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NJ Boy, 14, Playing Basketball Collapses, Dies NJ Boy, 14, Playing Basketball Collapses, Dies
NJ Boy, 14, Playing Basketball Collapses, Dies Members of a stunned and heartbroken community wrapped their collective hearts around a grieving Dumont family Sunday while trying to wrap their minds around the sudden death of a 14-year-old boy who collapsed while playing basketball. Aaron Vasquez, who hoped to someday become a major league baseball player or coach, had finished practicing with his recreational league team on Saturday when he decided to stick around Grant Elementary School to play ball with his younger brother, other parents said. A short time later he collapsed, they said. A coach who's a hospital medic immediately beg…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Harrisburg Mom Shot Dead At Birthday Party 'Had So Much To Live For' Harrisburg Mom Shot Dead At Birthday Party 'Had So Much To Live For'
Harrisburg Mom Shot Dead At Birthday Party 'Had So Much To Live For' A few days after a woman died from a gunshot wound sustained during a shooting at a birthday party, her community has come together— filling Verbeke and Susquehanna Streets with Silver, Red and white balloons. The balloons represent Jamie Bey, 27, of Harrisburg's favorite colors, as attendees of her balloon release memorial told Daily Voice. Bey is thought to have been an innocent bystander of a fight at a  Al's Bar in Harrisburg, during a birthday party on Monday, as WGAL News 8 reported.  A fight supposedly broke out inside the bar and a gun was pulled, somehow Bey ended up hit by a bul…

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by Daily Voice
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Driver Killed In Alleged Harrisburg Drag Racing Crash ID'd Driver Killed In Alleged Harrisburg Drag Racing Crash ID'd
Driver Killed In Alleged Harrisburg Drag Racing Crash ID'd A 23-year-old Highspire man was killed in an alleged drag racing crash on Friday night, according to police. Jose Alcantar crashed into a utility pole at the intersection of Cameron and Market streets around 9:30 p.m. Alcantar's community is rallying for his family. A family friend, Viviana Melendrez-Martinez, launched a GoFundMe campaign page to help cover funeral expenses. The campaign has raised $4,170 of the $13,000 goal as of Tuesday afternoon. Alcantar "was such a wonderful, cheerful and amazing person. He touched a lot of hearts," as Melendrez-Martinez stated on the campaign page.…

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by Jillian Pikora