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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…
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…
Grand Jury Reviews Jersey Shore Passenger's Death In Accused Armed Burglar's Crash With Police Grand Jury Reviews Jersey Shore Passenger's Death In Accused Armed Burglar's Crash With Police
Grand Jury Reviews Jersey Shore Passenger's Death In Accused Armed Burglar's Crash With Police “Oh, sh*t! He’s drivin’!” a Long Branch police officer shouts before his cruiser and a vehicle driven by an armed ex-con slam head-on into one another. Officer Lucas Brito and his colleagues were racing to a 911 call of an attempted home invasion by a masked man with a gun around 4 a.m. this past Aug. 14. Brito’s cruiser collided near the corner of MacArthur and Elmwood avenues with a vehicle driven by the prime suspect in the burglary, Altonia Williams, 45, of Long Branch. Williams bailed out of the BMW 328i and was instantly captured by officers who converged on the accident scene. Two…
Teacher Sings Through Brain Surgery At Jersey Shore Medical Center (VIDEO) Teacher Sings Through Brain Surgery At Jersey Shore Medical Center (VIDEO)
Teacher Sings Through Brain Surgery At Jersey Shore Medical Center (Video) Krystina Vied started with some Neil Diamond and ended with the "Moana" soundtrack. No, this wasn't a karaoke bar. This was brain surgery. Vied, a 30-year-old preschool teacher from Keansburg, was diagnosed with epilepsy years ago, but was having breakthrough seizures despite being on anti-seizure medication. An MRI found Vied had a brain tumor, and she was referred to Hackensack Meridian Neuroscience Institute at Jersey Shore University Medical Center neuro-oncologist, Shama Farooq, M.D., and Nitesh V Patel, M.D., Co-Director of Neurosurgical Oncology.  Patel, a Jersey City native who c…
Teen Boy Drowns, 5 Others Rescued From Non-Guarded NJ Beach Teen Boy Drowns, 5 Others Rescued From Non-Guarded NJ Beach
Teen Boy Drowns, 5 Others Rescued From Non-Guarded NJ Beach A 15-year-old died and five others rescued from a non-lifeguarded beach at the Jersey Shore Sunday, May 28, officials said. Responders arrived at Sandy Hook's Beach B, located in the Gateway National Park Area, around 4:30 p.m., park spokeswoman Daphne Yun tells Daily Voice. Of the six pulled from the waters, one refused medical attention, one was sent to Jersey Shore Medical Center, and three were rushed to Monmouth Medical Center.  The teen boy, whose identity was not released as of Monday morning, was pronounced dead at the hospital. Gateway National Park's EMTs and officers …
Discharged Bayshore Hospital Patient Shot By Police After Pursuits: Police Discharged Bayshore Hospital Patient Shot By Police After Pursuits: Police
Discharged Bayshore Hospital Patient Shot By Police After Pursuits: Police A 33-year-old newly-discharged Bayshore Medical Center patient was tased and shot by police after crashing stolen vehicles early Wednesday, Oct. 26, News 12 New Jersey reports. Justin Chacon stole a van left running outside of the hospital and headed down Route 35 to Middletown, where he crashed — then jumped in the vehicle of a good Samaritan who'd jumped out to help, the outlet says citing sources close to the incident. A Holmdel police officer tased Chacon just after he crashed near Union Avenue, and then shot him, police said. Chacon was taken to Jersey Shore Medical Center fo…
Video Shows Helicopter Rescue Of Injured Boater 100 Miles Off NJ Coast Video Shows Helicopter Rescue Of Injured Boater 100 Miles Off NJ Coast
Video Shows Helicopter Rescue Of Injured Boater 100 Miles Off NJ Coast A 60-year-old boater was rescued by a US Coast Guard helicopter nearly 100 miles off the coast of New Jersey over the weekend (scroll for video). The man had fallen aboard the 31-foot pleasure craft, Reely, on Sunday, and notified watchstanders with Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay. The Air Station Atlantic City MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew was sent, and diverted the Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma crew to assist 104 miles off the Atlantic City coast, the Coast Guard said. The cutter Tahoma crew arrived on scene and launched an Over-the-Horizon smallboat crew with a health service technician ab…
Police Motorcycle Crashes On Jersey Shore Police Motorcycle Crashes On Jersey Shore
