HAMMONTON - A Pennsylvania man was taken to the hospital after his minivan crashed into a tree this morning along the Atlantic City Expressway, police said.

According to State Police, Ricky Wilson, 44, of Breinigsville, was traveling at an unsafe speed when his vehicle hit a puddle and was sent off the roadway into a tree on the right shoulder near milepost 28.7 eastbound.

Wilson was taken to the Regional Trauma Unit at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City with what police said were nonlife-threatening injuries.

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PLEASANTVILLE - A student who pulled a fire alarm Wednesday afternoon at Pleasantville High School faces charges after being identified on security camera, school officials said.

The alarm was pulled about 4:30 p.m., said Bill Addis, head of security for the district. Officials then reviewed camera footage, and the student they identified was turned over to Pleasantville police. The unnamed student's charges include destruction of property and false public alarm, Addis said. It was the first fire alarm pulled this year, ever since the school upgraded and expanded its surveillance system, according to Addis.

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