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Joseph Paladino, 17, killed, Rosario Paladino, 75, seriously injured, airlifted to hospital, James Hofmann, 59, injured taken to hospital, after a car and pickup collide on a very wet State Route 206 near Andover Township.

Date:

Monday, April 14, 2014

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Heavy rain may be to blame for an accident Tuesday in which a 17-year-old Hopatcong boy was killed, Andover Township police said. Joseph Paladino died when a car driven by his grandfather, Rosario Paladino, 75, also of Hopatcong, crossed over the center line on Route 206 and collided with a pickup truck driven by James Hofmann, 59, of Stillwater. “There was heavy rain at the time of the accident. That is definitely being considered” as a factor that may have led to the accident, police Lt. Eric Danielson said.

Jared Hill, 25, Kenneth Vorce, 46, injured, transported to hospital, after a car and SUV collide head-on near Chester Township on State Route 206.

Date:

Sunday, April 13, 2014

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Trenton-NJ

A head-on collision sent two drivers to a hospital and shut down a lane of Route 206 in Chester Township for two hours early Monday morning, police said. Police responded to Route 206 between Old Chester Road and Fox Chase Road for a reported head-on collision, police said. Jared Hill, 25, of Newton was driving a north in a 2008 Honda Accord when it crossed the center line and struck 46-year-old Kenneth Vorce's Chevrolet Suburban on the shoulder of the southbound side of the road, police said. Both drivers were taken to Morristown Medical Center by the Chester First Aid Squad, police said.