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New Photo Shows Smashed-Up Troop Car Struck By DUI PA Driver On Route 80: NJSP New Photo Shows Smashed-Up Troop Car Struck By DUI PA Driver On Route 80: NJSP
New Photo Shows Smashed-Up Troop Car Struck By DUI PA Driver On Route 80: Njsp New Jersey State Police have shared a photo of the vehicle that they say was struck by a DUI driver overnight on Route 80 in Warren County. Troopers responded to a report of a wrong-way driver in the eastbound lanes of Knowlton Township after midnight on Tuesday, Dec. 16, Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said. Robert Felegi, a 67-year-old man from Middleport, PA, was driving a Nissan pickup truck westbound in the eastbound lanes when he struck a marked patrol car with emergency lights and sirens activated while attempting to slow traffic to warn motorists of …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Charges Filed In New Year's Crash That Killed NJ Gov. Murphy Staffer, Prosecutor Says Charges Filed In New Year's Crash That Killed NJ Gov. Murphy Staffer, Prosecutor Says
Charges Filed In New Year's Crash That Killed NJ Gov. Murphy Staffer, Prosecutor Says A woman is facing manslaughter charges after she fled the scene of a fatal six-car crash in Plainsboro that occurred on New Year's Day, authorities announced Thursday, July 31. At 1:56 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 1, first responders responded to Route 1 in Plainsboro for the multi-car crash, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Plainsboro Police Chief Eamon Blanchard said.  Louisa Bradlow Carman, a 25-year-old Princeton resident, who was driving a Ford Fusion, was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center where she was later pronounced dead, authorities said. Carman…

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by Sam Barron
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Philly Truck Driver Struck Car After Running Red Light, Fled Scene: Lopatcong Police Philly Truck Driver Struck Car After Running Red Light, Fled Scene: Lopatcong Police
Philly Truck Driver Struck Car After Running Red Light, Fled Scene: Lopatcong Police A 39-year-old truck driver from Philadelphia was arrested and charged with hitting a car and fleeing the scene in Lopatcong, authorities announced Sunday, July 20. On Thursday, June 12, at 4:43 p.m., a 2023 white Cascadia Freightliner struck with Illinois plates ran a red light and struck a 2016 white Jeep Compass traveling northbound through a green light, Lopatcong Township police said. Following an investigation, the driver was identified as Almaz Uulu Beishenbek, police said. Beishenbek was operating the truck for Tornado Shipping Inc, police said. Beisenbek is charged with assault by …

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by Sam Barron
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Mugshot Shows Driver, 62, Charged After Mowing Down Anti-ICE Protestors In NJ Mugshot Shows Driver, 62, Charged After Mowing Down Anti-ICE Protestors In NJ
Mugshot Shows Driver, 62, Charged After Mowing Down Anti-ice Protestors In NJ A North Bergen woman was arrested after police say she hit several protesters with her vehicle during a public demonstration in Fairview on Saturday, July 12 (scroll for video). The incident happened around midday around 2:!5 p.m., at the intersection of Fairview and Anderson avenues, according to Fairview Police Chief Vincent Bellucci. Demonstrators were crossing the intersection, temporarily holding up traffic, when a confrontation began between one of the participants and a motorist, later identified as Linda Roglen, Bellucci said.  One of the demonstrators spat on Roglen — which i…

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by Cecilia Levine & Josh Lanier
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NJ School Bus Driver Drove Drunk In Route 80 Crash With 25 Kids On Board: Prosecutor NJ School Bus Driver Drove Drunk In Route 80 Crash With 25 Kids On Board: Prosecutor
NJ School Bus Driver Drove Drunk In Route 80 Crash With 25 Kids On Board: Prosecutor A 47-year-old New Jersey school bus driver was arrested and charged with drunk driving following a crash on Saturday, April 19 in Knowlton Township, authorities said. At 7:45 a.m., state troopers responded to Route 80 in Knowlton and found a bus disabled in the left lane with heavy front end damage, the Warren County Prosecutor's Office said. The bus was carrying 25 kids and two adults, authorities said.  Pierre Tranquilus, the driver, of East Orange, showed signs of impairment and was unable to pass field sobriety tests, authorities said. Tranquilus was charged with driving while into…

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by Sam Barron
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Distracted Delivery Driver From Philly Hits Grandmother, Girl At NJ Bus Stop: Police Distracted Delivery Driver From Philly Hits Grandmother, Girl At NJ Bus Stop: Police
Distracted Delivery Driver From Philly Hits Grandmother, Girl At NJ Bus Stop: Police An Amazon delivery driver was accused of using her phone when she struck a young girl and her grandmother near a Gloucester County bus stop, authorities said. Laura Mayo Pulgarin of Philadelphia was charged with two counts of assault by auto, the Franklin Township Police Department said in a news release on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. Officers responded to the crash scene on the 1800 block of Grant Avenue at around 4:28 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 11. Investigators said Pulgarin, 22, ignored a Franklin Township School District bus that was stopped with its red flashin…

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by Chris Spiker
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Speeding Pennsylvania Driver, 29, Charged Crash That Killed NJ Grandmother Speeding Pennsylvania Driver, 29, Charged Crash That Killed NJ Grandmother
Speeding Pennsylvania Driver, 29, Charged Crash That Killed NJ Grandmother A Pennsylvania man has been charged in connection with a fatal high-speed crash in South Jersey, authorities said. Theresa Karbach, 69, of Cherry Hill, died as a result of injuries from the crash in Lawnside on May 13 at about 9:30 p.m., according to Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay. Anwar Parham, 29, of North Wales, PA, was charged with death by auto, driving with a suspended license and assault by auto, MacAulay said. An investigation revealed that Parham was driving at a high rate of speed prior to and during the crash.  A passenger from Karbach's car …

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by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine