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Dedicated Hospital Worker From Essex County Killed By DWI Driver Doing 97 MPH Dedicated Hospital Worker From Essex County Killed By DWI Driver Doing 97 MPH
Dedicated Hospital Worker From Essex County Killed By DWI Driver Doing 97 MPH A hospital worker from Essex County was killed when a drunk driver from Albany ran a red light in Queens and slammed his sedan into his car doing nearly 100 miles an hour, authorities said. Daniel Crawford, a 52-year-old father of two from Bloomfield, was pronounced dead at nearby Queens Hospital Center in Jamaica, where he worked as a phlebotomist the past 2½ years. Crawford was headed to work when a Mercedes Benz driven by 22-year-old Alamin Ahmed t-boned his Toyota Camry on Parsons Boulevard in Kew Gardens around 4:30 a.m. Friday, authorities said. A security guard told the Daily News t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Driver In Wild Tonnelle Avenue Crash Surrenders, Had BAC More Than 2X Legal Limit Prosecutor: Driver In Wild Tonnelle Avenue Crash Surrenders, Had BAC More Than 2X Legal Limit
Prosecutor: Driver In Wild Tonnelle Avenue Crash Surrenders, Had BAC More Than 2X Legal Limit A Paterson driver who had a blood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit in a crash that seriously injured his 31-year-old passenger surrendered to detectives Monday, authorities announced Nathaniel Dickerson turned himself in at 10 a.m., and was charged with assault by auto, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Dickerson was heading northbound in a 1999 Nissan Maxima when he hit a concrete barrier separating the north and southbound lanes, around 3:35 a.m. on Sept. 13, Suarez said. His car then ricocheted across to the right and hit a 2012 Honda Civic parked at&nb…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Former NFL Star Charged With DWI After Franklin Lakes Crash Former NFL Star Charged With DWI After Franklin Lakes Crash
Former NFL Star Charged With DWI After Franklin Lakes Crash Former NFL defensive end Rob Burnett was arrested and charged with DWI after crashing his truck a couple blocks from his Franklin Lakes home, authorities said. Burnett, 53, was driving a 2020 Dodge Ram that veered off Summit Avenue and crashed in a wooded area off Route 208 near Lynn Drive shortly after 6 p.m. Wednesday, Capt. John Bakelaar said. He escaped without injury before being processed and released on DWI charges, the captain said. Malanga Towing removed the truck. The Livingston-born Burnett was drafted by the Cleveland Browns out of Syracuse University in 1990. He remained…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities: DWI Car Salesman Flees After Hitting Pedestrian In Front Of Elmwood Park Police Authorities: DWI Car Salesman Flees After Hitting Pedestrian In Front Of Elmwood Park Police
Authorities: DWI Car Salesman Flees After Hitting Pedestrian In Front Of Elmwood Park Police A Hackensack car salesman from Elmwood Park who’d turned 21 just hours earlier was drunk when he struck and critically injured a pedestrian with a sedan right in front of borough police and then took off, authorities said. Omar Firozvi was driving a Ford Fusion that struck an 18-year-old New York man who was standing next to a disabled vehicle on River Drive near Marginal Road shortly after 2 a.m., Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Borough police officers who were assisting the driver whose car broke down witnessed the crash, then chased and quickly caught Firozvi, who’d kept goin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Authorities: Man, 32, Killed By Drunk Driver, 21, In Route 1 Crash Authorities: Man, 32, Killed By Drunk Driver, 21, In Route 1 Crash
Authorities: Man, 32, Killed By Drunk Driver, 21, In Route 1 Crash A 32-year-old man was killed by a 21-year-old drunk driver earlier this week on Route 1, authorities said. Arsalan Gul, of Edison, was behind the wheel of an Infiniti sedan when he struck a Honda Civic, which went into a Lexus SUV on impact in the southbound lanes of the highway in New Brunswick around 11:30 p.m. Thursday, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Director Anthony A. Caputo said. The Civic driver -- Brian O’Donnell, 32, of Robinsville -- was pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Caputo said. The investigation closed the Goodkind Bridge for …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Roxbury HS Grad Wins Scholarship Named For Officer Who Helped Her Mother Deliver Her Roxbury HS Grad Wins Scholarship Named For Officer Who Helped Her Mother Deliver Her
Roxbury HS Grad Wins Scholarship Named For Officer Who Helped Her Mother Deliver Her It wasn’t luck and it wasn’t playing favorites. It was a surprising and sentimental coincidence for Carly Longtine, one of two Mount Arlington residents who received this year’s Joseph S. Wargo Memorial Scholarship. The recent Roxbury High School graduate received the scholarship named in honor of the same Mount Arlington officer who helped her mother give birth to her nearly two decades ago. “This is a great accomplishment in and of itself, and Carly should be commended for her hard work and dedication to her studies,” the department said in a social media post. Officer Wargo died in 201…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
