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Crash kills young firefighter
by Michaelangelo Conte
Friday September 14, 2007, 6:09 PM
A 25-year-old Jersey City
firefighter left behind a 2-month-old daughter when he died from injuries
suffered in a collision on his motorcycle in the Jersey City Heights
yesterday near his home, officials said.
Eduardo Pena, 25, of Sherman Place off Summit Avenue died as a result of
injuries suffered in the collision at Kennedy Boulevard at Thorne Street, Fire
Director Armando Roman said this morning.
The firefighter was conscious and coherent
when first brought to the hospital.
"They were working feverishly to
stabilize him and they rushed him into surgery but he had serious internal
injuries and he took a turn for the worse,'' Roman said. "He was on full
life support when he died around 2 a.m."
"This was a stand up kid all around," Roman said this morning.
"He was a very dedicated member of this department. It's a very big loss
for not only the fire department's family but the citizens that would have
benefited from his service."
A witness said that at the time of the
accident Pena was going north on Kennedy Boulevard and
the Toyota Rav4 driven by 51-year-old Moti Patel of Thorne Street was heading south, reports
said. The Toyota
turned left, clipping the rear wheel of the rear wheel of Pena's motorcycle
causing it to go into a spin, reports said.
Pena was thrown from the bike and struck a
parked car, officials said.
Patel said he saw the motorcycle about a half block to a block away at the time
he turned and said it was traveling at least 40 miles an hour, reports said,
adding that Patel said the motorcycle struck his car as he turned.
Pena served a one year tour in Iraq. A
graduate of Hudson Catholic High School,
he was a Jersey City
native and lifelong resident.
"We've lost an outstanding young man who
was raised in Jersey City by a fine, loving family and who had just started his
own family,'' Mayor Jerramiah Healy said. "He was well-respected and much
loved by the firefighters he worked with and will be greatly missed by
everyone."
Healy said his son, Firefighter Patrick Healy, and Pena were childhood friends
who played baseball together at Pershing Field in Little League and in the Babe
Ruth league.
"We are all grieving for the Pena
family," Healy said.
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