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Soldier Charged In Crash That Killed Army Cadet From West Orange: Report Soldier Charged In Crash That Killed Army Cadet From West Orange: Report
Soldier Charged In Crash That Killed Army Cadet From West Orange: Report A soldier was charged in connection with the crash that killed a West Point cadet from West Orange earlier this year, Army Times reported Wednesday.  Christopher Morgan, a popular West Orange High School alumnus who was slated to graduate from the prestigious military academy next year,  died when the tactical vehicle he was travelling in overturned near a West Point, New York training site June 6. Twenty-one other people were injured.  Staff Sgt. Ladonies P. Strong was charged with one specification of involuntary manslaughter, negligent homicide, reckless operation of a veh…

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Memorial Planned In W. Orange For West Point Cadet Killed In Crash Memorial Planned In W. Orange For West Point Cadet Killed In Crash
Memorial Planned In W. Orange For West Point Cadet Killed In Crash A memorial will be held Tuesday at West Orange High School in honor of Christopher C.J. Morgan,  a West Orange native and a cadet at West Point killed in a training exercise last week.  The memorial for Morgan, a West Orange native and a standout wrestler at West Point, begins at 7 p.m.  Morgan, 22, died when a truck overturned at the school. More than 20 others were hurt.  Morgan, a law and legal studies major, was set to graduate next year.   In addition to an outpouring of support for the Morgan family in West Orange, officials and fellow students at West …

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by Paul Milo
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West Point Cadet Killed In Crash ID'd As Former West Orange Football Star, 22 West Point Cadet Killed In Crash ID'd As Former West Orange Football Star, 22
West Point Cadet Killed In Crash ID'd As Former West Orange Football Star, 22 The West Point cadet killed after a truck overturned has been identified as a 22-year-old former football standout from West Orange. Christopher "CJ" Morgan, who came from a family of West Point graduates, was a law and legal studies major, as well as a standout member of the Army wrestling team. Twenty-one cadets were injured after the Light Medium Tactical Vehicle (LMTV) overturned at the intersection of Route 293 and the Camp Natural Bridge training site around 6:45 a.m. Thursday. "He was my first child. He was my hero. He helped make me into a better father," his father, Christoph…

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by Cecilia Levine