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DUI Off-Duty Sergeant Charged In Crash That Killed Paterson Dad Seeking Better Life: Prosecutor DUI Off-Duty Sergeant Charged In Crash That Killed Paterson Dad Seeking Better Life: Prosecutor
DUI Off-Duty Sergeant Charged In Crash That Killed Paterson Dad Seeking Better Life: Prosecutor An off-duty police sergeant has been charged in a head-on crash that killed a 55-year-old man on his way to work earlier this month on Route 23 in Morris County, authorities said. Keith Gunther, 42, of Wanaque, and a sergeant with the East Hanover Police Department, was behind the wheel of the Ford F-150 that was traveling south in the northbound lanes when it struck a 2005 Toyota Camry, headed north, head-on just before 11 p.m. in Riverdale on Tuesday, Oct. 15, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll said. Hamid Shabuddin, a passenger in the Toyota, was killed as a result of the crash. S…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Wayne Motorcyclist, 37, Killed In Route 23 Crash: Morris County Prosecutor Wayne Motorcyclist, 37, Killed In Route 23 Crash: Morris County Prosecutor
Wayne Motorcyclist, 37, Killed In Route 23 Crash: Morris County Prosecutor A 37-year-old Wayne man was killed after his motorcycle collided with a truck on Route 23 in Morris County on Tuesday, April 16, authorities said. At 7:40 p.m., Mojtaba Kahn's motorcycle collided with the pickup truck at an intersection at Route 23 South and Alexander Avenue in Pequannock, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said.  When first responders arrived on scene, Kahn was unconscious and not breathing and he was ultimately pronounced dead at the scene, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said.  The driver of the pickup truck remained at the scene, the Morris…

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by Sam Barron
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Officers Rescue Pair Neck-Deep In Freezing Waters As Car Plunges Into Pequannock Pond: WATCH Officers Rescue Pair Neck-Deep In Freezing Waters As Car Plunges Into Pequannock Pond: WATCH
Officers Rescue Pair Neck-Deep In Freezing Waters As Car Plunges Into Pequannock Pond: Watch Newly released footage from the Pequannock Police Department shows the “truly amazing rescue” of a driver and passenger after their car plunged into a local pond, leaving the pair neck-deep in frozen waters. The rescue occurred at the retention pond at Cedar Crest Village on the evening of Sunday, April 2. Officers responded and found a vehicle submerged almost completely in the water. Photo and video footage of the rescue shows Sgt. Dericks, Ptl. Parigi and Ptl. Knatz pulling the driver and passenger to safety “as the murky water was filling the vehicle,” the department said as it was rel…

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by Valerie Musson