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Snow-Stuck Little Ferry Driver Burns To Death After Refusing To Let Off Gas Snow-Stuck Little Ferry Driver Burns To Death After Refusing To Let Off Gas
Snow-Stuck Little Ferry Driver Burns To Death After Refusing To Let Off Gas Police tried in vain to rescue a Little Ferry driver who was killed when his SUV went up in flames as he tried to drive out of a snowbank Wednesday morning. Responding to a call from a borough DPW worker, Little Ferry Police Officer Joseph Convery found a Mazda CX-5 that jumped a parking divider and got stuck in the snow near the soccer field off Mehrhof Road shortly after 9 a.m., Police Chief James Walters said. The 62-year-old borough driver was flooring the accelerator when Convery – who’s also a borough firefighter -- started banging on the window trying to get him to stop, Walters said…

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by Jerry DeMarco