A tree fell on a little league dugout during a game in New Jersey, nearly crushing several children but miraculously injuring none.

A video captured the moment the hulking tree collapsed during a game between Fair Haven Diamonds and the Middletown Hammers.

The tree fell right on top of the Diamonds’ packed dugout while their team was up at bat, sending the children into a blind scramble to safety.

The coach of the Middletown team rushed to help the children get to safety, followed by multiple parents.

The little league teams are comprised of primarily 10 to 11-year-old children.

“Some abrasions on the top of the head, nothing major. First aid checked them out along with patrols, and they refused medical attention. Their parents were here with them so after that they were released,” Lt. Stephen Schneider of Fair Haven Police told ABC7.

The branch could be heard on the video cracking just before it fell.

“When I go back and watch it, it’s eerie. Nobody’s paying attention to the noises.” Middletown coach Garrett Van Alstyne told ABC7.

Van Alstyne’s son, who was in the outfield at the time, heroically rushed to the dugout to make sure his opponents were alright, according to CBS News.

Four men have been charged in connection with a food theft ring that targeted cargo trucks along the New Jersey Turnpike.

New Jersey State Police said Monday the suspects, all from Philadelphia, were apprehended in the middle of another break-in. Shaun Coleman, 23, Salahudin Reddy, 37, Hanif Tucker, 31, and Rashan Clark-Reddy, 26, face multiple counts of conspiracy, criminal mischief, burglary and possession of stolen goods. Law enforcement said they are connected to numerous thefts over the past three years in the area, involving items worth millions of dollars.

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Police said the arrests followed a two-month investigation nicknamed “Operation Beef Bandit.” Officers had been searching for the crew responsible for a string of burglaries at service areas off the New Jersey Turnpike, all nine of which involved the theft of meat, alcohol, seafood and other high-value items from parked trailers. In many cases, the vehicles were occupied.

Early Friday morning, state troopers noticed two suspicious vehicles enter the Molly Pitcher Service Area off the turnpike, authorities said. Four suspects exited and attempted to steal boxes of meat from a tractor trailer parked in the lot. Police quickly caught Tucker and, after a brief foot chase, Coleman. But Reddy and Clark-Reddy fled in a stolen vehicle, crashing into an occupied, unmarked police car and two marked police vehicles in their escape attempt. Police pursued and apprehended the pair, with three state troopers sustaining minor injuries. One officer was treated at a hospital and later released.

Sgt. Charles Marchan could not say if the suspects were connected to the recent cargo thefts in South Philadelphia. In August, thieves swiped about 350-400 pounds of tuna from a refrigerated trailer truck at Samuels Seafood Co. In September, six men in masks stole another three pallets of seafood from Seventh Street and Packer Avenue. Police also reported cargo thefts of snow crab, beef, salmon and bourbon in the city earlier in the summer and spring.

While Marchan acknowledged that the “same MO” appears in numerous cargo thefts across the region, he stressed that the investigation is still ongoing. New Jersey State Police is soliciting tips regarding these crimes at 732-522-4295, extension 3226. All four suspects have been taken to Middlesex County Jail, where they await bail detention hearings. 

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Fire officials in New Jersey said a woman has died after she was pilled from an early morning house fire in Haddonfield, NJ.

According to fire officials, firefighters pulled the woman from a home along the 400 block of Walnut Street in Haddonfield, NJ, at about 7 a.m. on Monday.

Here, officials said, a kitchen fire filled the home with smoke and fire crews pulled a woman from the home. first responders attempted life-saving efforts, however, a fire official said the woman died.

As of about 8:30 a.m. on Monday, officials provided no further information on the identity of the person who perished in this incident.

Officials said an investigation into this fire is ongoing and an update on this incident is expected sometime Monday morning.

This is a breaking news story. It will be updated as new information becomes available.