Cops ID man killed in 2-vehicle crash on Garden State Parkway
Updated Feb 16, 2021;
State Police have identified the man killed in Monday’s two-vehicle crash on the Garden State Parkway in Union County as a 46-year-old from East Orange.
Christopher Meikle was driving south on the Parkway in Clark at around 2:40 a.m. when his car and an SUV collided, according to State Police. Meikle was was brought to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital-Rahway, where he was pronounced dead.
The 43-year-old Irvington man driving the SUV remains hospitalized in serious condition. The cause of the crash, which took place near milepost 136.1, is still under investigation.
1 killed, 1 seriously hurt in Garden State Parkway crash, cops say
Updated Feb 15, 2021;
One man was killed and another seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash early Monday on the southbound Garden State Parkway in Union County, authorities said.
The crash took place at about 2:40 a.m. near milepost 136.3 in Clark, State Police said. The driver of an SUV was taken to University Hospital in Newark, while the the driver of the other vehicle was pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital-Rahway.
The identity of the deceased driver has not been released pending family notification. Additional details about the crash were not immediately available as State Police investigate its cause.
A mysterious COVID syndrome still stalks N.J.’s kids. Doctors remain on alert as cases rise.
Updated Feb 15, 2021;
Posted Feb 14, 2021
Johnny Bowden, 9, of Mount Olive, was recently discharged from the pediatric ICU at Morristown Medical Center after recovering from MIS-C, a rare disease linked to the coronavirus.
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They just didn’t know why.
The 9-year-old Mount Olive boy lay in a hospital bed, hooked up to wires and beeping machines. A team of specialists ran test after test, searching for the cause of mysterious symptoms that sent him to the pediatric ICU at Morristown Medical Center.
Johnny had a high fever, abdominal pain and vomiting. At first, doctors told Michele Mielko that her son just had a virus. But three days later, she rushed him to the emergency room a second time.
Shoplifter stabs Woodbridge gas station worker in neck, cops say
WOODBRIDGE A gas station employee was stabbed in the neck Monday afternoon when he tried to stop a shoplifter, according to Woodbridge police.
Police said Harlin M. Rodriguez, 23, of Carteret, entered the Racestar gas station on Port Reading Avenue around 5:15 p.m. and was confronted by the 42-year-old male worker in the store s Food Mart.
The employee was taken by ambulance to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick to undergo surgery. The man was recovering from surgery on Tuesday morning and is expected to survive, according to police.
The NYPD released home security camera video of a home invasion and robbery in which six family members, including two children, were zip-tied inside their house in Queens overnight Friday.
The investigation revealed that the station attendant attempted to stop an alleged shoplifter at the station s convenience store, which escalated to a confrontation outside where the suspect stabbed him in the neck with a knife.
The suspect, identified as 23-year-old Harlin Rodriguez, initially fled the scene but was located a short time later with the assistance of Carteret Police Department.
He was apprehended and is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, unlawful possession of a weapon, and robbery.