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Route 3 Pedestrian Killed On Christmas Route 3 Pedestrian Killed On Christmas
Route 3 Pedestrian Killed On Christmas Investigators were trying to determine what a 31-year-old Passaic man who was struck and killed on Route 3 on Christmas Day was doing on the highway. Randy Rafael Reyes Duran was struck by a Tesla near Passaic Avenue shortly before 6:30 p.m. Monday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Thomas Rinaldi said in a brief announcement on Tuesday. He was pronounced dead at the scene, they said, adding that the driver remained there. "At this point there's no idea why he was on the highway," one investigator said. "It wasn't suicide or anything like that." ANY…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Man Arrested Following Backyard Foot Pursuit: Linden PD Man Arrested Following Backyard Foot Pursuit: Linden PD
Man Arrested Following Backyard Foot Pursuit: Linden PD A 21-year-old man was arrested after a foot chase through backyards in Linden on Tuesday, August 8, authorities said. At noon, police responded to the 200 block of Grand St. and learned Kyeshon Downer pointed at a rifle at another man and was still inside the home with a small child, officers said. Police surrounded the home and Union County S.W.A.T. was dispatched to the scene, officers said. Police determined Downer had fled the home and were able to remove the child, officers said. Police continued to hunt for Downer and were able to apprehend him in a backyard on the 1200 block of Pass…

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by Sam Barron
News
Passaic Firefighter Injured In Christmas Tree Blaze Passaic Firefighter Injured In Christmas Tree Blaze
Passaic Firefighter Injured In Christmas Tree Blaze Passaic firefighters kept a Christmas tree blaze from spreading Sunday night. A firefighter was hospitalized with a cut on his right hand in the two-alarm Passaic Avenue blaze, which broke out around 9 p.m. Firefighters quickly knocked it down before Battalion Chief Hayowyk declared the fire under control in under 40 minutes. The residents got out OK. Mutual aid included firefighters from Paterson and Clifton.

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by Jerry DeMarco