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Trespasser Electrocuted On Train Tracks In Newark: NJ Transit Trespasser Electrocuted On Train Tracks In Newark: NJ Transit
Trespasser Electrocuted On Train Tracks In Newark: NJ Transit A person trespassing on the train tracks in Newark was electrocuted on the afternoon of Wednesday, Sept. 12, authorities said. At 3:27 p.m., police responded to the tracks on the Morris and Essex Line near Roseville Avenue and 7th Avenue in Newark on a report of two people trespassing on the tracks, NJ Transit aid. The two were trespassing on an overhead signal structure when one was injured by electricity and fell to the tracks, NJ Transit said. Both were hospitalized and the extent of their injuries is unknown, NJ Transit said. Train traffic was held until the trespassers were removed, N…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Man Found Dead On Train Tracks ID'd Man Found Dead On Train Tracks ID'd
Man Found Dead On Train Tracks ID'd NJ Transit has identified the man who may have been electrocuted on train tracks in Newark on Saturday, July 29. Marcus Lee, a 53-year-old Newark resident, may have come in contact with the catenary and was not struck by a train, though officials said they are investigating. Lee's body was discovered at 11:25 a.m. on the tracks just west of Broad Street station in Newark, an NJ Transit spokesperson said.

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Worker Electrocuted, Killed By Live Wire In Mercer County: Police Worker Electrocuted, Killed By Live Wire In Mercer County: Police
Worker Electrocuted, Killed By Live Wire In Mercer County: Police A worker was electrocuted and killed while working on fiber optic lines, authorities said. Dean Kitchin, 52, of Cherry Hill apparently touched a live power line during the work, they said. His lifeless body was found on top of a box truck, according to Hamilton police.  Hamilton police and firefighters were called to 11 Souith Gold Road for a report of a fire on Wednesday, March 1. There was no foul play, Hamilton police said. The Middlesex County Medical Examiner's Office was conducting an autopsy.

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by Jon Craig
News
Electrocution Survivor Loses Insurance Benefits, Jersey Shore Friends Rally To Pay His Bills Electrocution Survivor Loses Insurance Benefits, Jersey Shore Friends Rally To Pay His Bills
Electrocution Survivor Loses Insurance Benefits, Jersey Shore Friends Rally To Pay His Bills A Monmouth County man survived being electrocuted but suffered burns over 40 percent of his body. Now, he faces the painful task of paying medical bills after his Medicare coverage was cut. More than $28,000 has been raised in this GoFundMe page to support Paul Roberts, of Fair Haven, who accidentally hit a live wire while cutting a tree branch last August. Per a GoFundMe organized by Paul's friends, Carrie and Ron Drazin: "He was being electrocuted for approximately 20 minutes with his body literally in flames when the police arrived.  When the power was turned off, he fell 25 feet f…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Worker Electrocuted In Jersey City Worker Electrocuted In Jersey City
Worker Electrocuted In Jersey City A worker was electrocuted Wednesday morning in Jersey City, officials confirmed. The 29-year-old man was operating a lift machine that struck a power line at 20 St. Pauls Ave., City Spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione said. He suffered injuries to his hands and toes and was taken to a local hospital. The incident was reported around 9 a.m. OSHA was notified and will be investigating, Wallace-Scalcione said. The contractor provided proof of permits for construction, but was issued a summons for sidewalk closure without a permit and a summons for no signage for the sidewalk closure.

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by Cecilia Levine
Weather
NJ Father, Daughter Either Electrocuted Or Drowned During Ida, Report Says NJ Father, Daughter Either Electrocuted Or Drowned During Ida, Report Says
NJ Father, Daughter Either Electrocuted Or Drowned During Ida, Report Says A father and daughter from New Jersey were either electrocuted or drowned in the heavy floodwaters of Tropical Storm Ida, reports say. James Mcgee, 66, and Shenique Mcgee, 46, died in the basement of their flooded home on Lincoln Place in Irvington on Sept. 1, NJ.com reports. It took emergency crews about two hours to access the family’s home due to the extent of the floodwaters, which had grown tall enough to engulf several surrounding vehicles, according to the report, citing wife and mother Joann Mcgee. More than $8,200 had been raised as of Wednesday on a GoFundMe launched by Shenique’…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
NJ Man Electrocuted Plugging In Generator After Ida, Police Say NJ Man Electrocuted Plugging In Generator After Ida, Police Say
NJ Man Electrocuted Plugging In Generator After Ida, Police Say A 58-year-old New Jersey man was electrocuted and killed plugging in a generator the day after Tropical Depression Ida swept across the region, authorities said. Officers found Aventino Soares, on the side of an Ampere Parkway home in Bloomfield (Essex County) around 11:30 p.m. Thursday, Police Capt. Anthony Sisco. É com enorme pesar que a direcção dos Amigos do Vale USA informa os seus sócios e amigos do falecimento do nosso sócio,... Posted by Amigos do Vale USA on Friday, September 3, 2021 Soares was lying face up with an electrical cord in his hand and across his chest, and appeare…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
TRAGIC ACCIDENT: Bergen Man, 68, Electrocuted By Wire Downed By Storm TRAGIC ACCIDENT: Bergen Man, 68, Electrocuted By Wire Downed By Storm
Tragic Accident: Bergen Man, 68, Electrocuted By Wire Downed By Storm A River Vale father of two was electrocuted Wednesday when he apparently touched a live wire downed by Tropical Storm Isaias, responders said. John Fahey, 68, was clearing branches and other debris from his front yard on Demarest Avenue at the Hillsdale border when he apparently walked into the wire around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, they said. Officers found him unresponsive and not breathing, Police Chief Sean Scheidle said.  A PSE&G crew was summoned to cut power. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene by an ALS unit soon after, the chief said. Police notified the Bergen Count…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Lineman Electrocuted In Warwick Was North Arlington Native Lineman Electrocuted In Warwick Was North Arlington Native
Lineman Electrocuted In Warwick Was North Arlington Native A 51-year-old North Arlington native was one of two linemen electrocuted Monday while on a job in Warwick, N.Y., authorities confirmed. Derrick Paris, a father of two who lived in West Caldwell, was on an assignment with E-J Electric for Orange & Rockland Utilities when he and co-worker Justin McLoughlin, 28, of Trenton, Ga., were killed. Both Paris and his partner were veterans with decades of experience between them, authorities said. A Mass was scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at St. Stephens Church, 141 Washington Avenue in Kearny, with burial to follow in Holy Cross Cemetery, 340…

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by Jerry DeMarco