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Black ice causes 13 car pile-up

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PATERSON, NJ – According to local authorities, a major pileup involving 13 vehicles occurred on a New Jersey highway on Tuesday night. The accident was reportedly caused by black ice, resulting in injuries to several motorists and a diesel fuel leak from a jackknifed tractor-trailer that spilled onto the highway and into the Passaic River. Footage from the scene, captured by Freedom News TV, showed the jackknifed tractor-trailer blocking both lanes of traffic. In another …

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Two Men Indicted In Deadly Migrant Smuggling Case Could Face Death Penalty

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Officials said that two men were indicted in the case of a hot, airless tractor-trailer rig found last month with 53 dead or dying migrants in San Antonio. The truck had been packed with 67 people, and the dead included 27 from Mexico, 14 from Honduras, seven from Guatemala, and two from El Salvador. A federal grand jury in San Antonio indicted Homero Zamorano Jr., 46, and Christian Martinez, 28, both of Pasadena, Texas. This is the deadliest smuggling …

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