Silver Spring Boy Comes Home After Severe Middle School Brain Injury As Mom Shares Update
A Maryland family is celebrating a milestone they once feared would never come.
Lenny Diaz — the Silver Spring middle schooler who suffered a devastating skull injury during a gym class incident at Odessa Shannon Middle School on Wednesday, Oct. 22 — is finally home, his mother announced.
Lenny’s mother, Emily Diaz, shared the emotional update on Wednesday, Nov. 12, saying her son graduated from NRH (National Rehabilitation Hospital) and has been released to continue recovering at home.
“My handsome (boy) graduates NRH today,” she wrote. “Lenny, you did it, buddy. Thank you, God, for never…
Motorcyclist, 55, Critical Following SUV Crash In Wallington: Prosecutor
New details have been released in a Bergen County crash that left a 55-year-old motorcyclist in critical condition.
The collision occurred just after 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, at the intersection of Hathaway Street and Locust Avenue in Wallington, according to Jeff Angermeyer, Deputy Chief of Detectives of the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office.
Responding officers from Wallington, Rutherford, East Rutherford, and Wood-Ridge found the motorcyclist with serious injuries after a 2016 Ford Explorer and 2009 Kawasaki motorcycle collided in the intersection, investigators said.
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SUV Driver Blows Stop Light, Slammed By Toms River Motorcyclist In Manchester, Police Say
Two people were hospitalized after an SUV blew a stop light and collided with a motorcycle in Manchester Township on Saturday, Oct. 4, police said.
A 2016 Indian Chief motorcycle was traveling west on Route 571 when a 2013 Honda CR-V, heading south on Ridgeway Boulevard, entered the intersection in front of it around 5:35 p.m., local police said. The motorcycle struck the driver’s side of the Honda, ejecting the rider, investigators said.
The driver of the Honda, a 70-year-old woman from Manchester, was extricated by emergency personnel and taken to Community Medical Center in Toms River fo…
