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Tractor-Trailer Driver Killed In South Jersey Interstate Ramp Crash, Troopers Say Tractor-Trailer Driver Killed In South Jersey Interstate Ramp Crash, Troopers Say
Tractor-Trailer Driver Killed In South Jersey Interstate Ramp Crash, Troopers Say A Bergen County man was killed when his tractor-trailer went off an interstate ramp in Camden County, authorities said. Jorge Valdivia of North Arlington died in the crash on Monday, Nov. 4, a state police spokesperson said. The wreck happened in Bellmawr on the ramp from Interstate 76 East to Interstate 295 North at around 2:04 a.m. Investigators said Valdivia was driving a Freightliner truck with a pneumatic trailer when it went over the ramp's right guardrail and went down an embankment. Valdivia was ejected from the tractor-trailer and the 46-year-old was p…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Firefighters Injured At Trucking Company Fire In South Jersey (PHOTOS) Firefighters Injured At Trucking Company Fire In South Jersey (PHOTOS)
Firefighters Injured At Trucking Company Fire In South Jersey (Photos) Firefighters from multiple departments In Camden County battled a trucking company fire on Friday, July 5, authorities said. At approximately 3:30 p.m., Gloucester Township police observed heavy smoke at Marksmen Transport, 1900 Erial Road in Blackwood, they said. Officers located flames in the rear lot of the commercial business which were contained to several large box trailers and a truck, police said. There were no injuries to any employees of the business, however, three firefighters were taken to local hospitals to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries, police said.&…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Off-Road Motorcyclist Killed By Truck In South Jersey Crash, Police Say Off-Road Motorcyclist Killed By Truck In South Jersey Crash, Police Say
Off-Road Motorcyclist Killed By Truck In South Jersey Crash, Police Say A Delaware man was killed when his off-road motorcycle drifted into the path of a truck in Atlantic County, authorities said. Hammonton police responded to the crash on the 900 block of Eighth Street at around 4:56 p.m. on Thursday, June 13, the department said in a news release. Dalton Hunter Nicastro, 28, of Rehoboth Beach, was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators said Nicastro was driving a Honda XR80R south near the shoulder on Eighth Street when his motorcycle drifted into the southbound travel lane. A silver 2019 Mack truck's passenger side and its wheels struck Nicas…

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by Chris Spiker
Obituaries
Pittsgrove's Frank Bittle II, Heavy Equipment Operator, 46 Pittsgrove's Frank Bittle II, Heavy Equipment Operator, 46
Pittsgrove's Frank Bittle II, Heavy Equipment Operator, 46 Frank Bittle II, of Pittsgrove, died on June 2, according to an obituary published by Adams Funeral Home. He was 46 years old. A heavy equipment operator, like his father and grandfather, Frank was an extremely proud member of IUOE Local 825.  "He loved to talk and was a social butterfly," his obituary said. "No matter where he went, if he ran into someone he knew or didn't know for that matter he would strike up a conversation." Frank also enjoyed hunting, fishing, watching the sunset with his girlfriend, Sheri Munyon, and just driving around in his truck and exploring every road and…

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by Jon Craig