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Heart Of 14-Year-Old Athlete Struck By Car In NJ Will Help Others Live Heart Of 14-Year-Old Athlete Struck By Car In NJ Will Help Others Live
Heart Of 14-Year-Old Athlete Struck By Car In NJ Will Help Others Live The organs of a 14-year-old boy struck by a car while riding his bicycle will help others live. One day after his 8th-grade graduation, Vincent Pieczynski was hit by a car while riding his bike home on Route 38 in Southampton, according to a GoFundMe page for his family. More than $47,000 was raised as of Saturday, June 22, according to the GoFundMe campaign. Vincent, affectionately known as Vinny Pie, was being remembered as a "kind, smart, strong and hard-working young man," writes campaign organizer Devin Cuoco. "Vincent was the best son, brother and friend a guy could a…

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by Jon Craig
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Police ID Porsche Driver, 41, Killed In NJ Crash Police ID Porsche Driver, 41, Killed In NJ Crash
Police ID Porsche Driver, 41, Killed In NJ Crash A 41-year-old North Brunswick man was killed when he crashed a Porsche in Linden the evening of Friday, June 14, authorities said. At 6:45 p.m., a Porsche Boxter driven by Justin Harmon lost control while traveling south on S. Park Avenue and veered into the northbound lane, Linden police said.  The vehicle struck a utility pole and continued off the roadway before colliding with a parked cargo trailer, police said. Harmon was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The crash remains under investigation by the Linden Police Traffic Bureau.

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
SUV Knocked Onto Roof In Westwood Pickup Crash SUV Knocked Onto Roof In Westwood Pickup Crash
SUV Knocked Onto Roof In Westwood Pickup Crash Police are investigating a crash at a busy Westwood intersection that knocked an SUV onto its roof. No serious injuries were immediately reported when a Dodge RAM pickup truck t-boned a GMC Yukon at the corner of Broadway and Irvington Street, next to the NJ Transit tracks, shortly after 8:30 a.m. Saturday, June 15. Westwood police and firefighters immediately responded and got everyone involved out OK, including a visibly upset boy who was in the SUV, witnesses said. All refused medical aid, officers at the scene said. Nancy Triggiani-Musco for DAILY VOICE EMS tended to three occupants…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Teen Thought He Was Saving GF After Fiery NJ Crash — But Really She Was Saving Him Teen Thought He Was Saving GF After Fiery NJ Crash — But Really She Was Saving Him
Teen Thought He Was Saving GF After Fiery NJ Crash — But Really She Was Saving Him Jack Insinga was supposed to be graduating high school on June 18. Instead, he's in the hospital with third-degree burns on his legs, coming to terms with the loss of both feet. The 18-year-old Branchville resident, a senior at Sussex County Tech, was dropping his girlfriend at home just before 1 a.m., Monday, June 3, when he struck a guardrail on Sunrise Mountain Road in Sandyston, his mom, Gillian Insinga, tells Daily Voice. "He's not sure what happened," Insinga said. "He thinks something broke in his truck, because he couldn't slow down." The truck overturned, ejecting Jack, who …

