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Hamburg Motorcyclist, 34, Dead In Rockaway Crash Hamburg Motorcyclist, 34, Dead In Rockaway Crash
Hamburg Motorcyclist, 34, Dead In Rockaway Crash A 34-year-old motorcyclist from Hamburg died in a Rockaway motorcycle crash. The man was pronounced dead at the seen of the Green Pond Road crash just before 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, local police said. Police responded to a 911 call from an area resident to find the man under a 2009 black Harley Davidson on the front lawn of a home, Rockaway Police Chief Martin McParland said. The cause of the accident was not immediately clear.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Rockaway Police, Firefighters Hoof It To Help Fallen Horse Rockaway Police, Firefighters Hoof It To Help Fallen Horse
Rockaway Police, Firefighters Hoof It To Help Fallen Horse A horse that fell and became wedged between two trees in Rockaway received help from first responders getting back up. A woman and her friend were riding their horses along the Light Blue trail in the Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area around when one horse tumbled down about a mile in from Meriden Road around 4:45 p.m. Sunday, Rockaway Police Chief Martin McPartland said. "The ground out there was rocky and with the recent rainfall a little slick," McPartland said. "The horse was pinned between two trees and wasn't able to get up himself." Firefighters and police got a rope …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Charges Upgraded After Victim In Rockaway Crash Dies Charges Upgraded After Victim In Rockaway Crash Dies
Charges Upgraded After Victim In Rockaway Crash Dies Charges against a Rockaway woman were upgraded after the passenger in her car died as a result of injuries sustained in the crash, authorities said. Samantha Viscardi, 22, was behind the wheel of a vehicle that crashed near Green Pond Road on Feb. 2, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp and Rockaway Police Chief Martin McPardland, Jr. said in a joint release. The passenger in the vehicle was critically injured after Viscardi's vehicle went into a guardrail, closing the area around 4:30 p.m., according to multiple reports. Viscardi was initially charged with assault by auto b…

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by Cecilia Levine