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Newark Woman Fatally Struck By Vehicle Driven By 70-Year-Old: Summit PD Newark Woman Fatally Struck By Vehicle Driven By 70-Year-Old: Summit PD
Newark Woman Fatally Struck By Vehicle Driven By 70-Year-Old: Summit PD A 66-year-old Newark woman was fatally struck by a vehicle in Summit on the morning of Wednesday, Dec. 20, police said. At 6:51 a.m. police responded to River Road, between Morris Avenue and Plain Street, and found the woman struck by a 2018 Toyota Tundra, driven by a 70-year-old Hopatcong man.  The woman was pronounced dead after being transferred to Overlook Medical Center.  The incident is under investigation by the Summit Police Department Traffic Safety Bureau. Anyone with information is asked to contact  Summit Police Department at 908-273-0051.

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Landscaper Struck By Car, Seriously Injured In Summit Landscaper Struck By Car, Seriously Injured In Summit
Landscaper Struck By Car, Seriously Injured In Summit An 84-year-old landscaper was hospitalized with serious injuries after being struck by a car in the morning Thursday, Sept. 15 in Summit, authorities said. The man was working at a nearby property when he was struck between Summit and Morris avenues at Walnut Street around 10 a.m., local police said. He was transported to Morristown Medical Center by the Summit Volunteer First Aid Squad. The driver of the vehicle, also a Summit resident, was going south on Summit Avenue toward Morris Avenue when they struck the man, who was crossing the street in front of Paul Ippolito Memorial.  The…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Fire Tears Through Multi-Family Summit Home Fire Tears Through Multi-Family Summit Home
Fire Tears Through Multi-Family Summit Home Firefighters from several departments worked to put out a house fire that started in the attic and quickly climbed to three alarms Thursday in Summit. Heavy smoke conditions were reported when firefighters arrived to the house on the 220 block of Morris Avenue around 5:45 p.m. Several pockets of fire were still being extinguished nearly an hour after it broke out, but the blaze was largely under control as of 7:15 p.m. No injuries were reported. The cause was not immediately clear.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Authorities: Summit Police Officer Seriously Injured In Head-On Stolen Car Crash Authorities: Summit Police Officer Seriously Injured In Head-On Stolen Car Crash
Authorities: Summit Police Officer Seriously Injured In Head-On Stolen Car Crash A Summit police officer was seriously injured when a stolen car slammed head-on into his cruiser during an overnight chase Tuesday, authorities said. Officer Anthony Pyzik, 31, remained in serious but stable condition at Morristown Medical Center with multiple fractures and several cuts on his head following the crash, they reported. Police arrested the driver of the stolen vehicle, identified as 18-year-old Walleed Wheeler, and passenger Dante Brown, 20, both of Newark. Officers were pursuing the car east on Morris Avenue when it crossed the center line and slammed head-on into Pyzik's c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Neighbors
GoFundMe For Grandma Whose Summit Home Of 56 Years Was Destroyed In Fire GoFundMe For Grandma Whose Summit Home Of 56 Years Was Destroyed In Fire
GoFundMe For Grandma Whose Summit Home Of 56 Years Was Destroyed In Fire A police officer and a firefighter suffered minor injuries in a house fire on Morris Avenue in Summit Monday. Fortunately, no one else was hurt.  Sadly, though, the one-family home was destroyed, and a grandmother who has been living there for 56 years now needs the community's help.  The woman, who had to jump out of a window to escape the flames and was under observation at Overlook Hospital, shared the home with her granddaughter and the granddaughter's three children, said her grandson Ameer, who is organizing a GoFundMe campaign on their behalf. All of them now are now "homel…

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by Paul Milo