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Police & Fire
Newlywed Little Falls Officer Gets Special Hospital Sendoff After Harrowing Crash (
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The Little Falls Police Department has shared heartfelt footage of Officer Antonio Piedrabuena being discharged from The Valley Hospital on Saturday, Dec. 21, following a harrowing accident just days earlier. Piedrabuena, a newlywed, experienced a medical emergency on Thursday, Dec. 19, while driving his marked police vehicle. The episode caused the car to accelerate uncontrollably, reaching speeds of 102 miles per hour, the department said. The officer veered over the double-yellow lines, hit a curb and utility pole, and then crashed into Schumacher Chevrolet on Main Street near Union Avenu…
Police & Fire
Officer Reached 102 MPH, Went Airborne In Crash Caused By Medical Episode, Little Falls PD Says
Little Falls police have released details and identified the officer involved in a serious crash while on duty earlier this month. Little Falls Patrolman Antonio Piedrabuena began experiencing symptoms of a medical emergency, causing his marked police vehicle to accelerate uncontrollably around 1:18 a.m. on Dec. 12, his department said in a news release. The police unit reached speeds of 102 miles per hour as it veered over the double-yellow lines, struck a curb and utility pole, and crashed into the front of Schumacher Chevrolet along Main Street near Union Avenue, police said. The v…
News
'She Was Sent To Me:' Nutley Woman Adopts Dog Struck On Route 4 After Losing Her Own
Natalie D’Angelo believes her beloved dog Zoey, who passed away in March, played a role in bringing Stella into her life. On Friday, Dec. 20, the 41-year-old Nutley resident adopted Stella, the dog who had survived being struck by a car on Route 4 in Hackensack, from the Bergen County Animal Shelter in Teterboro. “I just lost my dog in March—she was a half dachshund—and because of that, I felt like maybe Stella was being sent to me from her,” D’Angelo said with Stella in her lap on the floor of the shelter. “I feel like I have the love of my other dog back.” View …
Police & Fire
NJ Correctional Officer Seriously Hurt In Parkway Motorcycle Crash With Deer, Campaign Says
A senior officer with the New Jersey Department of Corrections suffered serious injuries in a motorcycle crash with a deer on the Garden State Parkway last week, according to a campaign for his recovery and state police. Joel Hernandez, 54, of Fair Lawn, was riding his motorcycle home after work when he collided with a deer on the Garden State Parkway North near milepost 150.7 in Bloomfield, New Jersey State Police Trooper Sgt. Charles Marchan said. A GoFundMe campaign organized by William Sullivan says Hernandez suffered internal bleeding and multiple broken bones, requiring…
Police & Fire
NJ Soccer Captain Suffered Broken Neck, Ribs In Crash, Campaign Says
Support is on the rise for an 18-year-old North Jersey high school soccer captain who sustained multiple broken bones in a crash last month. Molly Mack, the captain of the Whippany High School girls team, was identified by the team's booster club as the person seriously injured in the Sunday, Oct. 27 crash between two SUVs on Route 24 in Florham Park, as previously reported by Daily Voice. A week later, more than $122,000 had been raised for her recovery on a GoFundMe launched by her aunt and uncle, Tom Hamill and Jennifer Gullace, who say Mack was a passenger in one of the vehicles. …
Police & Fire
NJ High School Wrestler Seriously Injured In ATV Crash Facing Long Road To Recovery: Campaign
A GoFundMe campaign has been launched for one of two West Milford teenage boys seriously injured in an ATV crash on Tuesday, Oct. 8. Brandon Mroziuk was identified as one of the two boys in a Polaris Sportsman 850 that crossed a center line on Highlander Drive and collided with a 2013 Chevy Malibu. Mroziuk and the other boy in the ATV were both airlifted to St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson. The campaign says Brandon underwent surgery and faces a long road to recovery. " Any contribution, no matter how small, will make a difference and show Brandon and his f…
Sports
Terrifying Scenario Transforms Into Beautiful Moment For NJ High School Football Teams
