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View Comments HARRISON - A man struck by a javelin at a college track-and-field meet survived the injury, but not an infection that followed, authorities say. William A. Scott, 71, died more than three weeks after being injured while working as an official at a competition of Rowan University, a school spokesman said Thursday. The Oaklyn man, who was injured April 3, died April 26 in the intensive care unit at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, according to an obituary. Details of the accide...

The javelin was stuck several inches in the boys right thigh.

Teen hospitalized after being impaled by javelin at N.J. high school: police Updated 9:59 AM; An Ocean County, N.J., teenager was hospitalized Tuesday after he was impaled during a track-and-field javelin throw, authorities said. The incident occurred about 5:40 p.m. in a field outside Donovan Catholic High School on Hooper Avenue in Toms River, police said. “Upon arrival, officers were directed to an open field near the track-and-field training area” where they found an injured 16-year-ol...

Teen impaled by javelin in NJ track-and-field event By FOX 5 NY Staff Published  article NEW JERSEY - A 16-year-old boy from New Jersey was recovering after he was impaled by a javelin during a track-and-field event. Police responded to Donovan Catholic High School in Toms River late Tuesday afternoon where officers found the teen on a field outside the school with the javelin impaled in the teens right thigh. There was no sign of bleeding and the Pine Beach resident was able to talk with med...

High school student impaled by javelin in Toms River TOMS RIVER — A teenager was hospitalized after he was impaled by a javelin at a track-and-field event, police said Police were called to Donovan Catholic High School in Toms River late Tuesday afternoon where officers found the javelin impaled in the 16-year-old Pine Beach residents right thigh. There was no sign of bleeding and the boy was able to talk with medical responders, police said. He was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Ce...

View Comments HARRISON - A man struck by a javelin at a college track-and-field meet survived the injury, but not an infection that followed, authorities say. William A. Scott, 71, died more than three weeks after being injured while working as an official at a competition of Rowan University, a school spokesman said Thursday. The Oaklyn man, who was injured April 3, died April 26 in the intensive care unit at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, according to an obituary. Details of the accide...

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After initially announcing plans to charge people to use picnic tables in city parks caused an outcry from the public, the city is now backtracking on the proposal.

Teen impaled by javelin at N.J. high school, cops say Updated May 12, 2021; An Ocean County teenager was hospitalized Tuesday after he was impaled during a track-and-field javelin throw, authorities said. The incident occurred about 5:40 p.m. in a field outside Donovan Catholic High School on Hooper Avenue in Toms River, police said. “Upon arrival, officers were directed to an open field near the track-and-field training area” where they found an injured 16-year-old boy, said Jillian Messi...

Replies(2) A new tool shows how many vaccinations each New Jersey town has, by percentage, and age group. (Shutterstock) NEW JERSEY — New Jersey has launched a new online dashboard that tracks coronavirus vaccinations town-by-town, officials announced on Monday (see which South Jersey towns have the highest vaccine rates below). The charts posted on the states website track how many adults have received one dose of a vaccine, and how many have been fully vaccinated in each town across the st...