Sparta Police
| 29 Sep 2011 | 08:23
March 25 At 6:37 a.m., Sparta police responded to a reported head-on motor vehicle accident on Route 15. Walter Hood, 53. of Dingmans Ferry, Pa., was transported to Newton Hospital, where he was treated and released. The second driver succumbed to his injuries at Newton Hospital. His name was withheld pending notification of family. The cause of the accident is being investigated by Ptl. Raymond Mueller of the Sparta Police Department, who is also a member of the Sussex County analysis and reconstruction team, whose members will assist in the investigation. The traffic doversion team of the Department of Transportation also assisted at the scene.