NJ Teacher Jumps Into Moving Car To Save Students: Patch PM

Good evening, New Jersey Patch readers! Here are some of the share-worthy stories from our area for today.

Here are the top five stories from Jersey:

1. A quick-thinking Linden middle school teacher jumped into a moving car and saved a group of students preventing a tragedy from occurring on the first day of school on Wednesday. The whole situation was caught on camera by the school's security system. (Read more on Patch)
2. The Princeton Police department has released body camera footage of officers and first responders rescuing motorists from raging Ida floodwaters. (Read more on Patch)
3. A woman was taken into custody after a tense "hostage situation" that unfolded Wednesday night and ended the next morning in Caldwell, authorities said. (Read more on Patch)
4. The New Jersey Department of Public Health reported Wednesday that 14,813 breakthrough cases of COVID-19 in the state have been identified. (Read more on Patch)
5. Hillsborough R&B Singer Jaheim H. Hoagland was charged with animal cruelty after police say they found 15 dogs in varying stages of emaciation, without access to food and water.(Read more on Patch)

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