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Former Clifton Driver Admits Severely Injuring Paterson Pedestrian While On Suspended List Former Clifton Driver Admits Severely Injuring Paterson Pedestrian While On Suspended List
Former Clifton Driver Admits Severely Injuring Paterson Pedestrian While On Suspended List UPDATE: A former Clifton resident admitted that he struck and seriously injured a Paterson pedestrian last summer while driving on the suspended list. Giovanni Muscia Jr., 31, was driving a black 2007 Chevy Suburban that struck the 54-year-old victim at the intersection of Grand Street and Marshall Street around 11 a.m. July 7, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Muscia, who currently lives in Mount Bethel, PA, pleaded guilty in Superior Court in Paterson on Monday to the original charge: causing serious bodily injury with a suspended license, a fourth-degree crime. A jury co…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Toms River Driver Who Caused Chain Reaction Crash With State Trooper, School Bus Cited For DUI Toms River Driver Who Caused Chain Reaction Crash With State Trooper, School Bus Cited For DUI
Toms River Driver Who Caused Chain Reaction Crash With State Trooper, School Bus Cited For DUI A 36-year-old Jersey Shore woman was cited for driving under the influence after a chain reaction collision that involved a state police SUV and school bus, authorities said. The crash occurred about 8 a.m. on Monday. One driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries, and there were no students on the school bus, according to Toms River police. Police said that Heather Scoville of Toms River was traveling east on Whitesville Road in the left lane.  As Scoville was negotiating a curve in the roadway, she failed to keep right and entered the westbound traffic lane where she sides…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Paint Chips Lead To Couple's Arrest In Fatal Burlington Pedestrian Crash Paint Chips Lead To Couple's Arrest In Fatal Burlington Pedestrian Crash
Paint Chips Lead To Couple's Arrest In Fatal Burlington Pedestrian Crash A Burlington County couple has been arrested in connection with a collision that killed a 72-year-old man from Browns Mills two days after Christmas, authorities said. New Jersey State Police matched paint found on the victim's clothing with paint on the Nissan Pathfinder suspected of running the man over on Dec. 27, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Pemberton Township Police Chief David King. Tonya Brown, 35, of Kinsley Road has been charged with striking and killing the pedestrian as he was crossing Lakehurst Road, they said. She did not have a driver's…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
South Jersey Motorcyclist, 31, Killed In Head-On Collision South Jersey Motorcyclist, 31, Killed In Head-On Collision
South Jersey Motorcyclist, 31, Killed In Head-On Collision A 31-year-old father from Atlantic County was killed when his motorcycle collided head-on with a car in Galloway Township, authorities said. Darryl Crowder, a construction worker from Hammonton, was driving east on the White Horse Pike at about 5:40 p.m. Thursday when a motorist driving west struck the motorcycle as she tried to turn left onto South Cologne Avenue, Galloway police said. Crowder was taken to AtlantiCare Regional Trauma Unit in Atlantic City, where he died of his injuries. Darryl Crowder Jr.Facebook The 67-year-old driver of the car, from Vineland, suffered minor injurie…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Woodbridge Man, 29, Killed In Wrong-Way Head-On Crash With Truck Woodbridge Man, 29, Killed In Wrong-Way Head-On Crash With Truck
Woodbridge Man, 29, Killed In Wrong-Way Head-On Crash With Truck A 29-year-old man from Woodbridge was killed when his SUV collided head-on into a truck on an exit ramp in Central Jersey, authorities said.  State Police identified the victim as Govinda Rishi of the Keasbey section of Woodbridge. He was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. The collision occurred on Route 440 northbound, near the Woodbridge Avenue exit ramp in Edison Township, state police said. The crash, at 4:58 p.m. on Tuesday, involved two tractor-trailers and the SUV, state police said. Rishi's 2013 Honda SUV was traveling north on the exit ramp from Route 440 to County R…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Staten Island Driver, 43, Killed In Central Jersey Route 9 Collision Staten Island Driver, 43, Killed In Central Jersey Route 9 Collision
Staten Island Driver, 43, Killed In Central Jersey Route 9 Collision UPDATED: A 43-year-old man from New York City was killed in a collision with a tractor-trailer on Route 9 in Monmouth County, authorities said. James Marshall of Staten Island was southbound near the intersection with Schulmeister Road at about 1:45 a.m. on Thursday when his vehicle rear-ended a tractor-trailer, according to Old Bridge police. The truck driver from Perth Amboy, also 43, had no serious injuries, police said. His name was not released. Anyone with information about the crash is urged to call Old Bridge Police Department at 732-607-4805. A separate Thursday morning crash in …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Central Jersey Pedestrian, 24, Fatally Injured By Two Cars In Mercer County Central Jersey Pedestrian, 24, Fatally Injured By Two Cars In Mercer County
Central Jersey Pedestrian, 24, Fatally Injured By Two Cars In Mercer County A 24-year-old pedestrian from Piscataway died late Monday after being struck by two vehicles in Mercer County, authorities said. The fatal collision, which closed Route 1 north in West Windsor for about two hours early Tuesday, remains under investigation. The name of the victim -- and the names of two out-of-state drivers -- had not been released. The fatal collision occurred at 11:08 p.m. on Monday on Route 1 near the Princeton Service Center, a West Windsor Police Department spokesman said. One of the drivers is a 43-year-old resident of Morrisville, Pennsylvania, the lieuten…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Pleasantville Motorcyclist, 49, Dies After Slamming Disabled SUV Pleasantville Motorcyclist, 49, Dies After Slamming Disabled SUV
Pleasantville Motorcyclist, 49, Dies After Slamming Disabled SUV A Pleasantville motorcyclist was killed when he struck an SUV left disabled on Route 30 over the weekend, authorities said. A driver was pulled over in their Volkswagon Jetta when a Kia Sportage left the roadway and hit it just before 2 a.m., Sunday, Atlantic City police said. The SUV had come to rest in the right lane when a motorcycle operated by Brian Lewis, 49, and hit its side near milepost 55.2, police said. The force of the motorcycle's collision caused the Kia to flip onto its side, police said. Lewis was pronounced dead at the scene. The drivers of the two cars were not hurt…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
State Police ID East Brunswick Driver, 86, Killed In Central Jersey Crash State Police ID East Brunswick Driver, 86, Killed In Central Jersey Crash
State Police ID East Brunswick Driver, 86, Killed In Central Jersey Crash UPDATED: State police released the name of the driver killed in a one-car crash on Tuesday in Millstone Township. Raymond Sasson, 86, of East Brunswick was killed when his car went off the road about 3:18 p.m., said Sgt. Lawrence Peele, a state police spokesman. Sasson was driving a Buick Century on Carrs Tavern Road when he ran off the roadway and into several bushes. Sasson was pronounced dead at the scene, the sergeant said.  Cause of the crash remains under investigation, Peele said.