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by Sam Barron & Cecilia Levine
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DWI Driver Nabbed By Fair Lawn Police After Miles-Long Stretch Of Hit-And-Runs DWI Driver Nabbed By Fair Lawn Police After Miles-Long Stretch Of Hit-And-Runs
DWI Driver Nabbed By Fair Lawn Police After Miles-Long Stretch Of Hit-And-Runs PHOTOS: An intoxicated driver was captured by Fair Lawn police following a hit-and-run on Route 80 that ignited a series of collisions. It began when a pickup truck was rear-ended by a Honda Accord with a temporary New Jersey license tag on the highway shortly before 11:30 a.m. Friday, June 14, officers said. The pickup driver called police while following the sedan from a safe distance, recording video along what became a miles-long route, they said. Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE The Accord driver kept going after taking down a street sign and hitting a fire hydrant at Morlot Avenue an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SUV Plunges Into Little Ferry Lake, Police Ticket Man, 35, Learning To Drive, Companion SUV Plunges Into Little Ferry Lake, Police Ticket Man, 35, Learning To Drive, Companion
SUV Plunges Into Little Ferry Lake, Police Ticket Man, 35, Learning To Drive, Companion An unlicensed Ecuadorian national whose friend was teaching to drive plunged an SUV into a Little Ferry lake, authorities said. The 35-year-old driver from New York and his passenger got out OK after the 2009 Mazda Tribute landed in Indian Lake shortly before 6 p.m. Thursday, June 13, Little Ferry Police Chief James Walters said. A dive team made sure no one else was in the vehicle. The 35-year-old driver from New York and his passenger got out OK after the 2009 Mazda Tribute landed in Indian Lake shortly before 6 p.m. Thursday, June 13. INSET: Rory Puntasecca The driver told polic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
SUV Flips Over Median, Closes Route 46 (UPDATE) SUV Flips Over Median, Closes Route 46 (UPDATE)
SUV Flips Over Median, Closes Route 46 (Update) 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: Thank automakers for airbags. A driver walked away OK after his vehicle hit a concrete barrier on Route 46 and flipped over the median, authorities said. The 2021 Buick Encore was headed west on the highway when it crashed near southbound Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday, June 8, Police Lt. John Behr said. Moonachie police closed down the highway as Hasbrouck Heights firefighters and both ALS and BLS units converged on the scene, the lieutenant said. The 57-year-old driver from Hillside, NJ, climbed out between the airbags, then refused medical atte…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Twin Rutgers Grads, 23, Killed In Crash Were Each Other's Closest Friends, Obituaries Say Twin Rutgers Grads, 23, Killed In Crash Were Each Other's Closest Friends, Obituaries Say
Twin Rutgers Grads, 23, Killed In Crash Were Each Other's Closest Friends, Obituaries Say Services have been finalized for a pair of 23-year-old twin brothers killed in a Vineland crash. John and Patrick Mahoney, both of Washington Township, died in a collision on Tuesday, June 4 at Union and Mays Landing Roads, as previously reported by Daily Voice.  Police said John was driving a Toyota Yaris when he failed to yield to a Ford F-250 operated by an 81-year-old, which caused the crash. The Yaris driver was hospitalized as a precaution. Obituaries on the Egizi Funeral Home website for John and Patrick remember the two as being each other's closest friends and greatest advoca…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Video Shows New Brunswick Council President 3X Over Legal Limit After Wrecking SUV Video Shows New Brunswick Council President 3X Over Legal Limit After Wrecking SUV
Video Shows New Brunswick Council President 3X Over Legal Limit After Wrecking SUV Brand-new bodycam footage of the investigation into New Brunswick's former City Council president directly after she drunkenly wrecked her luxury SUV several hundred feet from home. Officer Taylor Tiongson-Cradic found Suzanne Sicora-Ludwig at the Edgebrook Road crash scene around 11:40 p.m. Friday, March 8, where her Range Rover had struck a tree, according to a police report shared to the city's website.  Bodycam footage shared in a 1-hour and 30-minute video by DriveThruTours shows Sicora-Ludwig's 2014 Range Rover up against a tree, with airbag deployment. Accord…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Out-Of-Control Tesla Crashes At Ridgewood Intersection Out-Of-Control Tesla Crashes At Ridgewood Intersection
Out-Of-Control Tesla Crashes At Ridgewood Intersection A driver emerged with a minor injury after his Tesla plowed into a tree and several shrubs at a Ridgewood intersection. The 30-year-old driver reportedly told police he'd swerved to avoid a slow-moving vehicle that had cut in front of him at the corner of Lincoln Avenue and Manor Road shortly before 5:30 p.m. Friday, June 7. He was treated for a wrist injury that may have been caused by an airbag, responders said. A flatbed tow truck removed the wreckage.  Ridgewood police and village Fire Rescue members responded. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this report. Bo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Teens Crawl From Fiery Rollover Crash On PIP UPDATE: Teens Crawl From Fiery Rollover Crash On PIP
Update: Teens Crawl From Fiery Rollover Crash On PIP Two teenagers crawled from their overturned vehicle as it burst into flames on the Palisades Interstate Parkway, responders said. One of them was taken to the hospital with minor injuries by the Closter Volunteer Ambulance and Rescue Corps following the northbound crash between Exits 1 & 2 shortly before 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 6. A driver who was in the northbound lane estimated that the vehicle was going at least 80 miles an hour. "I heard a loud screech!" another wrote. "Looked in mirror and the car was standing up/down, then flipped!" Melissa Brown of North Bergen said her son wa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Victim Airlifted, Another Hospitalized In Sussex County Crash Victim Airlifted, Another Hospitalized In Sussex County Crash
Victim Airlifted, Another Hospitalized In Sussex County Crash One person was flown and another taken by ambulance to hospitals following a two-car crash in Sussex County on Wednesday, June 5, authorities said. At 12:33 p.m., the Frankford Township Fire Department responded to Morris Turnpike and Kemah Lake Road for a crash for a two-car crash with a person trapped in the vehicle, firefighters said. At 12:33 this afternoon, FTFD was dispatched with Branchville Hose Company #1 and Blue Ridge Rescue Squad in the area of... Posted by Frankford Township Fire Department on Wednesday, June 5, 2024 At 12:33 this afternoon, FTFD was dispatched wit…

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by Sam Barron