Published: Monday, July 11, 2011, 6:36 PM Updated: Monday, July 11, 2011, 6:36 PM By Eunice Lee/The Star-Ledger BORDENTOWN — A concrete barrier meant to guide traffic instead crushed a truck driver to death today at a construction site on the New Jersey Turnpike. The barrier, weighing at least one ton, fell off a flatbed ... Read more

Published: Monday, July 11, 2011 1:58 AM EDT TIVOLI, N.Y. — Four people were killed and two others seriously injured early Sunday when their boat struck a concrete footing in the Hudson River and sank, according to the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office. Just before 6:30 a.m., authorities responded to an area very close to the ... Read more

A fan fell to his death at Rangers Ballpark on Thursday after catching a ball tossed to him by the Texas outfielder Josh Hamilton. The man was reaching for a ball thrown to him by Hamilton during the second inning of the match against Oakland and toppled over a railing after making the catch. Television ... Read more

The Associated Press Published: Thursday, Jul. 7, 2011 – 4:58 am PHILADELPHIA — Ducks boats will be idle for the day in Philadelphia to mark the one-year anniversary of an accident that killed two Hungarian tourists. Ride the Ducks of Norcross, Ga., has suspended operations in Philadelphia on Thursday to honor the victims of the ... Read more

By PAUL GARBER Published: July 06, 2011 An area firefighter who as a youth was praised for helping his family to safety during a fatal shootout near Kernersville in 2004 has died from injuries he received in a Nebraska boating accident that also killed his younger brother. Matthew McAlexander, 19, and his brother, Joshua B. ... Read more