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Man Electrocuted At Hoboken PATH Trying To Retrieve Cell Phone: PAPD Man Electrocuted At Hoboken PATH Trying To Retrieve Cell Phone: PAPD
Man Electrocuted At Hoboken PATH Trying To Retrieve Cell Phone: Papd A man was hospitalized after he went onto the tracks at Hoboken PATH Train and was electrocuted on Sunday, Aug. 10, authorities said. At 1:55 a.m., officers found a 25-year-old man on the tracks, unconscious after trying to retrieve his dropped cell phone, Port Authority police said. He was injured after coming in contact with the third rail, police said. Power to the third rail was shut and the victim was removed, stabilized and taken to a nearby hospital, where he was reported to be in serious but stable condition, police said. Normal operations at the station resumed at 4 a.m., police s…

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by Sam Barron
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13 Injured After PATH Train Catches Fire In Jersey City: PAPD 13 Injured After PATH Train Catches Fire In Jersey City: PAPD
13 Injured After PATH Train Catches Fire In Jersey City: Papd Nine people had to be hospitalized after a PATH train caught fire on Monday morning, Aug. 4, authorities said. At 6:19 a.m., a fire began under an eastbound train in the Newport PATH station, Port Authority police said. The train filled with smoke and passengers were evacuated at the scene, police said. Thirteen people were treated for smoke inhalation with nine people being transported to a hospital for further evaluation, police said. Hoboken-World Trade Center and Journal Square-33rd Street lines resumed service at 11 a.m. police said.  NJ Transit trains, and buses #87 and 126 are…

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by Sam Barron
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SEEN THEM? Hoboken PD Seeks Help ID'ing 'Persons Of Interest' In Aborted Carjacking SEEN THEM? Hoboken PD Seeks Help ID'ing 'Persons Of Interest' In Aborted Carjacking
Seen Them? Hoboken PD Seeks Help ID'ing 'Persons Of Interest' In Aborted Carjacking Hoboken police are asking the public for help identifying two people who may -- or may not -- have been directly involved in a botched carjacking nearly two months ago. The victim’s 2020 Range Rover was unlocked and running in the 100 block of River Street shortly before 3:30 p.m. March 27, police said. Seeing someone get into the driver’s seat, the victim jumped into the passenger seat, tussled with the intruder and turned off the engine, they said. The victim told police he took a shot to the face before the assailant bailed out and ran off with a second person. Hoboken EMS treated the …

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by Jerry DeMarco