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: DUI Drivers Arrested In 3-Car Crash That Killed Central Jersey Teenager Prosecutor: DUI Drivers Arrested In 3-Car Crash That Killed Central Jersey Teenager
Prosecutor: DUI Drivers Arrested In 3-Car Crash That Killed Central Jersey Teenager Two men have been arrested in connection with a three-car crash that resulted in the death of a 19-year-old woman from Milltown last month, authorities said.  Felicity B. Eden, 19, who was driving one of the cars involved in a chain reaction collision on May 24, was pronounced dead at the scene, Middlesex County Acting Prosecutor Christopher L.C. Kuberiet and North Brunswick Police Director Kenneth P. McCormick said in a statement. Rashawn Stevens, 33, of Newark and Garry Givens-Owens, 28, of Somerset were charged with strict liability vehicular homicide, driving wh…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Box Truck Knocked Over In Route 23 Crash Box Truck Knocked Over In Route 23 Crash
Box Truck Knocked Over In Route 23 Crash A box truck landed on its side in a collision with a sedan Friday morning in Wayne. The crash closed southbound Route 23 at Ratzer Road around 8:30 a.m. The trucker climbed out, and no serious injuries were reported. Firefighters had to contend with a propane leak that they said wasn’t hazardous. The driver got out under his own steam.Scott David

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Police ID Motorcyclist, 34, Killed In Marlboro Crash With Teen Driver Police ID Motorcyclist, 34, Killed In Marlboro Crash With Teen Driver
Police ID Motorcyclist, 34, Killed In Marlboro Crash With Teen Driver Authorities have identified the 34-year-old motorcyclist killed in a Marlboro crash with a teenage driver. Neal Haynes was on Tennent Road when his motorcycle collided with a car between Greenwood and Wooleytown roads around 4:05 p.m. Sunday, Marlboro police said. Haynes taken by ambulance to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune and later pronounced dead. Police have not released the name of the motorcyclist pending family notification. A 17-year-old driving the car was not injured. He was not charged and the crash remains under investigation. Haynes was remembered in a …

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by Cecilia Levine