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Motorcyclist Ejected At Jersey Shore Intersection Dies In Crash, Police Say Motorcyclist Ejected At Jersey Shore Intersection Dies In Crash, Police Say
Motorcyclist Ejected At Jersey Shore Intersection Dies In Crash, Police Say A Brick Township man was killed when he lost control of his motorcycle at an intersection, authorities said. Horace Giambona, 64, died in the crash on Wednesday, Oct. 23, the Brick Township Police Department said in a news release. Officers responded to the wreck at the intersection of Brick and Yorktowne boulevards at around 2:34 p.m. Investigators said Giambona was traveling north on Brick Boulevard and approached the intersection. A 2013 Dodge Ram stopped in the intersection to allow an ambulance with its lights and siren activated to pass through the intersection. Giambona tr…

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by Chris Spiker
Sports
Tufts Lacrosse Players Hospitalized After Navy SEAL Workout: NJ Docs Explain What Did It Tufts Lacrosse Players Hospitalized After Navy SEAL Workout: NJ Docs Explain What Did It
Tufts Lacrosse Players Hospitalized After Navy SEAL Workout: NJ Docs Explain What Did It A dozen of Tufts University's 50 lacrosse players were sidelined earlier this month with a muscle-destroying illness following a grueling workout led by a Navy SEAL, school officials said. As of press time three of the reigning NCAA Division III National Championship players remained in the hospital recovering from rhabdomyolysis, or, as it's more simply known, "rhabdo," Tufts officials said. Nine players required hospitalization, and experts say it should not have gotten to this.  Update: The Boston Globe reported Wednesday, Sept. 25, that all of the players have now be…

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by Cecilia Levine & Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Sidewalk Pedestrian Airlifted After Being Struck By Man With History Of Careless Driving In NJ Sidewalk Pedestrian Airlifted After Being Struck By Man With History Of Careless Driving In NJ
Sidewalk Pedestrian Airlifted After Being Struck By Man With History Of Careless Driving In NJ A woman was flown to the hospital after a careless driver drove onto the sidewalk and struck her while she was walking her dog in an Ocean County town on Friday, Sept. 6, police said. Eugenio Carta of Berkeley Township was operating a 1999 Buick Sedan when he drove off the roadway, struck the victim walking her dog on the sidewalk, then came to rest after hitting a tree around 3 p.m. at the intersection on Doral Drive at Cohansey Drive, local police said. The woman suffered a head injury from the crash and was airlifted to Jersey Shore Medical Center where she was in critical but stable con…

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
Amber Jones, Jersey Shore Medical Center Employee, Dies Surrounded By Family, 28 Amber Jones, Jersey Shore Medical Center Employee, Dies Surrounded By Family, 28
Amber Jones, Jersey Shore Medical Center Employee, Dies Surrounded By Family, 28 Amber Jones, a 28-year-old surgical technician from Monmouth County, died on May 15, surrounded by loved ones, according to her obituary on the Buckland Funeral Home website. Amber, affectionately known as "Brown Sugar," graduated from Long Branch High School in 2013 and later earned a medicate associates degree from Brookdale College. In 2019, she became a certified surgical technician. Amber had been working as an OB tech at Jersey Shore Medical Center and as a surgical tech at the Eye Surgery Center, her obituary says. She is survived by her son, Tevon Jr. (TJ); his father, Tevon; her p…

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by Cecilia Levine