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DUI Driver Seriously Injures Family Thanksgiving Morning On Route 1, Prosecutor Says
A 31-year-old DUI driver is facing multiple charges in a crash that left a family and a teenager seriously injured in Edison, police said.
Alyssa Figueredo, 31, of Cranford, drove through a red light around 1:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 28 on Route 1 north at Parsonage Road in Edison, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Edison Police Chief Thomas Bryan said.
Figueredo’s vehicle struck a car driven by a 39-year-old Edison man, his wife, 35, of Woodbridge, and his 15-year-old daughter, Ciccone and Bryan said. The other driver suffered serious injuries while his wife and the teen g…
Four Newark Firefighters Injured In Three-Alarm Fire: Authorities
Four Newark firefighters were injured battling a three-alarm blaze that began on the late evening of Friday, Nov. 15, authorities said.
At 11:57 p.m., firefighters responded to 11 Seymour Ave., an unoccupied residential building, Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda said. The fire extended to two occupied residential buildings at 9 Seymour Ave. and 13 Seymour Ave, Miranda said.
A 2nd alarm, requesting additional units to the scene, was called at midnight, and a 3rd alarm, requesting even more units, was called at 12:04 a.m., Miranda said.
One fire captain and three firefighte…