SEEN HIM? Bare-Knuckle Boxing Champ From Hackensack Wanted For Killing Woman In DWI Crash SEEN HIM? Bare-Knuckle Boxing Champ From Hackensack Wanted For Killing Woman In DWI Crash
Seen HIM? Bare-Knuckle Boxing Champ From Hackensack Wanted For Killing Woman In DWI Crash UPDATE: A bare-knuckle boxing champion from Hackensack surrendered to New Jersey State Police on vehicular homicide charges in the death of a woman in a drunk-driving crash. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/hackensack/police-fire/gotcha-hackensack-bare-knuckle-boxing-champ-wanted-for-killing-woman-in-dwi-crash-surrenders/789788/ ****** ORIGINAL STORY: Shades of "Fight Club": A bare-knuckle boxing champion from Hackensack was being sought for the drunk-driving death of a woman in a crash that seriously injured her husband. “Bobby Gunn,” as he’s known in the sports world, remained a fugiti…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Colleagues, Others Cheer Recovery Of PAPD Officer Critically Injured By Drunk Driver Colleagues, Others Cheer Recovery Of PAPD Officer Critically Injured By Drunk Driver
Colleagues, Others Cheer Recovery Of Papd Officer Critically Injured By Drunk Driver A Port Authority police officer who was struck and critically injured by a drunk driver in Jersey City got a rousing clapout as he left a rehab center less than a month later. PAPD Officer Peter Siano III went into the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in West Orange on May 13 and was up and walking around the very next day, colleagues said. “We are delighted of the progress PAPD Officer Peter Siano has made in the last 28 days since the incident,” PAPD Supt. Edward Cetnar said. “His perseverance has inspired us all.” Siano was assisting a trio of Jersey City police officers who were in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Report: Driver In North Bergen Parked School Bus Crash Was Drunk, Police Say Report: Driver In North Bergen Parked School Bus Crash Was Drunk, Police Say
Report: Driver In North Bergen Parked School Bus Crash Was Drunk, Police Say A 42-year-old Jersey City driver was drunk when his sedan rear-ended a parked bus at a vocational school in North Bergen, township police told a local news channel. Christopher Pascale of Jersey City was headed north on Tonnelle Avenue on Tuesday when his vehicle veered across the southbound lanes, through a fence and into the empty bus in the Hudson County High Tech High School lot at 84th Street, Hudson TV said police reported. Pascale fled but was found a short time later and hospitalized, police said, adding that he wasn’t injured, according to the Hudson TV report.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: North Bergen Passenger, 40, Killed, WNY Driver Charged In DWI Crash At Fairview Border UPDATE: North Bergen Passenger, 40, Killed, WNY Driver Charged In DWI Crash At Fairview Border
Update: North Bergen Passenger, 40, Killed, WNY Driver Charged In DWI Crash At Fairview Border A passenger from North Bergen was killed and a West New York driver charged with death by auto in a suspected drunk-driving crash overnight Wednesday at the Fairview/North Bergen border, authorities said. Jose Francisco-Garcia, a 26-year-old surveillance system installer, was charged with vehicular homicide int he death of 40-year-old front-seat passenger Jose Santos of North Bergen, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced Wednesday afternoon. A 2017 Honda Civic Type R driven by Francisco-Garcia struck a utility pole on southbound Broad Avenue (Route 9) across from the entrance…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: North Bergen Passenger, 40, Killed, WNY Driver Charged In DWI Crash At Fairview Border UPDATE: North Bergen Passenger, 40, Killed, WNY Driver Charged In DWI Crash At Fairview Border
Update: North Bergen Passenger, 40, Killed, WNY Driver Charged In DWI Crash At Fairview Border A passenger from North Bergen was killed and a West New York driver charged with death by auto in a suspected drunk-driving crash overnight Wednesday at the Fairview/North Bergen border, authorities said. Jose Francisco-Garcia, a 26-year-old surveillance system installer, was charged with vehicular homicide int he death of 40-year-old front-seat passenger Jose Santos of North Bergen, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced Wednesday afternoon. A 2017 Honda Civic Type R driven by Francisco-Garcia struck a utility pole on southbound Broad Avenue (Route 9) across from the entrance to F…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Kids Suffer Broken Bones, Seriously Injured In Newark Mom's DWI Crash, Police Say Kids Suffer Broken Bones, Seriously Injured In Newark Mom's DWI Crash, Police Say
Kids Suffer Broken Bones, Seriously Injured In Newark Mom's DWI Crash, Police Say A girl suffered broken bones and her brother a sprained wrist after their mom crashed their car while driving under the influence of alcohol, Newark police said. Sonya Harrison, 43, of Newark, and her daughter remained in serious condition at University Hospital Friday afternoon, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. Harrison's 13-year-old son was treated for a wrist injury and released, Ambrose said. Harrison was arrested and charged with with child endangerment and drunk driving after crashing her car into a building at 895 Frelinghuysen Ave., around 1:15 a.m. …

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