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PA Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Vehicle On Route 80 In Sussex County (UPDATE) PA Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Vehicle On Route 80 In Sussex County (UPDATE)
PA Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Vehicle On Route 80 In Sussex County (Update) A 35-year-old Pennsylvania man was struck and killed while crossing Route 80 in Sussex County Wednesday night, Sept. 20, state police confirmed. Troopers responded to the accident on the westbound side near milepost 23.2 in Byram Township around 7:55 p.m., NJSP Det. Jeffrey Lebron told Daily Voice. A Hyundai passenger vehicle was heading westbound when it fatally struck a man from Effort, PA, who was crossing the roadway, Lebron said. The man’s identity was being withheld pending family notification. The accident remains under investigation.

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by Valerie Musson
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DWI PA Man Found With Hollow-Point Bullets At Route 206 Gas Station: Police DWI PA Man Found With Hollow-Point Bullets At Route 206 Gas Station: Police
DWI PA Man Found With Hollow-Point Bullets At Route 206 Gas Station: Police A PA man was intoxicated when he was found with a box of hollow-point bullets at a gas station on Route 206, police said. Police responding to a report of an erratic driver on Route 206 found Ronald E. Whitaker slumped over the steering wheel at the Shell gas station in Stanhope on Oct. 30, Byram Township police said in a Wednesday release. Whitaker, of New Milford, PA, was awoken by officers who felt that he was intoxicated. Whitaker subsequently failed a series of field sobriety tests, authorities said. Officers arrested Whitaker and conducted a search of his vehicle, which turned up a…

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by Valerie Musson
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Missing Army Corporal Found Dead In NJ Woods, Fellow Soldier In Custody Missing Army Corporal Found Dead In NJ Woods, Fellow Soldier In Custody
Missing Army Corporal Found Dead In NJ Woods, Fellow Soldier In Custody Missing U.S. Army soldier Hayden Harris was found dead with apparent gunshot wounds Saturday afternoon in Sussex County -- his fellow soldier in custody, authorities said. The 20-year-old corporal's body was found by Byram Township firefighters, who noticed personal belongings including documents and shoes near a wooded cul-de-sac near Ross Road Saturday afternoon, Sussex County First Assistant Prosecutor Gregory Mueller said. Firefighters called police when they saw blood, Mueller said. Harris' fellow soldier, Jamaal Mellish, 23, is believed to have abducted and shot Harris …

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by Cecilia Levine