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Fundraiser For Family In Crash That Killed 4-Year-Old, Mom, Grandma
A GoFundme campaign has been launched on behalf of a family that lost members of three generations over the Memorial Day weekend.
Ordina Castro De La Cruz, 47, Mayelin Brito-Castro, 32, and her 4-year-old daughter Kiara Hernandez died when their minivan was struck by another vehicle in Sheldon, N.Y., May 26. Six other people, who all belonged to the same Perth Amboy family, were hurt in the crash, which occurred as they were traveling to Niagra Falls over the Memorial Day weekend.
Police said the family’s minivan was hit by a drunk driver who ran a stop sign.
Among those injured were fou…
Fundraiser Launched For Woman, 22, Killed In North Plainfield Fire
The Somerset County Prosecutor's Office is investigating a house fire that claimed the life of a North Plainfield woman early Thursday morning.
Nine people, including a three-year-old, were home when fire broke out at a Grove Street address shortly before 3 a.m. Seven people escaped the home unharmed, while another man suffered non-life-threatening burns to his back as well as smoke inhalation.
The woman, however, was trapped inside, witnesses told police and firefighters responding to the scene. Estefanie Brizuela-Garcia, 22, was later found inside the home. A post-mortem …