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Salesman Who Suffered Brain Injury Gets $9M Settlement In NJ Turnpike Tire Blowout Crash Salesman Who Suffered Brain Injury Gets $9M Settlement In NJ Turnpike Tire Blowout Crash
Salesman Who Suffered Brain Injury Gets $9M Settlement In NJ Turnpike Tire Blowout Crash The law firm representing a salesman who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a New Jersey Turnpike crash said it has obtained a $9 million settlement. Ernest Damiani of Monroe, NY, was on his way to a sales call when he pulled onto the Turnpike shoulder in Middlesex County on Aug. 2, 2018, authorities said. A Ford Excursion then blew a rear tire and spun across several lanes of traffic and into Damiani's vehicle, according to police reports. Damiani, now 62, was hospitalized for two months. He spent the next nine months at rehab facilities, leaving him unable to return to his job while re…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Tractor-Trailer Rolls Over On NJ Turnpike In Central Jersey Tractor-Trailer Rolls Over On NJ Turnpike In Central Jersey
Tractor-Trailer Rolls Over On NJ Turnpike In Central Jersey Police, firefighters and EMS crews responded to a report of a tractor-trailer reportedly flipped on its side, authorities said. The crash was reported shortly after noon Friday near Exit 12 of the New Jersey Turnpike in Carteret, initial reports said. It was not immediately clear if the truck driver was hurt. There was an active diesel fuel leak that caused afternoon traffic tie-ups, an unconfirmed report said.  A Middlesex County hazmat team was notified, reports said. This is a developing news story. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
24-Year-Old Newark Woman Dies In NJ Turnpike Crash 24-Year-Old Newark Woman Dies In NJ Turnpike Crash
24-Year-Old Newark Woman Dies In NJ Turnpike Crash A 24-year-old Newark woman died in a crash on the New Jersey Turnpike early Sunday morning in Burlington County, authorities said. Mabel Cerrate-Valdez was in the inner northbound lanes when her vehicle left the highway, overturned and struck a bridge support around 7:40 a.m. in Bordentown, New Jersey State Police said. Her car went off the roadway to the right and she was pronounced dead, police said. The crash remains under investigation.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Trucker Gets 4 Years In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Woman, 21, Near GWB Trucker Gets 4 Years In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Woman, 21, Near GWB
Trucker Gets 4 Years In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Woman, 21, Near GWB A Florida trucker was sentenced to a plea-bargained four years in state prison for fleeing a tractor-trailer crash that killed a 21-year-old Teaneck native on Route 95 in Fort Lee last year. Joel Lasanta, 39, was captured by New Jersey State Police two days after the June 4, 2020 crash, authorities said at the time. Jada Smith had been headed back to Teaneck from Brooklyn with fellow family members in two vehicles when she was involved in another accident in the southbound express lanes of Route 95 shortly before 10:30 p.m. Smith's mom and dad were in a car behind hers coming off the Georg…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Paterson Pickup Driver Killed In Turnpike Crash Paterson Pickup Driver Killed In Turnpike Crash
Paterson Pickup Driver Killed In Turnpike Crash A 57-year-old driver was killed in an overnight crash on the New Jersey Turnpike in Essex County Saturday, authorities said. Paterson's Norman L. Young was heading north in a Ford F-150, when the vehicle ran off the right side of the roadway around 3:30 a.m. at milepost 104.7 in Newark, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Lawrence Peele said. The pickup struck the guardrail, crossed the roadway and struck the left concrete barrier  Young was pronounced dead at the scene. The left two lanes of the inner roadway were closed for approximately three hours. Cause of the crash remains …

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by Cecilia Levine
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OBSESSION: NJSP Trooper Headed To Prison For Stalking Female Driver OBSESSION: NJSP Trooper Headed To Prison For Stalking Female Driver
Obsession: Njsp Trooper Headed To Prison For Stalking Female Driver A New Jersey state trooper will be sentenced to a year without parole in state prison and lose his job after admitting that he stalked a female driver while on duty and disabled his dashcam to cover it up. Trooper Michael Patterson, 30, had pulled the victim over twice and then followed her home to hit on her, an indictment returned by a grand jury in Trenton had charged. Patterson took a deal from prosecutors and pleaded guilty Monday in Superior Court in New Brunswick to tampering with public records rather than risk trial, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. In exch…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJSP: Suspect Stabs Police K9, Hits Trooper With Flashlight During South Jersey Pursuit NJSP: Suspect Stabs Police K9, Hits Trooper With Flashlight During South Jersey Pursuit
Njsp: Suspect Stabs Police K9, Hits Trooper With Flashlight During South Jersey Pursuit A New Jersey State Trooper was struck with a flashlight and a State Police K-9 stabbed by a man leading a police pursuit in South Jersey Monday, authorities said. Troopers from the Bellmawr Station responded to the report of a shirtless, knife-wielding man standing outside of his vehicle on Interstate 295 in the area of exit 28 in Bellmawr Borough around 2:15 p.m., NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan said. When troopers arrived, the man entered his vehicle and drove away. When troopers attempted to stop the vehicle with lights and sirens, the suspect continued to flee northbound. A short time lat…

