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Tuesday, July 28 2009 @ 02:41 am EDT
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Posted: Monday, July 27, 2009 |
From Press staff reports
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - An empty trailer burned up Saturday night in the Scullville section of the township.
The fire happened at about 9:30 p.m. inside the Ocean Heights Trailer Park on Ocean Heights Avenue, Chief Mike Fiedor said Sunday. Fiedor said the trailer was abandoned, but it was being worked on. It took 26 firefighters from the Scullville and Bargaintown fire departments about 25 minutes to put out the flames.
Fiedor said the fire destroyed everything inside, which wasn't much to start with. "It's almost like a coke can, all metal outside and gutted inside," he said. No one was hurt. Fiedor added that the fire is considered suspicious and officials do not know how it started.
Posted in Atlantic on Monday, July 27, 2009 3:05 am Updated: 4:00 am.
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Update: Posted in Atlantic on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 3:05 am Updated: 4:00 am.
Aggravated arson charged in trailer fire
A local man was charged with aggravated arson in connection with a trailer fire in the Ocean Heights Mobile Park that brought out 26 firefighters to battle the flames, police said Monday.
Firefighters were called to the abandoned trailer, which was being rehabilitated, at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday. The trailer was destroyed. An investigation determined the fire was deliberately set, police said.
David Corba, 45, of Egg Harbor Township, was arrested, and charged with burglary and aggravated arson, police said. He was taken to the Atlantic County Jail on $25,000 cash bail.
Compiled by staff writer Elaine Rose.
Monday, July 27 2009 @ 11:25 pm EDT
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By Megan DeMarco Inquirer Staff Writer
Jacob Rosa's funeral this morning will have all the trappings of a traditional firefighter's send-off.
Jacob will be buried in his Class B uniform, wearing his recently acquired badge, his name stitched on his shirt. Bagpipes will play and the Camden Police Department Honor Guard will present his family with a flag.....Continue Reading
Sunday, July 26 2009 @ 12:43 am EDT
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From Staff reports | Posted: Saturday, July 25, 2009 |
ESTELL MANOR - An Estell Manor man suffered "significant injuries" when his motorcycle spun out into the woods Friday night, state police said.
Rhett Wulderk, 61, was riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle westbound on 9th Avenue, about a mile from the intersection with Route 666, when the bike went into the woods, Sgt. Stephen Jones said.
Wulderk was flown to Regional Trauma Unit at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City.
Sunday, July 26 2009 @ 12:40 am EDT
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By Thomas Barlas, Staff Writer, 609-272-7239 | Posted: Saturday, July 25, 2009 |
BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP - A 55-year-old Mays Landing man was killed early Saturday morning after being hit by two cars on Landis Avenue.
Leonard Armato was hit by a sedan and than a limousine traveling west on Landis Avenue near Llewellyn Avenue around 1:30 a.m., according to State Police Sgt. Stephen Jones.
Armato wound up being dragged underneath the limousine for a short distance, he said. Armato was pronounced dead at the scene, he said.
Jones said it's still not known why Armato was in the roadway. The drivers of both vehicles stopped after striking Armato, and they are cooperating with authorities during the ongoing investigation, he said.
No charges have been filed, he said.
Officials with the Atlantic County Medical Examiner's Office were to perform on autopsy on Armato on Saturday, Jones said.
Posted in Breaking, Atlantic on Saturday, July 25, 2009 1:15 pm Updated: 1:22 pm.
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Fatal Buena Vista Township accident may have been a hit and run
Update: Posted in Breaking, Atlantic, Cumberland on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 5:10 pm Updated: 5:12 pm
BUENA VISTA TWP. - State Police say an investigation into a deadly accident on a township road early Saturday is now being investigatied as a hit and run.
State Police said they orginally believed Leonard Armato died after being struck by two cars while lying in the road in Buena Vista Township.
Now, police are investigating whether a third car struck Armato and failed to stop or report the accident.
Police were called to Landis Avenue near the intersection of Llewellyn Avenue in Buena Vista Township after two cars struck Armato in succession as his lay in the middle of the street.
Further investigation, however, revealed damaged parts from what police believe to be a Red Nissan Altima, probably a 1998 or 1999 model. Police say car would have extensive front end damage and urge residents to be on the look out for a car fitting that description.
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Friday, July 24 2009 @ 10:43 pm EDT
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LOS ANGELES — The California Highway Patrol is calling a Southern California man a hero for rescuing a 3-year-old girl from a burning vehicle on a Los Angeles-area freeway.
John McDonald of West Covina was driving on Interstate 10 in El Monte Wednesday when he saw an overturned sports utility vehicle engulfed in flames.
Video footage shows him running to help as three people who escaped the burning SUV ran away. The CHP says the driver of the SUV shouted that her granddaughter was still inside, and McDonald went in to pull the girl out.
Both were treated for minor injuries.
McDonald told KABC-TV he jumped into action because he felt it was "something that needed to be done."
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
Thursday, July 23 2009 @ 07:58 pm EDT
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By BEN MERITT • Staff Writer • July 22, 2009
HAMMONTON -- The town's newest fire truck will be dedicated to Hammonton Fire Chief Emeritus Jack Donio.
The dedication of the 2009 Pierce Impel pumper truck will be made during a ceremony scheduled for 6 p.m. July 27 outside Town Hall at Central Avenue and Vine Street.
"This is way of honoring the dedication that Jack gave the department and town," Mayor John DiDonato said.
Donio served as a member of the Hammonton Volunteer Fire department from 1965 to 2002. He served as Hammonton's fire chief from 1988 to 2002.
Following the ceremony, light refreshments will be served. The Hammonton Town Council meeting will follow at 7 p.m.
Thursday, July 23 2009 @ 07:42 pm EDT
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From staff reports | Posted: Thursday, July 23, 2009 |
A small bus once used as a school bus collided with a car on the Black Horse Pike in Atlantic City Thursday morning, police said, sending one man to the hospital with serious injuries.
Atlantic City Police Capt. Bill McKnight said that the accident took place just before noon at the intersection of Route 40 and West End Avenue.
The details are unclear - there were language barriers with both drivers, McKnight said - but the impact crushed the driver's side of the smaller car, pinning the driver inside and sending the car sliding into a tree in front of a McDonald's restaurant.
The driver, who was unconscious when police arrived but did wake up, was cut out of the car by the Atlantic City Fire Department, McKnight said. The unidentified man was sent to the Regional Trauma Unit at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City, where he remains in serious condidtion but is expected to survive.
The driver of the small bus is being investigated as being an unlicensed driver, McKnight said.
Any witnesses are asked to contact the Traffic Unit at 609-347-5744.
Traffic was delayed on the pike for about an hour, KcKnight said.
Posted in Breaking, Atlantic on Thursday, July 23, 2009 2:20 pm Updated: 2:27 pm.
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