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40-year-old Brick man crushed to death while trying to move stalled car on Route 70
Newark (NJ) Start Ledger ^ | Matt Friedman and Richard Khavkine

Posted on 05/05/2012 9:39:42 PM PDT by njslim

William Cassano was dusting himself off after being thrown 30 feet by a car moments earlier as he pushed his stalled SUV to the shoulder of Route 70 in Brick.

"Dude, are you OK?! Are you OK?!" asked Anthony Smith, a good Samaritan pizza deliveryman, also from Brick, who stopped to help Cassano on Thursday night.

"Yes, yes," Cassano replied in a soft voice, Smith recounted.

Moments later, Cassano was hit by another car — and this time there was no miracle escape

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To: BigCinBigD

Feel bad for the driver of the pickup.


21 posted on 05/06/2012 5:55:40 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: BigCinBigD

I went to the article and it appears that there were no motorcycles involved in this accident...just wondering why all the talk about motorcycles. Did I miss something?


22 posted on 05/06/2012 6:08:15 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (I am 4 days away from outliving Phil Hartman)
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To: OrangeHoof

My thought also


23 posted on 05/06/2012 7:05:26 AM PDT by capt B
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To: njslim

I see some checkpoints when we bring the kids to some lakes up in NY; I think the emergency responders are furious with people that use children as airbags because they suffer the trauma of scraping them up.


24 posted on 05/06/2012 7:43:13 AM PDT by kearnyirish2
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To: RegulatorCountry

We have a lot of them here in NJ (some of the toys people bought during the good times), and they get at least 8 months of riding. They usually have to drive them elsewhere, though; it really is just so congested here (and now our tolls have doubled on our toll roads).


25 posted on 05/06/2012 7:45:11 AM PDT by kearnyirish2
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To: njslim

Wow, the 23 year olds were out to get that man. Sad all the way around.


26 posted on 05/06/2012 7:26:53 PM PDT by beaversmom
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