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by Jon Craig
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RECOGNIZE HER? FBI Joins Effort To ID Body Found In Elizabeth RECOGNIZE HER? FBI Joins Effort To ID Body Found In Elizabeth
Recognize HER? FBI Joins Effort To ID Body Found In Elizabeth The FBI turned to the public for help after joining the effort to identify a woman whose body was found in Elizabeth more than a year ago. The body was found along railroad tracks off the 300 block of Port Avenue, in the shadow of the New Jersey Turnpike, on June 11, 2020, authorities said. They didn’t say how they believe she died. She’s Black or Hispanic, 25 to 35 years old, a little under 5-foot-7 and roughly 125 to 140 pounds. She had closely cropped hair, may have worn a wig or other head covering and had double piercings in both ears. An image of a vehicle of interest was originall…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Undocumented Immigrants Block NJ Turnpike In Protest, Murphy Pledges COVID Financial Relief Undocumented Immigrants Block NJ Turnpike In Protest, Murphy Pledges COVID Financial Relief
Undocumented Immigrants Block NJ Turnpike In Protest, Murphy Pledges COVID Financial Relief Protesters demanding more financial aid for undocumented immigrants and other "excluded workers" impacted by COVID-19 blocked part of the New Jersey Turnpike Monday. The caravan of vehicles -- organized by a coalition called "Y Nosotros Que" -- stopped northbound turnpike traffic about 5:45 p.m. between Exits 12 and 13 in Middlesex County, New Jersey State Police said. When state troopers arrived, the protesters had left and traffic was moving, a State Police spokesman said. Last month, Murphy announced that $40 million would be distributed to undocumented immigrants and others unable to q…

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by Jon Craig
Business
Amazon Inks Lease On Massive North Jersey 'Last Mile' Delivery Center Amazon Inks Lease On Massive North Jersey 'Last Mile' Delivery Center
Amazon Inks Lease On Massive North Jersey 'Last Mile' Delivery Center Amazon has signed a lease on a 360,000 facility being built on a North Jersey industrial site to be used as a last-mile delivery center. Lincoln Equities Group procured $115 million in industrial build-to-suit construction financing for the facility, expected to be ready in early 2022. Located at the "Highland Cross" industrial site in Rutherford, the state-of-the-art last-mile distribution center will create hundreds of jobs in teh area. Rendering of new Amazon last-mile delivery center in Rutherford.Ford & Associates The property will feature cross-docked loading, 70-plus dock hi…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Serious Crash Closes NJ Turnpike In Kearny, 1 Airlifted Serious Crash Closes NJ Turnpike In Kearny, 1 Airlifted
Serious Crash Closes NJ Turnpike In Kearny, 1 Airlifted All lanes of the New Jersey Turnpike in Kearny were closed due to a serious crash Wednesday afternoon and evening. The multi-vehicle accident was reported around 3:35 p.m on the southbound side of the western spur at milepost 110.3, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. Multiple injuries were reported including one person who was airlifted with serious injuries, Goez said. All southbound lanes were closed as of 8:15 p.m. for the investigation.  Traffic was diverted to the eastern spur.

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ State Trooper Struck By Vehicle In High-Speed Pursuit, Manhunt Underway NJ State Trooper Struck By Vehicle In High-Speed Pursuit, Manhunt Underway
NJ State Trooper Struck By Vehicle In High-Speed Pursuit, Manhunt Underway BREAKING: A New Jersey State Police trooper was rushed to Hackensack University Medical Center after being injured during a high-speed stolen car pursuit that sparked a massive area-wide manhunt Sunday. It wasn't immediately clear whether the trooper was in or out of an NJSP cruiser when injured while pursuing a black BMW X5 on the Route 495 approach to the Lincoln Tunnel in North Bergen around noontime, responders said. The vehicle -- which had been reported stolen out of Totowa -- then fled with four black males inside, they said.  It was later reported found in Newark. The chase h…

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by Jerry DeMarco