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SOMERVILLE, N.J. — Crime Stoppers of Somerset has increased the reward it initially offered from $2,500 to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for the hit-and-run death of retired Somerville firefighter George Kavanaugh.
Kavanaugh was fatally struck on March 6 in front of Somerville Fire Department Lincoln Hose Company No. 4’s firehouse.
At approximately 9:25 p.m., Kavanaugh, 75, of Somerville, was standing on the sidewalk directly in front of the firehouse, located at 34 Warren Street, awaiting a ride from his friend, when he was struck and run over by a light-colored vehicle that had backed out of the fire department parking lot, police have said.
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