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Runaway Tractor Rams Carlstadt Home Runaway Tractor Rams Carlstadt Home
Runaway Tractor Rams Carlstadt Home No injuries were reported after a tractor barreled down a steep hill and into a Carlstadt home. The trailer-less tractor "had an almost a perfect landing," a witness said, when it rolled directly down Broad Street and into the garage door of the 6th Street home around 8:30 p.m. Sunday, June 9. The borough Building Department was notified. Local resident Bud Davis said it was the third time he's known of a vehicle hitting the 6th Street house after careening down the former cobblestone hill. "The last was about 10 years ago in the middle of the day and was a hit-and-run," Davis wrote. "In …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Firefighters Douse Teaneck Cabinet Store Blaze Firefighters Douse Teaneck Cabinet Store Blaze
Firefighters Douse Teaneck Cabinet Store Blaze Firefighters knocked down a Saturday morning blaze at a Teaneck cabinet store. The fire broke out around 11 a.m. at Suburban Cabinets, which sits just below State Street. It quickly went to two alarms, requiring mutual aid. No injuries were immediately reported. Fire officials requested a building department investigator. ****** SEE ANYTHING? The driver of a car that hit a young teen Friday night in Teaneck took off, said police who were searching for the vehicle. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/teaneck/police-fire/boy-crossing-street-hospitalized-in-teaneck-hit-run/779327/ ******

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Fair Lawn HS School Student Knocked Out As Car Careens Into House Fair Lawn HS School Student Knocked Out As Car Careens Into House
Fair Lawn HS School Student Knocked Out As Car Careens Into House A 17-year-old passenger was briefly knocked unconscious early Monday afternoon when a sedan plowed into a tree, flagpole, wooden fence and front steps of a Fair Lawn house, responders said. He regained consciousness and was taken along with the driver, also a 17-year-old boy, to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson following the lunchtime crash on 20th Street near Eastern Drive, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The boys -- both Fair Lawn High School students -- had to be helped from the 2017 Honda Civic, he said, adding that the passenger had a head injury and the driver a hand injury.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Roof Of Attached Paramus Garage Collapses Roof Of Attached Paramus Garage Collapses
Roof Of Attached Paramus Garage Collapses Paramus building inspectors were examining a home Wednesday morning after the roof of an attached garage collapsed. Paramus police, firefighters and Rescue Squad members responded to the Hickory Avenue home after a  neighbor called 911. No one was injured. A subcode official from the borough Building Department was summoned to evaluate the home's suitability for continued occupancy. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco