairview last week has emerged from a medically-induced coma, multiple sources confirmed on Tuesday. “She’s alert, breathing on her own and aware of her surroundings -- getting better and better each day,” a law enforcement veteran told Daily Voice shortly after noon on Feb. 21. “It really is a miracle,” he said. “There’s no other way to put it.” Just six days earlier, the distressed youngster went to the roof of the brick building on Day Avenue as classmates headed home from Lincoln Scho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HERO: Former NY Giant Peyton Hillis In ICU After Saving His Kids From Drowning In Florida HERO: Former NY Giant Peyton Hillis In ICU After Saving His Kids From Drowning In Florida
Hero: Former NY Giant Peyton Hillis In ICU After Saving His Kids From Drowning In Florida Onetime New York Giants fan favorite Peyton Hillis was hospitalized after a swimming accident in Florida in which he saved two of his kids and two adults from drowning, authorities confirmed. Hillis, 36, remained in intensive care and was "having some problems with his kidneys and his lungs," reported his uncle, Greg Hillis, "but the doctors say he is improving." The children and adults reportedly were fine. Members of Escambia County Fire Rescue who responded to the noontime incident at Pensacola Beach on Wednesday, Jan. 4, said the "brave" Hillis "quickly sprang into action to rescue th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bucks Bridge Jumper, 29, Rescued From Delaware River With 2 Broken Legs: Police Bucks Bridge Jumper, 29, Rescued From Delaware River With 2 Broken Legs: Police
Bucks Bridge Jumper, 29, Rescued From Delaware River With 2 Broken Legs: Police A 29-year-old Pennsylvania man was rescued nearly 200 yards down the Delaware River from where he jumped off of a New Jersey bridge, and hospitalized with both legs broken over the weekend, authorities said. The Furlong, PA man had parked his vehicle on a Stockton, NJ bridge around 11:15 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, then jumped into the water, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. The Bridge Commission reported the vehicle stopped on the bridge, bringing authorities to the scene. The man was conscious and alert when he was rescued by PA State Troopers from the water, and hospitalized…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Victim Hospitalized After Hitting High Tension Line On Jersey Shore: Report Victim Hospitalized After Hitting High Tension Line On Jersey Shore: Report
Victim Hospitalized After Hitting High Tension Line On Jersey Shore: Report One person was injured after hitting a high-tension line on Saturday, Aug. 20 in Monmouth County, NJ Advance Media reports. The individual was hospitalized after the incident at a home on the 200 block of Clinton Avenue in Eatontown, the outlet said. JCP&L cut the power grid. The victim's condition was not known. Click here for more from NJ Advance Media.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police Officers, Workers Hospitalized After Nitric Acid Leak At Trucking Firm: Report Police Officers, Workers Hospitalized After Nitric Acid Leak At Trucking Firm: Report
Police Officers, Workers Hospitalized After Nitric Acid Leak At Trucking Firm: Report Two police officers and at least two workers at a trucking firm in Middlesex County were hospitalized after a trailer thought to be filled with nitric acid leaked, NJ Advance Media reported. First responders including the county's hazardous materials team were called to Jimmy’s Trucking at 140 South Ave. in South Plainfield when the chemical spill was found at about 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 17, local police said. There was a vapor cloud and reaction in a storm drain, initial reports said. The trucking company was evacuated while area residents were told to stay indoors, police said on F…

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by Jon Craig
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Firefighters Free Severely Injured Driver In NJ Turnpike Pileup Firefighters Free Severely Injured Driver In NJ Turnpike Pileup
Firefighters Free Severely Injured Driver In NJ Turnpike Pileup Firefighters extricated the driver of a Lincoln SUV following a chain-reaction crash involving a tractor-trailer on the northbound New Jersey Turnpike in Bergen County. Four victims in all were hospitalized, one of whom was in traumatic arrest, following the pileup shortly before noon Monday near the Emerson Street overpass in Ridgefield Park, responders said. A Jeep and a third SUV were also involved in the crash near mile marker 117.8. Aftermath.Jerry DeMarco Ridgefield Park firefighters freed the trapped driver and cleaned up a large fuel spill. State Police confirmed the crash and…

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by Jerry DeMarco