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Jersey City Officer Killed In Crash Was Loving Dad Who Treated Colleagues Like Family
A Jersey City police officer is not all the Morton Otundo was. A GoFundMe campaign launched in memory of the 40-year-old city resident killed in a motorcycle crash last week remembers him as a doting dad to his son, Andrew. More than $62,200 had been raised on that campaign as of Monday morning. Otundo was rushed to the hospital after colliding with a Ford Escape while riding his motorcycle on Communipaw Avenue early Friday morning. He was pronounced dead at 2:30 a.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Officer Morton Otundo at his December 2013 police academy graduation, w…
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Off-Duty Jersey City Officer Morton Otundo Killed In Motorcycle Crash
An off-duty Jersey City police officer was killed in a crash with another vehicle while riding his motorcycle early Friday morning, authorities said. Morton Otundo, 40, was heading east on Communipaw Avenue when he collided with a Ford Escape heading west and turning left onto Woodward Street around 2 a.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Otundo was rushed to Jersey City Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 2:30 a.m., Suarez said. The other driver, 30 years old, was taken to JCMC for evaluation. The events surrounding the crash remain under investigation by th…
Jersey City, NJ
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Authorities Release Description Of Hit-Run Vehicle That Hospitalized Female Pedestrian, 31
Authorities in Hudson County are seeking the public's help in identifying a hit-and-run driver who seriously injured a 31-year-old pedestrian last Wednesday. The woman was crossing Palisade Avenue just south of Bowers Street in Jersey City Heights when she was struck by a four-door sedan around 9 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The woman was rushed to Jersey City Medical Center, where she was listed in stable condition. The suspect vehicle is consistent with a 2012-2014 Black Toyota Camry LE, with New York registration, and notably had a missing hubcap on …
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Authorities ID Passenger Killed, Driver Critical In Jersey City Crash
Authorities have identified the man who died and the driver left critical in an overnight Jersey City crash. A 30-year-old Jersey City man was heading westbound and approaching the roadway split on Columbus Drive when his 1996 Honda Civic struck the attenuator-projected guardrail around 3:30 a.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The passenger, Jesus Gonzalez, 30, of Jersey City, was found lifeless at the scene. The driver, whose name was not released, was transported to the Jersey City Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition Sunday afternoon. The Hudson …
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Authorities ID Passenger Killed, Driver Critical In Jersey City Crash
Authorities have identified the man who died and the driver left critical in an overnight Jersey City crash. A 30-year-old Jersey City man was heading westbound and approaching the roadway split on Columbus Drive when his 1996 Honda Civic struck the attenuator-projected guardrail around 3:30 a.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The passenger, Jesus Gonzalez, 30, of Jersey City, was found lifeless at the scene. The driver, whose name was not released, was transported to the Jersey City Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition Sunday afternoon. The Hudson …
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Baltimore Driver Pleads Guilty In Deadly Hudson County Hit-Run
A Baltimore man admitted guilt as part of a plea deal Thursday in the July 2020 hit-and-run crash that killed a 35-year-old woman in Hudson County, authorities said Friday. David Ceausu, 20, pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree knowingly leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, and a motor vehicle summons for leaving the scene of an accident, before Superior Court Judge Paul M. DePascale, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Ceausu was behind the wheel of a 2020 Chevy Tahoe when he struck Reyna Huerta-Flores, of Union City, while she was walking home from work ne…
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Hudson County Authorities Seek Truck That Seriously Injured Bicyclist In Hit-Run Crash
Authorities in Hudson County are asking the public's help identifying a vehicle that injured a 44-year-old bicyclist in a hit-and-run crash Friday. The female cyclist was riding on Routes 1&9 south when the driver hit her near Jacobus Avenue just before 8 a.m., then fled the scene, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The Harrison woman was transported to the Jersey City Medical Center, where she was listed in critical but stable condition. The suspect vehicle is a container trailer with a red tractor, that has a business logo or white lettering on the passenger side door,…
Jersey City, NJ
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Hudson County Authorities Seek Truck That Seriously Injured Bicyclist In Hit-Run Crash
Authorities in Hudson County are asking the public's help identifying a vehicle that injured a 44-year-old bicyclist in a hit-and-run crash Friday. The female cyclist was riding on Routes 1&9 south when the driver hit her near Jacobus Avenue just before 8 a.m., then fled the scene, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The Harrison woman was transported to the Jersey City Medical Center, where she was listed in critical but stable condition. The suspect vehicle is a container trailer with a red tractor, that has a business logo or white lettering on the passenger side door,…
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Driver Found Badly Burned Dies Behind Wheel In Jersey City Car Fire
A male driver died when his car went up in flames in a Jersey City crash Wednesday morning, authorities said. Police and fire departments responded to Hutton Street and New York Avenue, where the car was ravaged by flames around 7:45 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Once the fire was put out, the man was found still behind the wheel in a badly burned condition, Suarez said. He was pronounced dead just before 8 a.m. The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit, the Hudson County Regional Collision Investigation Unit, the Hudson County Regional Arson T…
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Jersey City Woman, 26, Seriously Injured In New Year's Hit-Run Crash
A 26-year-old woman was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash New Year's Eve in Jersey City. The woman was in the northbound lane of Ocean Avenue approaching a parked car when she was struck by a northbound black Cadillac Escalade around 1 a.m. Friday, Jan. 1, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. She was taken to the Jersey City Medical Center, where she was treated for multiple injuries and listed in stable condition as of Monday afternoon. The Escalade continued driving, Suarez said. The Hudson County Regional Collision Investigation Unit is actively investigating the cr…
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Jersey City Dirt Bike Rider, 26, Critical After Hit-Run Crash
A 26-year-old dirt bike operator was struck and seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash in Jersey City Friday. The man was heading north on MLK Drive on a motorbike when he was struck by an Infiniti making a lefthand turn onto Wade Street around 8 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The victim was taken to Jersey City Medical Center, where was listed in critical condition Saturday, Suarez said. The fleeing vehicle is described as an older model silver Infiniti M45 S. The Hudson County Regional Collision Investigation Unit is actively investigating this incident.…
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Jersey City Driver, 78, Charged In Fatal Hit-Run Crash
A 78-year-old Jersey City man was charged in a March hit-and-run crash that killed a 62-year-old man, authorities said Tuesday. Beato Sepulveda struck Armando Campos-Perez at Palisade Avenue between Jefferson Avenue and Waverly Street, around 1:30 a.m. on March 18 -- then fled, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Campos-Perez was pronounced dead at Chris Hospital at 2:25 a.m. Sepulveda was arrested on Tuesday, Oct. 13 and charged with knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle collision causing death and endangering an injured victim. Suarez credited the…
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