Police Motorcycle Crashes On Jersey Shore A police motorcycle crashed on the Jersey Shore, authorities said. The crash occurred after 2 p.m. on Route 9 at Cox Cro Road in Lakewood, initial reports said. The crash involved a Toms River police motorcycle, a department spokeswoman confirmed.  A medical helicopter had taken the officer to Jersey Shore Medical Center, an unconfirmed report said  No other details were immediately available. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES
Lifeguards Recover Body Of Missing Jersey Shore Swimmer Lifeguards Recover Body Of Missing Jersey Shore Swimmer
Lifeguards Recover Body Of Missing Jersey Shore Swimmer The body of a drowned swimmer was found off the Jersey Shore in Belmar after several others were rescued, authorities said. Belmar lifeguards and Water Rescue members rushed to the area off the 8th Avenue jetty around 12:30 p.m. Monday after beachgoers tried in vain to rescue a group of distressed swimmers, police said. EMS workers took one of them to Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune Township for additional treatment. Another was still unaccounted for, however. It was nearly an hour later when lifeguards found the body of the 20-something victim, who was pronounced dead at JSMC a s…
Good Samaritan Keeps Knife-Wielding Man From Attacking Victim Until Police Arrive In Toms River Good Samaritan Keeps Knife-Wielding Man From Attacking Victim Until Police Arrive In Toms River
Good Samaritan Keeps Knife-Wielding Man From Attacking Victim Until Police Arrive In Toms River A Good Samaritan helped rescue a stabbing victim who was attacked by her passenger while driving, authorities said. On Wednesday, March 23, at approximately 4:45 p.m., Toms River police were dispatched to North Bay Avenue, near the intersection of Whitty Road, for a reported domestic violence incident involving a stabbing, police said. A woman was driving when her passenger began stabbing her. She pulled over to the side of the road and exited the vehicle, and a male suspect followed and continue to attack her, police said. A passerby jumped in to stop the suspect and detai…
HEROES: Jersey Shore Police Save Life Of 2-Month-Old Baby HEROES: Jersey Shore Police Save Life Of 2-Month-Old Baby
Heroes: Jersey Shore Police Save Life Of 2-Month-Old Baby Police officers on the Jersey Shore are credited with saving the life of a baby who stopped breathing. Marlboro Township police received a 9-1-1 phone call on Saturday night Feb. 19 from a resident on Amagansett Drive who stated their 2-month-old baby was not breathing.  Immediately, Communications Operator Anthony Garrell gave CPR instructions over the phone to the baby’s father while Communications Operators Lauren Guiamano and Asher Cantor dispatched police officers and EMS to the scene. When Patrolman Adam Levine arrived, the father was providing CPR to the bab…
Driver Airlifted After Sending Car Through Jersey Shore Home: Police Driver Airlifted After Sending Car Through Jersey Shore Home: Police
Driver Airlifted After Sending Car Through Jersey Shore Home: Police A 23-year-old driver with a suspended license was flown to the hospital after sending a vehicle through several yards and fences then into a house on the Jersey Shore Friday night, authorities said. Jose Lopez-Serrano, of Jackson, was behind the wheel of the Toyota sedan and had to be extricated from the vehicle that he sent into the Cox Cro Road home in Toms River around 11:25 p.m., Toms River Police Chief Mitchell A. Little said. He was flown to Jersey Shore Medical Center. Rescue 2624 responded to assist Pleasant Plains Vol. Fire Department on this vehicle vs house. Posted by Toms R…
Teen Sentenced In Stabbing Death Of Dad, Beloved Jersey Shore Taxi Driver 'Moe Cabbie' Teen Sentenced In Stabbing Death Of Dad, Beloved Jersey Shore Taxi Driver 'Moe Cabbie'
Teen Sentenced In Stabbing Death Of Dad, Beloved Jersey Shore Taxi Driver 'Moe Cabbie' A 15-year-old boy has been sentenced to 11 years of custody under the Juvenile Justice Commission in connection with the stabbing death of his dad, a popular and beloved taxi driver on the Jersey Shore. Ibrahim Khater, 15, of Brick Township, previously pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter relative to the death of Mohammed Khater, affectionately known in the area as "Moe Cabbie," according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer.  Khater was likewise sentenced in connection with his previously entered guilty pleas -- two counts of aggravated assault…