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Music Legend Brent Hinds Dies At 51 In Crash Between SUV, Motorcycle
Brent Hinds, the electrifying musician whose riffs helped launch Mastodon to metal stardom, has died in a tragic motor-vehicle crash in Atlanta.
The 51-year-old Hinds, the former lead guitarist and co-vocalist of the Grammy-winning band, was killed on Wednesday, Aug. 20, when his Harley Davidson motorcycle was struck by a BMW SUV that failed to yield while turning, according to police, Atlanta News First reported.
The collision caused fatal injuries, and authorities have ruled his death accidental.
Born William Brent Hinds in Birmingham, Alabama, he began his musical journey on…
Motorcyclist Ejected, Killed On NJ Turnpike: State Police
A 39-year-old man from Bristol, PA, was killed in a crash on the New Jersey Turnpike early Sunday, Aug. 17, state police said.
Just before 4 a.m., troopers responded to the south outer roadway at milepost 84.6 in Edison, according to New Jersey State Police Sgt. Charles Marchan.
A GMC cargo van was traveling south on the outer roadway when a 39-year-old male from Bristol, PA, operating a Harley Davidson motorcycle, struck the GMC from behind, Marchan said.
As a result of the crash, the operator of the motorcycle was ejected and killed, Marchan said. Identification of the deceased is pendin…
Longtime Saddle Brook UPS Employee Frank Chiavetta Of Wayne Dies, 58: 'We Lost A Great Legend'
Lifelong Passaic County resident Frank Chiavetta died on June 17, 2024, at 58 years old with his family by his side, according to his obituary on the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home website.
A Clifton native, Frank spent 40 years working UPS, having started with truck-loading and retiring as a customer counter representative in Saddle Brook, in 2023, according to his obituary. He lived in Wayne with his wife of 31 years, Anna Marie Chiavetta.
News of the veteran driver's death was shared to Union Local 177's Facebook page, where former colleagues remembered him as a "great dude" with…
