State Police ID Men Killed In Mercer County Crash Where Watermelons Were Strewn On NJ Turnpike
State Police have identified the two men killed in last week's tractor-trailer crash in which watermelons were strewn across the New Jersey Turnpike in Mercer County.
Malcom Cope, 55, of Douglas, Georgia, and Van Huston, 56, of Jamaica, New York, were pronounced dead after the northbound truck veered off the turnpike, struck a guard rail and slammed into a concrete bridge support near milepost 60.3, state troopers said.
Cope was the driver and Huston was a passenger.
A Peterbilt tractor pulling a semi-trailer loaded with watermelons was heading north in the inner lanes when it ran off th…
Four Nabbed In Newark Shooting
Four men have been charged in a Newark shooting that injured a city resident in the South Ward earlier this month.
The incident occurred on April 7 on the 200 block of Pomona Avenue around 10:55 p.m., Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said.
The following four men were arrested the following day on charges of aggravated assault, according to O'Hara:
Naim Jones, 18, of Edison;
Justen Couram, 19, Hillside;
Tayvaun Caparitia, 20, of Bronx, N.Y.;
Nasir Osorto, 19, of Newark.
"Our Major Crimes detectives worked diligently and quickly to find and apprehend these suspec…
