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🌱 Belle Mead teen charged after deadly wrong-way Route 202 crash

Belle Mead, New Jersey Patch AM: a 4 min read

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  • Belle Mead teen charged after deadly wrong-way Route 202 crash

Also on today's calendar: Estate Planning at 65 and Beyond: Five Essential Things You Should Know and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: If you feed me I will grow and if you give me water I will die. What am I? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Partly sunny with a shower, with a high of 77 and low of 63 degrees.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny and warmer, temps: high: 86, low: 63. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Humid with sunny intervals, with a high of 88 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Erratic Wrong-Way Driver Ran Red Light Before Fatal Route 202 Crash: Prosecutor (patch.com) — An 18-year-old Belle Mead resident has been charged with second-degree vehicular homicide after authorities say he drove erratically, ran a red light, and crashed into another SUV on Route 202 in Raritan, killing a Bridgewater woman. Investigators are still reconstructing the collision and are asking anyone who saw the wrong-way driving or the crash to contact Somerset County or Raritan police with information.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Fire (Thank you Danielle K. for sending it in!)
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