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Skyline Drive, Oakland, NJ
Police & Fire
Pickup Passenger Hospitalized After Branch Falls Near State Line
A passenger escaped serious injury when an SUV struck a fallen branch on Skyline Drive in Oakland, authorities said. The 39-year-old Ringwood woman was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood as a precaution following the Ford Explorer crash near the New York State line shortly after 9 p.m. Monday, Oakland Police Capt. Timothy Keenan said. Skyline Drive was temporarily closed following the mishap. Sgt. Stephen Broek and Officers Donald Harvey, Andrew Vecchione and Jacquelyn Jensen responded.
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: Teen Driver Dies After Head-On Crash Near Bergen/Passaic Border
UPDATE: An 18-year-old West Milford motorist who was airlifted to the hospital following a head-on crash on Skyline Drive in Oakland was later pronounced dead, authorities said. An investigation into the cause of the collision was continuing, they said, adding that he won't be publicly identified until next of kin are properly notified. The southbound teenage driver's Toyota Corolla crossed the double-yellow line and slammed into a northbound Ford van driven by a 64-year-old Ringwood woman shortly before 1:30 p.m. Monday, Oakland Police Capt. Timothy Keenan said. Borough firefighters extr…
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Seriously Injured Teen Driver Airlifted After Head-On Crash Near Bergen/Passaic Border
A seriously injured 18-year-old West Milford motorist who was airlifted to the hospital following a head-on crash on Skyline Drive in Oakland was later pronounced dead, authorities said. The southbound teenage driver's Toyota Corolla crossed the double-yellow line and slammed into a northbound Ford van driven by a 64-year-old Ringwood woman shortly before 1:30 p.m. Monday, Oakland Police Capt. Timothy Keenan said. Borough firefighters extricated the teen, who was brought by members of the Oakland First Aid Squad to Indian Hills High School, Keenan said. There he was loaded into Hackensack…
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Paterson DWI Driver With Juvenile Passenger Jailed After Bergen Crash
A drunk Paterson driver had a child in the car with her when she was involved in an accident on Skyline Drive in Oakland, authorities said. Karina Merchan, 39, was driving a Honda CRV that struck a Ram pickup truck as its driver was making a U-turn on Saturday, Jan. 29, Capt. Timothy Keenan said. A second passenger with Merchan and the juvenile sustained a minor neck injury but declined medical attention, the captain said. Merchan was taken into custody after failing field sobriety tests and giving the responding officers false identifying information, Keenan said. She was charged with as…
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Update
: Extricated Rockland Driver, Daughter, 2, Hospitalized In Route 287 Flying Tire Crash
SEE ANYTHING? A seriously-injured Rockland County driver was flown out by medical chopper and his 2-year-old daughter was also hospitalized following a freak accident Thursday morning on Route 287, said NJ State Police, who were seeking witnesses. A wheel became dislodged from a northbound vehicle, bounded over the median and crashed into a southbound Ford Fusion in the area of Exit 58 just south of Skyline Drive in Oakland shortly before 8:30 a.m., Trooper Charles Marchan said. The Ford then struck the center and right barriers before careening into the woods off the highway, he said. So…
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: Driver Airlifted From Route 287 After Flying Tire Crash
SEE ANYTHING? A seriously-injured Rockland County driver was flown out by medical chopper and his 2-year-old daughter was also hospitalized following a freak accident Thursday morning on Route 287, said NJ State Police, who were seeking witnesses. A wheel became dislodged from a northbound vehicle, bounded over the median and crashed into a southbound Ford Fusion in the area of Exit 58 just south of Skyline Drive in Oakland shortly before 8:30 a.m., Trooper Charles Marchan said. The Ford then struck the center and right barriers before careening into the woods off the highway, he said. So…
Police & Fire
Oakland PD: Warwick Driver, 24, Killed In Skyline Drive Wrong-Way Crash
A 24-year-old Warwick woman was killed when her car veered across the double-yellow line on Skyline Drive in Oakland early Tuesday and slammed head-on into a minivan, authorities said. The driver of the northbound 2011 Volkswagen Routan -- a 42-year-old Springfield, MA man -- and four of his passengers were taken to local hospitals with moderate injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening, Police Lt. Christian Eldridge said after the 8:18 a.m. crash. It was initially unclear why the deceased driver’s 2001 Toyota Corolla ended up in the oncoming lane. An investigation was continuing, E…
Police & Fire
Charges Pending After Wrong-Way West Milford Pickup Driver Hits Day Camp Buses In Oakland
UPDATE: Oakland police on Tuesday said they were preparing charges against a driver from West Milford whose pickup truck swerved across the road and into two buses carrying more than two dozen young day campers. The 21-year-old driver was hospitalized with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening following Monday's crash just after 4 p.m. on Skyline Drive. None of the youngsters aboard either Spring Lake Day Camp (Ringwood) short school bus -- one carrying 16, the other 14 -- had to be hospitalized, authorities said. "All of the children were evaluated on sce…
Police & Fire
Police: Kids OK After Wrong-Way West Milford Pickup Truck Hits Day Camp Buses In Oakland
A pickup truck driver from West Milford swerved across the road and into two short school buses carrying more than two dozen young day campers in Oakland, authorities said Tuesday. The 21-year-old driver was hospitalized with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening following Monday's crash just after 4 p.m. on Skyline Drive. None of the youngsters aboard either Spring Lake Day Camp (Ringwood) buses -- one carrying 16, the other 14 -- had to be hospitalized, authorities said. "All of the children were evaluated on scene by EMTs and no further medical treatment was required," Lt.…
Police & Fire
Trailer Topples On Rain-Slicked Route 287 In Oakland
The second crash of the morning Friday on northbound Route 287 in Oakland toppled a dump trailer, leaving it and a full-sized SUV in the middle of the highway and gravel across the road. Traffic backed up quickly on the northbound highway near Skyline Drive just after 10:30 a.m. There were no apparent injuries. More than six hours earlier, two tractor-trailers involved in a crash on the same stretch of highway reportedly sent beer bottles crashing onto the road. The toppled trailer.Mike Moris for DAILY VOICE
Police & Fire
Oakland PD Charges West Milford Driver With Having Heroin, Crack
Oakland police arrested a West Milford woman who they said had heroin and crack in her car when they stopped it. Christine Opperman, 37, was charged with three counts of drug possession and one of having drug paraphernalia after Friday's stop on Skyline Drive by Officer Charles Kelly. She remained held Tuesday in the Bergen County Jail.
Police & Fire
Update
: Bodies Of Teen Ramapo Lake Drowning Victims Recovered
UPDATE: The bodies of a 17-year-old boy and girl from Essex County who drowned in Ramapo Lake in Oakland during Tuesday evening's storm were both recovered hours later, responders said. Matthew Poole and Isabella Brodsky were about to become seniors at Livingston High School. “They were swimming when the storm hit," a law enforcement official told Daily Voice. "The boy went in to save the girl." Poole's body was recovered just before 9 p.m., nearly three hours after going under, he said. Brodsky's was found an hour or so later. Several dive teams responded to a staging area…
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