Chase Young was on track to play his best game of the season. It was the first game all year that the senior St. Thomas Aquinas running back had run 100 yards, Head Coach Tarig Holman said of the game at Elizabeth on Friday, Sept. 27. But then, with about 2.5 minutes left of the third quarter and a score of 25-8, St. Thomas Aquinas in the lead against Elizabeth, Young went unconscious. "I was getting ready to call a play. I looked at my play sheet, looked back up, and [Chase] was on the ground," said Holman, in his third season as head coach. "At that point, it was much larger than footba…
Politics
Conditions Improve For Injured Victims From PA Trump Rally, Hospital Says
The two men who were shot during a Trump rally in Pennsylvania and left in critical condition have had their conditions upgraded, Allegheny Hospital Officials told Daily Voice on Wednesday, July 17. David Dutch, 57 of New Kensington, PA, and James Copenhaver, 74 of Moon Township, PA, were in critical condition following the shooting by Thomas Matthew Crooks at the Trump rally on Saturday, July 13. Both of their statuses "have been upgraded from critical to serious condition as of 1 p.m. on Wednesday, July 17," a spokesperson from AGH told us that evening. To clarify, this means both o…
News
Sole Survivor Of Wrong Way Parkway Crash Suffered 8 Fractured Ribs, Broken Spine: Campaign
Cadence Dabice is a survivor. The 20-year-old Pompton Plains resident was the only person to escape a two-car crash caused by a wrong-way driver on the Garden State Parkway on Friday, July 5, with her life. Two people were killed in the crash, both the Newark woman who caused the crash and the driver of the vehicle Dabice was riding in, as previously reported by Daily Voice. Dabice sustained two broken tibias, a broken femur, a broken arm, a fractured C2 in her spine, eight fractured ribs, a lacerated spleen, a lacerated liver and an occluded artery in the crash. A GoFundMe cam…
Lifestyle
Meet Legendary Heavy Metal Guitarist In North Jersey
Mark Morton, the lead guitarist of legendary heavy metal band Lamb of God, is ready to tell his story. Morton is signing copies of his new book "Desolation: A Heavy Metal Memoir," at Books and Greetings in Northvale on Tuesday, June 25 at 6 p.m. In the book, Morton reflects on his career as the band's lead guitarist and lyricists while also talking about his battle with addiction and eventually going into recovery. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mark Morton (@mark.duane.morton) Morton, whose battles with addiction began after th…
News
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 …
Events
Meet Adam Nimoy, Leonard Nimoy's Son, In North Jersey
The offspring of Mr. Spock is coming to Bergen County. Adam Nimoy, the son of Leonard Nimoy, who played Mr. Spock on "Star Trek" is signing copies of his book "The Most Human" at Bookends in Ridgewood on Friday, June 7 at 7 p.m. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Adam Nimoy (@adam_nimoy) In "The Most Human", Adam discusses growing up with a famous father and details their complicated relationship, according to a synopsis. Their relationship saw marriages that lead to divorce, addiction battles and finding recovery, according to a sy…
Neighbors
North Jersey Rallies Around Girl Injured, Orphaned In Earthquake
Rayen Bekri, a 13-year-old girl, was trapped in the rubble for six days following an earthquake in her native Turkey in February. Now living with family in Bergen County, the community has come together to help her. While trapped under six floors of a collapsed building, Bekri held onto her brother, though he did not survive. Bekri's mother also died in the earthquake, which killed nearly 60,000 people in Turkey and Syria. Bekri was finally discovered, though her leg had to be amputated. Bekri's father had previously died in a war in Syria. Rasha Kattan, Bekri's aunt, flew to T…
News
'Really Is A Miracle': Fairview Girl, 13, Who Plunged 5 Stories Now Alert, Breathing, Aware
UPDATE: A 13-year-old girl who jumped from the roof of a five-story apartment building in Fairview last week has emerged from a medically-induced coma, multiple sources confirmed on Tuesday. “She’s alert, breathing on her own and aware of her surroundings -- getting better and better each day,” a law enforcement veteran told Daily Voice shortly after noon on Feb. 21. “It really is a miracle,” he said. “There’s no other way to put it.” Just six days earlier, the distressed youngster went to the roof of the brick building on Day Avenue as classmates headed home from Lincoln School just two …
Obituaries
Warren County Native Wesley Allen, Jr. Dies At 29
