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'This Is The Same Kid!' Viral Video Shows Traffic Stop Moments Before Double-Fatal NJ Crash 'This Is The Same Kid!' Viral Video Shows Traffic Stop Moments Before Double-Fatal NJ Crash
'This Is The Same Kid!' Viral Video Shows Traffic Stop Moments Before Double-Fatal NJ Crash Newly-released bodycam footage shows a motor vehicle stop that happened moments before the same vehicle was involved in a tractor trailer crash, killing both the passenger and driver in Hudson County. North Bergen police officer Jon Nunez stopped 24-year-old Luis Cevallos' Kia Stinger, with 27-year-old passenger Alexis Rodriguez, at 61st Street and Kennedy Boulevard for excessive speeding and reckless driving around 1:50 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, police said. The footage of the stop and crash response was published to the Transparency Bodycam YouTube channel on Sept. 21, …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Community Rallies Around Paterson Teacher Injured In Car Crash Community Rallies Around Paterson Teacher Injured In Car Crash
Community Rallies Around Paterson Teacher Injured In Car Crash In an instant, Shamika Butler's life changed. The Paterson resident, who teaches at Kids R Kids Learning Academy in Montville, suffered multiple injuries in a recent car crash. The injuries have prevented Butler from being able to work and take care of her two-year-old son Aiden. She also lost her vehicle and faces multiple medical bills. A fundraiser has been set up to assist Butler. As of Wednesday, Sept. 27, more than $3,800 has been raised.  "Shamika's life has been put on hold and everyone around her is looking for a way to help," Jeanine Cruz, who organized the fundraiser, …

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Teen Killed Walking Home In Somerset County Was Voracious Reader With Gentle Soul Teen Killed Walking Home In Somerset County Was Voracious Reader With Gentle Soul
Teen Killed Walking Home In Somerset County Was Voracious Reader With Gentle Soul Police have identified the 18-year-old man killed while walking home in Somerset County last week. William Richardson was struck by a vehicle that veered off Route 202 (Main Street) and onto the sidewalk around 6:10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23 in Bedminster, local police said. William was pronounced dead at the hospital, and the 35-year-old driver of the Nissan Altima that struck him was hospitalized. The crash is being investigated by local police and the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office. According to his obituary, William had graduated from Bernards High School last Spring. His true educa…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Rt. 80 Crash Involving Tractor-Trailer, 5 Passenger Vehicles Sends 2 To Hospital: State Police Rt. 80 Crash Involving Tractor-Trailer, 5 Passenger Vehicles Sends 2 To Hospital: State Police
Rt. 80 Crash Involving Tractor-Trailer, 5 Passenger Vehicles Sends 2 To Hospital: State Police A Route 80 crash involving a tractor-trailer and five passenger vehicles sent two people to the hospital over the weekend, state police said. The six vehicles collided on the westbound side near milepost 20.5 in Allamuchy Township around 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 23, NJSP Detective I Jeffrey Lebron told Daily Voice. Two occupants were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of minor injuries, the detective added. The crash remains under investigation.

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Garden State Parkway Crash Kills Englewood Driver, Injures Woodcliff Lake Passenger, Both 20 Garden State Parkway Crash Kills Englewood Driver, Injures Woodcliff Lake Passenger, Both 20
Garden State Parkway Crash Kills Englewood Driver, Injures Woodcliff Lake Passenger, Both 20 A 20-year-old Englewood man was killed and a 20-year-old Woodcliff Lake companion seriously injured in a horrific overnight crash Sunday on the Garden State Parkway, authorities confirmed. Their Nissan was headed south when it ran off the roadway to the right, crashed through a guardrail and barreled down an embankment, slamming into trees and overturning near Exit 160 in Paramus at 2:45 a.m. Sept. 24, New Jersey State Police Detective 1 Jeffrey Lebron said. One of the occupants was ejected and the other pinned beneath the vehicle, responders said. The driver, Jadon Johnson, was kill…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Wrong-Way Driver Crashes Off Route 80 Wrong-Way Driver Crashes Off Route 80
Wrong-Way Driver Crashes Off Route 80 No injuries were reported after a wrong-way driver crashed Wednesday on a Route 80 exit ramp. The Kia barreled up an embankment and into a tree off eastbound Exit 56B in Woodland Park mid-morning on Sept. 20. ABC Towing removed the SUV. New Jersey State Police responded and are investigating the cause.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Teen Driver Smashes Through 2 Fences, Lands Car On Parsippany Turf Field Teen Driver Smashes Through 2 Fences, Lands Car On Parsippany Turf Field
Teen Driver Smashes Through 2 Fences, Lands Car On Parsippany Turf Field A vehicle veered off of Route 46 and hit two fences before landing on the turf field at a local park in Parsippany Monday morning, Sept. 18, police said. Officers responded to Smith Field Park at the corner of Route 46 east and Baldwin Road and found a 2006 Lincoln Town Car on the turf field around 10:50 a.m., Parsippany Police Sgt. Brian Conover told Daily Voice. The 17-year-old driver told police that she had lost control of the vehicle while turning left from Southbound Baldwin Road onto Route 46 east. The vehicle veered off the roadway, crashed into the curb, hit two fences, and went o…

