Former NJ politician dies in Newark crash: Officials

NEW JERSEY (PIX11) -- Former state Assemblymember Alberto Coutinho died in a crash in Newark, according to officials. He was 56. The two-vehicle crash happened Sunday before 8 a.m. on McCarter Highway and South Street, according to Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II. Coutinho was taken to an area hospital and pronounced dead. The [...]