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Massapequa, NY
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Long Island Man Seriously Injured After Pickup Truck Crashes Into Tree
A Long Island man was seriously injured after a pickup truck crashed into a tree on Long Island. It happened on Sunday, July 12 just before 2 a.m. in Lindenhurst. Richard McDermott, 51, of Lindenhurst, was driving a 2017 Ford F150 westbound on Daniel Street when he lost control of the vehicle, which struck a tree in front of 394 Daniel St., Suffolk County Police said. McDermott was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip where he was admitted with serious injuries. Detectives are asking anyone with information on the crash to call the First…
Massapequa, NY
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Long Island Man Seriously Injured When Firework Explodes In Hand
A Long Island man was seriously injured while lighting a firework. The incident happened Saturday, July 4 at 9:15 p.m.in Central Islip. Brandon James, 29, of Brookhaven, suffered the hand injury while lighting a firework at a home located on Tamarack Street, Suffolk County Police said. He was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of his injuries.
Massapequa, NY
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Man Seriously Injured By Fireworks At Long Island Residence
A man was seriously injured by fireworks in an overnight July 4th incident on Long Island. The incident happened Saturday, July 4 at approximately 10:05 p.m. in Port Jefferson Station. Calros Diaz, 29, was attending a family gathering in the backyard of the residence located on Robert Court when he attempted to light a mortar-style firework, Suffolk County Police said. The device exploded, striking Diaz in the face and severely injuring one of his eyes. Diaz, of Port Jefferson Station, was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital with serious, but non-life thr…
Brentwood, NY
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LI Woman Killed After Colliding With Bulkhead While Being Towed Behind Boat
A woman was killed while being towed behind a boat and collided with a bulkhead. Nassau County Police said the woman was killed around 5:30 p.m., Sunday, June 21, in Oceanside. According to detectives, a 55-year-old man was operating his boat in Parsonage Cove and towing Sabina Singh, 26, of Baldwin, behind the boat in a recreational tube when she collided with a bulkhead of Middle Bay Country Club. Singh was loaded back onto the boat and transported to Ann Street in Baldwin, police said. Responding officers transported Singh to a local hospital in an ambulance where she wa…
Jersey City, NJ
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Jersey City Pedestrian Left With Limp Gets $675,000 Crash Settlement
A pedestrian who had several bones broken when he was hit by a Bergen County manufacturing company's vehicle while crossing a Jersey City street has accepted $675,000 to settle a lawsuit. Jose Rojas, 33, was crossing Barrow Street in a crosswalk when he was knocked down by a vehicle owned by a Moonachie company when its driver turned from York Street on Nov. 19, 2018, according to the NJ Law Journal. Rojas suffered right leg and ankle fractures requiring surgery and leaving him with what his attorney said will be a permanent limp. Rojas claimed that the driver, Guido Openner, disregarded a…
Newark, NJ
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Family Of Essex County Mom Paralyzed By Falling Pole Gets $125M Verizon Payout
In what is reportedly the largest settlement in New Jersey history, the family of an Essex County mom who was paralyzed by a falling utility pole will get $125 million from Verizon, reports say. West Orange mom Maria Moser Meister, 50, was waiting for a bus on her way to work when a the pole fell in Union City on Jan. 23, 2017, NJ.com reports. The pole, which was co-owned by Verizon through an agreement with PSE&G, was rotted at the base and snapped after 43 years, causing lifelong injuries to Meister’s body and head. As a result of the incident, Meister suffered from multiple spinal a…
Bergenfield, NJ
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Bergenfield Mom: Unleashed Pit Bulls Killed Special Needs Son's Support Cat
A Bergenfield mom is suing the owner of two pits bulls who she claimed killed her special-needs son’s support cat in front of their eyes. Martha Cardona and her son “helplessly watched” the dogs attack the leashed feline during a walk around the Georgian Court garden apartment complex in June 2018, a lawsuit filed in Superior Court in Hackensack alleges. Both were “consumed by the terrorizing fright and horror” of the cat being ripped to pieces until it died, says the suit, a copy of which was obtained by northjersey.com. The dogs then knocked Cardona down, but she fought them off, it says…
Bergenfield, NJ
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Bergenfield Mom: Unleashed Pit Bulls Killed Special Needs Son's Support Cat
A Bergenfield mom is suing the owner of two pits bulls who she claimed killed her special-needs son’s support cat in front of their eyes. Martha Cardona and her son “helplessly watched” the dogs attack the leashed feline during a walk around the Georgian Court garden apartment complex in June 2018, a lawsuit filed in Superior Court in Hackensack alleges. Both were “consumed by the terrorizing fright and horror” of the cat being ripped to pieces until it died, says the suit, a copy of which was obtained by northjersey.com. The dogs then knocked Cardona down, but she fought them off, it says…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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Lawsuit: Walmart Worker Crushed Morris County Man's Hand With Shopping Carts
A Morris County man is suing Walmart, saying his hand was severely injured by a worker who apparently rammed him with a shopping cart. Roxbury Township resident Nicholas Puco claims he sustained “severe and disabling injuries” to his left hand at the Walmart on International Drive South in Mount Olive Township on April 19, 2019. The suit, which was filed in Morris County Superior Court, claims that the store is unsafe because its workers were not properly trained, monitored and supervised in the operation of work equipment. Puco also states in the suit that he had to take time off of work …
Elizabeth, NJ
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Expert Says State Trooper Was Texting Before Westfield Teen Fatally Hit: Report
An expert hired by the family of a 14-year-old Westfield girl who was killed when a state trooper hit her with his patrol car says he was texting moments before striking her and did not have his eyes on the road, TAPintoWestfield reported Wednesday. The family of Terry DiFalco is suing Trooper Alexander Gelfand, who was driving on Central Avenue the evening of March 4, 2017, when he hit the girl, who was taking part in a scavenger hunt. Gelfand, of Cranford, was not criminally charged. An attorney for the DiFalco family stated in court documents that the text from Gelfand was ti…
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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NJ Transit Driver Injured In Ridgefield Park School Bus Crash Gets $2.25M In Settlement
A driver who suffered spinal injuries that kept him from ever returning to work when his NJ Transit bus was struck from behind by a school bus in Ridgefield Park received a $2.25 million settlement, a published report says. Miguel Alvarez had stopped to collect passengers on eastbound Route 46 when his bus was struck from behind on June 22, 2017, aggravating a previous injury, attorney Edward Capozzi, told New Jersey Law Journal. Capozzi filed a personal injury suit on Alvarez’s behalf against Felix Rodriguez-Esprit, the driver of the Morgan Educational Services bus, in Superior Court in Ha…
Englewood, NJ
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Englewood Homeowner Falls From Ladder
An Englewood homeowner was hospitalized Friday morning after falling from atop a ladder outside his house. The 60-something Lafayette Place homeowner was semi-conscious after falling while doing work on his house shortly before 9:45 a.m., Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, the deputy chief said.
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