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Bicyclist, 14, Airlifted After Crash Wasn't Wearing Helmet: Old Tappan Police Bicyclist, 14, Airlifted After Crash Wasn't Wearing Helmet: Old Tappan Police
Bicyclist, 14, Airlifted After Crash Wasn't Wearing Helmet: Old Tappan Police UPDATE: A teenage bicyclist from Old Tappan who collided with a vehicle driven by a New York motorist over the weekend, critically injuring himself, wasn't wearing a helmet, authorities said. A witness told responding officers that the 14-year-old had turned right without stopping onto Ogle Road at the T intersection from Mavus Road -- near Tappan Lake and the Rockland County border -- when he slammed into the passenger side of the vehicle around 10:30 a.m. June 11, Old Tappan Police Chief Joseph Tracy said. The Chester, NY driver "attempted to veer out of the way but was unable to," the ch…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Responders Rescue Man Who Fell Into Trench In Old Tappan Responders Rescue Man Who Fell Into Trench In Old Tappan
Responders Rescue Man Who Fell Into Trench In Old Tappan A passerby was hospitalized with a leg injury after he fell into an open trench Thursday morning in Old Tappan. Borough police were joined by firefighters and members of the Old Tappan First Aid Corps after finding the man, who'd fallen into the nearly 9-foot hole at the site of a massive construction project on Old Tappan Road shortly before 10 a.m. A basket was needed to lift the 250-or-so-pound victim out. A regional rescue call was made and a medical chopper was briefly put on standby, but neither was necessary, responders said. "It's just a guy who fell into a hole," one said. "…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Shopper From Wayne Struck Outside Old Tappan Foodtown Hospitalized Shopper From Wayne Struck Outside Old Tappan Foodtown Hospitalized
Shopper From Wayne Struck Outside Old Tappan Foodtown Hospitalized A 50-year-old Wayne woman was hospitalized after being struck by a vehicle Sunday afternoon in front of the Foodtown in Old Tappan, authorities said. The Old Tappan First Aid Corps took the woman to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood after she complained of pain to both feet and ankles, Police Chief Thomas Shine said Monday. She was walking behind the vehicle at the BiState Plaza shopping center when the driver backed out of the space and struck her around 4:30 p.m., Shine said. No summonses were issued pending the final results of an investigation that was continuing, the chief said.

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by Jerry DeMarco