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UPDATE: Police ID Fords Man Found Dead Inside Tanker Trailer in Linden

Linden

The 43-year-old Fords man found dead inside a tanker trailer in Linden has been identified.

According to police, Linden Police and Fire Units responded to ‪4200 Tremley Point R‬oad shortly after 2 p.m. for a report of an unconscious man inside of a tanker trailer. 

Members of the Linden Fire Department, with assistance from Union County Hazmat and the Elizabeth Fire Department, performed a confined space rescue and were able to reach the man, later identified as 43-year-old Tengo Paone.

The circumstances surrounding his Paone’s death remain under investigation, though investigators do not suspect foul play.

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