MIDDLETOWN, NJ – Police have identified the individual killed in a vehicle-vs.-pedestrian collision on Route 35 on Tuesday. According to NJ.com, 62-year-old William McAvoy was walking near Rt 35 and Navesink River Road just before 8 p.m., when he was struck by a northbound vehicle. McAvoy died at the scene. The driver stopped and cooperated… Read more »
MIDDLESEX, NJ – After varying reports, NJ.com confirmed that the pedestrian who was struck on Route 1 Monday was hit by more than one vehicle. Joseph Cicero, 50, was struck first in the northbound lanes and then the southbound lanes at about 1:40 a.m. on Monday on Route 1 near Smith Street. A northbound vehicle,… Read more »
PATERSON, NJ – Local authorities are looking for the driver in a hit-and-run accident that severely injured a pedestrian on Saturday night. The incident occurred just before midnight, near Marion Street and Totowa Avenue. Investigators reported to the area after receiving a call that someone had been shot. When they arrived, they instead found a… Read more »
CLARK, NJ – An investigation is underway after a pedestrian was struck and killed by a train in Union County, according to rlsmedia.com. Officials say the unidentified person entered the tracks Friday night near Goodmans Crossing on the border of Clark and Scotch Plains. The victim was struck by a Norfolk Southern train at about… Read more »
EAST ORANGE, NJ – A reward is being offered to help track down the driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run in East Orange, according to NJ.com. The Essex County Sheriff’s Office Crime Stoppers is putting up $5,000 for information leading to an arrest in the case. The victim, 61-year-old Gerald Pettiford of Newark, was struck… Read more »
WESTFIELD, NJ — Police say they have issued three summonses to a New Jersey driver who fatally struck an elderly pedestrian last week, the Union Daily Voice reported. 87-year-old John Cregg of Scotch Plains was killed Friday afternoon when he was hit by a vehicle driven by 74-year-old James Reid of Parlin, according to police…. Read more »
TRENTON, NJ- A man nearly hit a Falls police officer during a chase on Monday, May 25, sources report. Trenton authorities said that they had been following Little at approximately 4:45 p.m. before he crossed the Calhoun Street bridge into Pennsylvania. Falls officers got involved after. Naaman W. Little, 34, was driving a silver Honda… Read more »
