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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

UPDATE: Victim Identified In Route 36 Fatal Car Accident

The 27-year old from Matawan was a massage therapist at Hand & Stone Spa in Aberdeen.

Updated Nov. 21: The victim in Monday's fatal car accident on Route 36 was Ashley Rodrigues, 27, of Matawan, according to Hazlet Police. Rodrigues was born in Red Bank and lived in Keansburg for most of her life. She was employed by Hand & Stone Spa of Aberdeen.  Surviving are her mother, Toby Walsh; her father Robert Rodrigues; her sister and brother-in-law, Andrea and George Ciubinski; brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Kerri Rodrigues; brother, Justin Rodrigues and his companion Desirai Kuczynski; her beloved nephew, Justin Rodrigues, Jr.; her grandfather, John A. Rodrigues; her aunts, uncles, and cousins and her many friends. Visitation will be held on Friday, November 23, 2012, from 4 to 8 pm at John F. Pfleger Funeral Home, 115 …

DeeDee

12:00 am on Friday, November 23, 2012

God bless Ashey and may her family receive support and love during this sad time.   more ›

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Woman Struck, Killed By NJ Transit Train in Hazlet Identified

The incident occurred along the wooded section of track between Beers Street and Holmdel Road.

Heather Gogan, 37, of Keansburg was trespassing on the train tracks in Hazlet when she was struck and killed by a NJ Transit train Wednesday night as it approached the Hazlet Train Station, according to NJ Transit Spokesman John Durso, Jr. The 8:41 North Jersey Coast Line train out of New York was coming to a stop at Hazlet when it hit the woman around 9:50 p.m. The incident occurred in a desolate area, behind the Hazlet Deli and Greek Store's parking lot.  The engineer of Train No. 3285, traveling west on Track 1, told investigators he saw Gogan walk into the gauge of Track 1, face the train and then put her hands up to cover her eyes, according to Durso. The engineer sounded the horn and placed the train brakes into "emergency" but could…

BP

7:05 pm on Tuesday, August 28, 2012

The train video and station video should be a public document since we paid for it. A few railroads have been busted lately for doctoring video ---losing witnesses---BUYING witnesses---etc.   more ›

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