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Orange County truck driver Lawrence Scherf narrowly escapes death

An Orange County man is lucky to be alive after his tractor-trailer crashed in New Jersey Tuesday. State troopers and firefighters rescued Lawrence Scherf, of Vails Gate, who fell into a creek after

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Aug 19, 2014, 10:49 PM

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