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by Valerie Musson
Obituaries
Hundreds Turn Out For Funeral Of Former Pascack Valley HS Football Captain Devin Wolfe, 30 Hundreds Turn Out For Funeral Of Former Pascack Valley HS Football Captain Devin Wolfe, 30
Hundreds Turn Out For Funeral Of Former Pascack Valley HS Football Captain Devin Wolfe, 30 Joe Wolfe always knew his son was well-liked, but he didn't fully understand how loved he was until his funeral last week. Devin Wolfe, 30, who grew up in River Vale, died in a car accident on Long Island on Saturday, Sept. 9. His former teammates, friends from childhood, peers from college at Johnson & Wales University, coworkers, coaches, teachers, and relatives flew and drove out to Bergen County for Devin's services Thursday, Sept. 14 and Friday, Sept. 15. Seeing the nearly one thousand of them lining up for visitation at Becker Funeral Home and spilling out of pews at the funeral…

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
Lakewood Salsa Dancer ID'd As Victim Of Howell Rollover Crash Lakewood Salsa Dancer ID'd As Victim Of Howell Rollover Crash
Lakewood Salsa Dancer ID'd As Victim Of Howell Rollover Crash Police have identified the 51-year-old man from Lakewood killed when his vehicle overturned in Monmouth County, authorities said. Victor Ardiles was killed in the single-vehicle crash at 11:02 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6 near Lanes Mill Road and Lanes Pond Road, Howell Township police said.  Ardiles was operating an SUV in the eastbound lanes of Lanes Mill Road when he ran off the road on a curve and struck a concrete mailbox, police said. Ardiles struck a brick landscaping wall and flipped over, police said.  Ardiles, who was trapped inside, was pronounced dead at the scene. Th…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
State Trooper Hospitalized In Warren County Crash State Trooper Hospitalized In Warren County Crash
State Trooper Hospitalized In Warren County Crash A state trooper was sent to the hospital after a troop car hit an embankment and overturned in Warren County early on Saturday, Sept. 9, authorities said. The trooper was driving a Ford Explorer state police vehicle near 70 Hissin Rd. in Hope Township when it veered off the left side of the roadway, struck an embankment, and overturned around 4:50 a.m., NJSP Det. Jeffrey Lebron told Daily Voice. The trooper was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of moderate injuries, Lebron added. The crash remains under investigation. No further details were released.

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Glen Rock PD: Fair Lawn Teen In RT 208 Crash Says Oakland, Elmwood Park Men Laid Hands On Her Glen Rock PD: Fair Lawn Teen In RT 208 Crash Says Oakland, Elmwood Park Men Laid Hands On Her
Glen Rock PD: Fair Lawn Teen In RT 208 Crash Says Oakland, Elmwood Park Men Laid Hands On Her A 19-year-old Fair Lawn passenger involved in a crash on Route 208 told Glen Rock police that one passenger in the other vehicle assaulted her and another touched her, authorities said. Officers didn’t witness any assaults or immediately find any independent witnesses to corroborate the allegations following the crash on the highway near the Lincoln Avenue overpass last Friday, Sept. 1, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. A 35-year-old Oakland man whom the woman claimed hit her said she was the one who actually struck him in the face, the chief said. The other passenger, a 31-year-old Elmwoo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
T-Bone Crash In Ridgewood Sends Driver To Hospital T-Bone Crash In Ridgewood Sends Driver To Hospital
T-Bone Crash In Ridgewood Sends Driver To Hospital A driver was hospitalized after his sedan was broadsided by a Jeep in Ridgewood early Wednesday afternoon. The Cherokee driver was OK after his vehicle t-boned the Subaru Legacy at the intersection of Walthery and Linwood avenues around 1:30 p.m. Sept. 6. Ridgewood police, firefighters and EMS responded, along with a village ambulance that took the injured driver to The Valley Hospital. All Points Towing removed both vehicles. Firefighters cleaned up an engine spill. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this story. The rammed Subaru Legacy and the Jeep were both towed f…

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by Jerry DeMarco