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Video Shows Erratic Driver, 25, Fleeing Port Imperial After Seriously Injuring Trio: Cops
Luis Tubac-Socoy was behind the wheel of a Ford F350 when he struck a Honda CRV around 9:50 p.m. along Port Imperial Boulevard Friday, July 5, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. After striking the Honda, Tubac-Socoy struck two pedestrians as he fled the scene, according to Suarez. Both pedestrians,...
Wrong-way crash on Garden State Parkway leaves 2 dead, 1 injured in Paramus, NJ
A wrong-way crash on the Garden State Parkway in Bergen County has left two people dead and one hospitalized.It happened just before 2:30 a.m. Friday at milepost 163.4 in Paramus.State Police say a Honda sedan was traveling north in the southbound lanes when it collided head-on with a Toyota SUV.Both drivers were killed. A 20-year-old passenger in the Toyota was taken to an area hospital with injuries described as moderate.Police identified the driver of the Toyota as 55-year-old Sunday T. Ogundare and the driver of the Honda as 38-year-old Diana J. Cruz. Both were from Newark."I spoke with...
Teen sisters die after being pulled from Coney Island water
NEW YORK - Two teenage sisters pulled from the water in Coney Island have been pronounced dead. The two teens, 17 and 18, went into the water Friday night at around 8 p.m., after lifeguards were off duty. Emergency responders arrived on the scene with boats and divers. The girls were pulled from the water in critical condition at around 9:30 p.m. and rushed to Coney Island Hospital, where they were pronounced dead just after 10 p.m. Their names haven't yet been released. "I saw a lot of cops and firemen running towards the situation, and then the next thing you know, the family...
11-year-old survivor of deadly July 4th NYC crash faces long road to recovery: ‘He witnessed everything’
The youngest victim of the suspected drunk driver who plowed into a Fourth of July celebration on the Lower East Side faces a long road to recovery — after narrowly escaping with his life and losing the father-figure who raised him in the horrific crash. Jakob Velazquez, 11, was cared for almost his entire life by Herman Pinkney, who was one of the three people killed when self-proclaimed “addict” Daniel Christopher Hyden, 44, allegedly drunkenly ran his 5,000-pound pickup truck into a group of revelers at Corlears Hook Park Thursday night. “Jakob is very emotional,” his grandmother Donna Rosario, 59, told The...
NJ officer charged with DUI had wine bottle in police cruiser, video shows
HARRISON — A police officer charged with DUI after a patrol car crash months ago had a full wine bottle inside his cruiser at the time, as seen in body camera footage from responding officers. East Newark Patrolman Brian Aparicio was arrested after field sobriety tests, during the early-morning...
Infant, toddler, and mother fight to survive after home stabbing attack in NJ
EAST ORANGE, N.J. (PIX11) — A young mother and her two children — one an infant, the other a toddler — are fighting for their lives after being stabbed early on Thursday morning. Police confirm that they’re searching for the attacker following the crime at the family’s home in an apartment on Park Avenue here, […]
Investigations into Paterson Shootings Lead to Multiple Arrests
PATERSON, NJ - Law enforcement officials have announced the arrest of three individuals as well as charges against a juvenile in connection with multiple shooting incidents in Paterson. The arrests were made following a collaborative investigation by the Paterson Police Department Shooting Investigation Unit, the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office, the New Jersey State Police Violent & Organized Crime Control North Bureau, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER June 4 Shooting Gabriel Mercado, a 23-year-old resident of Lodi, New Jersey, was apprehended on June 27, 2024, in connection...
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