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Crash Victim Reunites With Dog Who Ran From NY To NJ Two Months Ago (VIDEO) Crash Victim Reunites With Dog Who Ran From NY To NJ Two Months Ago (VIDEO)
Crash Victim Reunites With Dog Who Ran From NY To NJ Two Months Ago (Video) There were few dry eyes in the Bergen County Animal Shelter Tuesday, Aug. 6, as a dog who ran from a crash scene in New York two months ago was reunited with her owner. Salem Mannequin has been tirelessly searching for her yellow lab Nyla since the June 7 crash on the Cross Bronx Expressway at White Plains Road, she tells Daily Voice. She was in a hospital bed at Jacobi Medical Center hours after the accident when she realized, her baby was missing. Once released, Mannequin began calling shelters and veterinary offices across New York City and Westchester counties. She posted in missi…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Drivers Brawl In NYC Road Rage Incident (VIDEO) NJ Drivers Brawl In NYC Road Rage Incident (VIDEO)
NJ Drivers Brawl In NYC Road Rage Incident (Video) A Garden State driver decided to administer his own brand of Jersey justice on the Cross Bronx Expressway on Tuesday, March 5. The video, which was shared by New York City Councilman Ying Tan and has gone viral, shows an altercation between the driver of the BMW, with New Jersey license plates, aggressively changing lanes and then coming to a stop in front of a minivan. He then gets out of the BMW and approaches the minivan, also apparently from New Jersey, screaming at the other driver, a 66-year-old man. The other driver proceeds to throw things at him, leading to punches being exchanged.…

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by Sam Barron
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Victim Of Fiery Crash On Cross Bronx Expressway Was Special Ed. Teacher From NJ Victim Of Fiery Crash On Cross Bronx Expressway Was Special Ed. Teacher From NJ
Victim Of Fiery Crash On Cross Bronx Expressway Was Special Ed. Teacher From NJ A 49-year-old special education teacher from New Jersey has been identified in a fiery crash on the Cross Bronx Expressway early Tuesday, Nov. 29, police said. Shelly Vilsaint's Range Rover collided with a tractor trailer contracted by the U.S. Postal Service in the westbound lanes around 12:35 a.m. near the Major Deegan Expressway, according to police and the New York Post. Vilsaint was sitting in her car behind the trailer when another tractor trailer slammed into her vehicle, igniting a fire that spread to the first tractor trailer. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Neither t…

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by Cecilia Levine
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FOUND: Missing Elderly Little Ferry Couple Found Safe, Sound In Teaneck FOUND: Missing Elderly Little Ferry Couple Found Safe, Sound In Teaneck
Found: Missing Elderly Little Ferry Couple Found Safe, Sound In Teaneck UPDATE: A missing elderly couple took a long route to return to Bergen County, but they were found safe and sound Saturday morning, authorities said. Teaneck police responding to a call of a vehicle stuck in the mud behind the Teaneck Garden Club near Overpeck Park found Lea Asala, 89, outside their SUV and her husband, Anthony Asala, 91, inside around 9 a.m. Saturday. Lea Asala was without shoes and her husband was a bit confused as he searched for the vehicle's paperwork, but they were otherwise OK -- and that was a huge relief after they'd been gone more than 24 hours. The Asa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Missing Elderly Little Ferry Couple Found In Teaneck UPDATE: Missing Elderly Little Ferry Couple Found In Teaneck
Update: Missing Elderly Little Ferry Couple Found In Teaneck UPDATE: A missing elderly couple took a long route to return to Bergen County, but they were found safe and sound Saturday morning, authorities said. Teaneck police responding to a call of a vehicle stuck in the mud behind the Teaneck Garden Club near Overpeck Park found Lea Asala, 89, outside their SUV and her husband, Anthony Asala, 91, inside around 9 a.m. Saturday. Lea Asala was without shoes and her husband was a bit confused as he searched for the vehicle's paperwork, but they were otherwise OK. Both were taken to Holy Name Medical Center for precautionary reasons, Little Ferry Polic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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City 'Accordion' Bus Dangles From Cross Bronx Overpass City 'Accordion' Bus Dangles From Cross Bronx Overpass
City 'Accordion' Bus Dangles From Cross Bronx Overpass The front of a tandem bus careened off the Cross Bronx Expressway and dangled onto a Major Deegan Expressway ramp late Thursday, critically injuring the driver, authorities said. Eight passengers were hospitalized with what the New York Fire Department said weren’t life-threatening injuries after the front of the MTA accordion bus smashed into the ramp below, leaving it vertical, shortly after 11 p.m. The rest of the bus remained on the highway near University Avenue, with its design likely preventing a greater catastrophe. Police initially said the driver either "failed to navigate" a tu…

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by Jerry DeMarco