Wesley F. Allen, Jr. of Warren County died on Tuesday, Jan. 10 at the age of 29. Born in Phillipsburg, Wesley went to Warren Hills Regional High School, his obituary says. He had also attended Missionary Alliance Church. Wesley was known for embracing hobbies matching his adventurous spirit like four-wheeling, motorcycling, and trucking. He also loved spending time with his family and working on the family farm. Wesley is survived by his beloved parents, mother, Roberta Willard; father, Wesley F. Allen, Sr. and wife Diana Allen; sister Kyra Dalrymple; cousins Richie and Kelsey Rhinehart; a…
News
60 Days Sober: OD Victim's Family Shares Truth About Addiction
The family of a man who overdosed on drugs after 60 days sober is hoping his tragic story will help save someone else’s life. Robert “Bobby” Criss was on his way to Baltimore’s Hope House where a bed was waiting for him to continue in his recovery and counseling after a trip to Texas, his cousin, Connie Ratliff said. Bobby never made it to Hope House. His body was found alongside an unidentified man in Carroll Park in Baltimore on the evening of Wednesday, June 1, and he was pronounced dead at 48 years old. Bobby had been dead for an unknown amount of time before his body was found, surro…
News
Jersey City Server Who Survived Freak Accident 'Just Happy To Be Alive'
One minute Vicky Karabin Marshall was walking down the stairs of her Jersey City apartment building. The next she was laying in a hospital bed, unable to talk or walk, a chunk of her skull gone. The 31-year-old server considers herself lucky to be alive, nearly six weeks after the freak accident and subsequent emergency brain surgery that nearly ended it all. And so, as Karabin Marshall relearns to walk, talk and live independently, she tells her story as a cautionary tale urging others to take care of themselves, and take nothing for granted. "Appreciate life and every little thing you…
Lifestyle
Meet Recovering Addict From NJ On 'The Bachelorette'
New Jersey native Zac Clark has a shot at love on this season of "The Bachelorette." Clark, 36, formerly of Haddonfield, is vying for a chance with Tayshia Adams, 30. The season started with Clare Crawley, 39, as the bachelorette, but she left after four episodes with contestant Dale Moss. The pair are now engaged. Clark, a Philly sports fan and former college baseball player, was one of the first few men to pull Adams aside on her show debut Tuesday night. He hasn't shared his inspirational story on-air -- yet. Clark was addicted to alcohol and pills as a teen, Reading Eagle reported i…
Police & Fire
Found
! Missing Man From Family Of Bergen First Responders Safe, Sound
UPDATE: A missing man who comes from a line of veteran Bergen County police, firefighters and other first responders was found. "Glenn has been located safe and sound and is recovering in a NY hospital," a family member wrote. "Our heartfelt thanks to all of you who shared the information. "Glenn was found because your posts were seen by the right person who identified his picture and notified the authorities. "Again, on behalf of our entire family, we thank you all for your efforts, kind thoughts and prayers."
Lifestyle
Roxbury DPW Worker In Good Spirits After Foot Amputation
Chris Schmidt was out on a motorcycle ride on Route 24 in Chester last month when an oncoming car crossed over the center lane into his and swiped his left side. The Roxbury DPW worker lost control of the bike and was able to stop safely, but suffered a severe foot injury requiring amputation. Schmidt is in good spirits as he recovers at Morristown Medical Center and those who know him say he'll be "back on his feet with some help from science." More than $8,200 had been raised for Schmidt on a GoFundMe as of Wednesday. "As most of you know, Chris and [his wife] Kari are the proudest and…
Lifestyle
Chester EMT, Firefighter Couple Recover After Motorcycle Crash
The community is coming together for a Chester couple who are recovering together in the hospital after a motorcycle crash. More than $1,200 had been raised for Jason Dilley and his girlfriend Kelly Banko on a GoFundMe as of Tuesday afternoon, three days after the accident. Dilley is the chief of the the Chester First Aid squad and a firefighter with the Chester Fire Company. Banko is a Chester First Aid Squad volunteer and nursing student at Villanova, who plans on serving as a sailor in the U.S. Navy after graduation. Dilley and Banko were airlifted to Geisinger Hospital in Pennsyl…
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