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Elkton, MD
News
Woman Just Moved From Florida To Maryland — Now She’s Fighting For Life After ATV Crash Woman Just Moved From Florida To Maryland — Now She’s Fighting For Life After ATV Crash
Woman Just Moved From Florida To Maryland — Now She’s Fighting For Life After ATV Crash A 22-year-old woman who had just moved from Florida to Maryland is now clinging to life in the ICU after a devastating ATV crash. Brooke Voeks, 22, suffered serious injuries when she was thrown from an ATV during what her family described as a "devastating four-wheeling accident." In the crash, the Faulkner resident suffered a serious head injury, fractured arm and pelvis, internal bleeding, and a shifted bladder, forcing her parents to drop everything and fly in from St. Augustine to be with her at Shock Trauma. "She did say her boyfriend’s name and she told me she loved me," her mother p…

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by Zak Failla
Wall Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Support Swells For Wall Teacher Injured In Wrong Way Drunk Driving Crash Support Swells For Wall Teacher Injured In Wrong Way Drunk Driving Crash
Support Swells For Wall Teacher Injured In Wrong Way Drunk Driving Crash Sonali Anderson and her son Kannon were traveling southbound on Route 34 in Wall on Sunday, May 18 when they were hit head-on by a drunk driver going the wrong way, according to a fundraiser set up to support her and her family. Anderson, an elementary school teacher at Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School, sustained life-threatening injuries, requiring emergency surgery to stop the internal bleeding. She also sustained multiple broken bones, including her leg, ankle, arm and hip, all of which required surgery. She remains in intensive care in critical but stable condition at a nearby hospita…

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by Sam Barron
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Police & Fire
Alleged DUI Mom In Halloween Costume Insists On Leaving Edgewater Crash To Get Kids (VIDEO) Alleged DUI Mom In Halloween Costume Insists On Leaving Edgewater Crash To Get Kids (VIDEO)
Alleged DUI Mom In Halloween Costume Insists On Leaving Edgewater Crash To Get Kids (Video) A New York mother dressed in a skeleton Halloween bodysuit crashed her car in Edgewater while allegedly intoxicated, then insisted she had to pick up her kids from school before being rushed to the hospital with internal bleeding, according to police papers and newly released bodycam footage. Ashley Alvarez, 30, of the Bronx, was found slumped over the wheel of her blue 2009 Nissan Altima, bloodied and dazed, after the vehicle collided head-on with a large rock along Route 5 near Undercliff Road on the afternoon of Oct. 31, 2024, according to police paperwork and bodycam footage published by…

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by Cecilia Levine
Gaithersburg, MD
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'Internal Decapitation' Nearly Killed Gaithersburg HS Football Player — He Defied The Odds 'Internal Decapitation' Nearly Killed Gaithersburg HS Football Player — He Defied The Odds
'Internal Decapitation' Nearly Killed Gaithersburg HS Football Player — He Defied The Odds A Maryland high school senior is fighting for his life after a devastating crash left him with catastrophic injuries, and his family is now seeking help as they navigate the football player's long road to recovery. Antonio “Tony” D’Urso Martinez, 18, lost control of his vehicle on his way home from work on Wednesday, Feb. 5, and suffered a series of unimaginable injuries, according to a GoFundMe created to support his family. Despite being left with a fractured skull, spine fractures, internal bleeding, and what doctors have called an “internal decapitation,” Martinez survived thanks to lif…

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by Zak Failla
Albany, NY
Lifestyle
Long-Held Aspirin Guidelines Shift: Here's What To Know Long-Held Aspirin Guidelines Shift: Here's What To Know
Long-Held Aspirin Guidelines Shift: Here's What To Know For decades, taking a daily low-dose aspirin was a widely accepted practice for preventing heart attacks and strokes.  But a series of clinical trials have led to a major shift in medical guidance — one that could change how millions of Americans approach heart health. The findings prompted the American Heart Association (AHA) and the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) to update their recommendations, advising most older adults against taking daily aspirin as a preventive measure. Aspirin works by thinning the blood, reducing the risk of clots that can lead to heart…

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by Joe Lombardi
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
NJ Corrections Officer From Fair Lawn Seriously Hurt In Parkway Crash With Deer NJ Corrections Officer From Fair Lawn Seriously Hurt In Parkway Crash With Deer
NJ Corrections Officer From Fair Lawn Seriously Hurt In Parkway Crash With Deer A senior officer with the New Jersey Department of Corrections suffered serious injuries in a motorcycle crash with a deer on the Garden State Parkway last week, according to a campaign for his recovery and state police. Joel Hernandez, 54, of Fair Lawn, was riding his motorcycle home after work when he collided with a deer on the Garden State Parkway North near milepost 150.7 in Bloomfield, New Jersey State Police Trooper Sgt. Charles Marchan said. A GoFundMe campaign organized by William Sullivan says Hernandez suffered internal bleeding and multiple broken bones, requiring…

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by Cecilia Levine
Flemington-Raritan, NJ
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Pedestrian Seriously Injured After Struck By Vehicle: Raritan PD Pedestrian Seriously Injured After Struck By Vehicle: Raritan PD
Pedestrian Seriously Injured After Struck By Vehicle: Raritan PD A pedestrian was seriously injured after they were struck by a motor vehicle in Raritan on the evening of Sunday, Oct. 27, authorities said. At 7:47 p.m., officers responded to Route 31 and East Main Street and found a 52-year-old Stockton woman struck by a vehicle, Raritan police said. The woman was attempting to cross Route 31 from the northbound side when she was struck by a silver-colored Honda Fit, police said. The Honda Fit was traveling northbound on Route 31, police said. The Honda Fit initially left the scene of the crash but returned shortly thereafter, police said.  Th…

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by Sam Barron
Northern Valley, NJ
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Northvale Driver Charged With Intentionally Crashing Into Couple In Norwood Northvale Driver Charged With Intentionally Crashing Into Couple In Norwood
Northvale Driver Charged With Intentionally Crashing Into Couple In Norwood UPDATE: A 21-year-old Northvale driver intentionally slammed his Jaguar into an SUV on a Norwood road, critically injuring one of the occupants, in an apparent suicide attempt. Solomon Kim, who suffered back and leg fractures, “intentionally crashed into the victim’s vehicle, causing the injuries” to a man and woman, both 46, Tuesday afternoon on Livingston Street, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The impact sent the couple’s Infiniti spinning into a wooded area and leaving a long debris field. The couple also were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, where the woman …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Armonk, NY
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Westchester Man Accused Of Beating Girlfriend's Baby Appears In Court Westchester Man Accused Of Beating Girlfriend's Baby Appears In Court
Westchester Man Accused Of Beating Girlfriend's Baby Appears In Court The 23-year-old man who is accused of killing a 2-year-old girl in Westchester made an appearance in court. Derren Morris, of Mount Vernon, made an appearance at the Westchester County Courthouse on Monday, after pleading not guilty to second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter and second-degree assault at a previous appearance in 2017. Morris allegedly “repeatedly and forcefully struck 2-year-old Addison Turner about the abdomen. This force trauma inflicted by (Morris) caused multiple contusions, a lacerated liver, mesentery contusions and severe internal bleeding, which resulted i…

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by Zak Failla