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Elizabeth, NJ
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Heroes
: Physician Assistant, Off-Duty Firefighter Rescue NJ Turnpike Driver Engulfed In Flames
A physician assistant and off-duty corrections officer were among several bystanders who sprung into action to help a truck driver whose body was engulfed in flames on the NJ Turnpike Monday afternoon. Daniel O'Beirne, a volunteer Wood-Ridge firefighter, was heading to work at as a corrections officer in Avenel when he saw the southbound tractor-trailer cab in front of him hit a sign pole then burst into flames, around 1:15 p.m., in Linden. O'Beirne pulled over, jumped out of his car and ran over to help the truck driver -- who he said was standing on the running boards of his truck, engulf…
Jersey City, NJ
Breaking News
Tragic
: Authorities ID 4 Dead In Elizabeth Fire Including 3 Kids Who Tried Escaping
The community is coming together in support of an Elizabeth mom critically injured in a Monday night fire that killed two of her daughters, their young friend an adult female. More than $11,425 had been raised on the GoFundMe for Merlin Vazquez as of Tuesday afternoon. Vazquez, 36, was furniture shopping on the second floor of 871 Elizabeth Ave., when the fire broke out in a soda machine in the dollar store downstairs around 6 p.m., ABC7 reports. Victims tried getting out of the back door of the second floor, but were trapped due to a locked gate, a city spokeswoman said. Vazquez's daught…
Rutherford, NJ
Your Community
Covid-
19 Case Closes Bergen County Middle School
Yet another Bergen County school closed due to a confirmed case of COVID-19. Classes at the Union School in Rutherford were switched to remote, with in-person instruction set to resume Oct. 14, according to a letter sent to parents Monday afternoon. It was not clear if the case was a student or staff member. Schools in Demarest, Haledon and Wayne also switched to remote learning in the last week due to COVID-19 cases.
Elizabeth, NJ
Breaking News
Covid-
19: Cuban Pete's Issued 3rd Citation, Hudson Night Club Ticketed For Exceeding Capacity
Two North Jersey restaurants were cited for violating Gov. Phil Murphy's COVID-19 orders -- one of them for the third time. Cuban Pete's in Montclair was "well in excess" of Murphy's capacity limit, which caps restaurants at 25 percent for indoor dining, NJSP Col. Patrick Callahan said. The Bloomfield Avenue restaurant owned by Dominic Restaino was cited in August for seating customers inside of his restaurant, in violation of an order that banned indoor dining altogether in New Jersey. The eatery was cited again weeks later for the same thing. Cosmos 2000 in Guttenberg was also cited…
Paterson, NJ
Your Community
Covid-
19: 5 Cases Reported In 2 Passaic County Elementary Schools
Five COVID-19 cases were reported at a pair of elementary schools in Passaic County. The first four cases are students at Wayne's John F. Kennedy School, while a new case was reported last Friday at light at Ryerson School, NorthJersey.com reports citing Superintendent Mark Toback said. It was not clear if the fifth case was a student or staff member. Kennedy reopened Monday after being closed Thursday and Friday. Ryerson's Kindergarten classes were switched to remote learning until Oct. 15, as was the school's extended-day program. Meanwhile, three schools in Demarest and a Haledon …
Elizabeth, NJ
Breaking News
Heroes
: Physician Assistant, Off-Duty Firefighter Rescue NJ Turnpike Driver Engulfed In Flames
A Good Samaritan and off-duty corrections officer extinguished a fire that consumed box truck driver after crashing on the NJ Turnpike Monday afternoon in Union County. Jordan Reed was headed southbound when he saw the tractor-trailer cab hit a sign pole about a mile before Exit 12 and burst into flames around 1:15 p.m. in Linden, he told Daily Voice. Reed -- an emergency medicine physician's assistant with a decade of experience as an EMT -- pulled over to render aid to the driver -- who was fully-engulfed in flames. "He had been already removed from his truck by a New Jersey corrections …
Newark, NJ
Breaking News
Nearly 2 Dozen MVC Agencies At Capacity, Another Location Closes After Employee Tests Positive
Nearly two dozen of New Jersey's Motor Vehicle Commission agencies agencies were closed as of 11:30 Monday morning after reaching capacity. Additionally, a Newark center was closed for two weeks after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. The Newark Regional Service Center shut last Friday and is expected to reopen Oct. 16. The center handles driver's license transactions. A Jersey City agency that's been closed after an employee tested positive was expected to reopen Tuesday. Officials said the volume experienced Monday was due to since reopening during the summer. The foll…
Elizabeth, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: NJ Man Tells Woman 'I'm Going To Do What I Want' Before Violent Sex Assault
A Middlesex County man told took a woman to a secluded area and told her he was "going to do what he wanted" before sexually assaulting her last year, authorities said Monday. Tyrone R. Johnson, 33, of Woodbridge, took the woman to a secluded area on East Elizabeth Avenue in Linden on Dec. 17, 2019, where he began pulling off her clothing as she pleaded for him to stop, Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Linden Police Chief David Hart said. The victim told police about the incident, and was taken to a local hospital for treatment for fractures around her eye socket, and b…
Hackensack, NJ
Your Community
More Schools In Bergen, Passaic Go Remote Due To
Covid-
19
Several more schools in Bergen and Passaic counties have switched to remote learning due to COVID-19. ** UPDATE: Five COVID-19 cases including four students were reported in Wayne elementary schools, and a newly-reported case closed a Rutherford middle school ** Three Demarest schools -- Demarest Middle School, Luther Lee Emerson, and County Road -- were switched to virtual learning until Oct. 19 as a safety precaution, officials said on Facebook Saturday. Six new cases were reported in the borough as of Sunday morning. All youth recreation soccer events were cancelled until Oct. 16,…
Jersey City, NJ
Breaking News
Worker Dies In Bayonne Industrial Accident
A worker died in an industrial accident over the weekend in Bayonne, authorities said. First responders found the man seriously injured at the eastern edge of the former Military Ocean Terminal at the Bayonne Dry Dock, around 9:10 a.m. Sunday, the City's emergency management office said. Medics from McCabe Ambulance and the Bayonne Fire Department performed CPR on the victim, who was transported to the Jersey City Medical Center. The unidentified worker later died of his injuries. An investigation is being led by the Port Authority Police Department.
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