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Hackensack Man, 21, Killed In Grisly Route 46 Hit And Run ID'd, Search For Car Continues Hackensack Man, 21, Killed In Grisly Route 46 Hit And Run ID'd, Search For Car Continues
Hackensack Man, 21, Killed In Grisly Route 46 Hit And Run ID'd, Search For Car Continues UPDATE: A pedestrian who was struck and killed by a late-night hit-and-run driver on Route 46 last week was identified Tuesday as a 21-year-old Hackensack resident. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said authorities were still searching for the driver who kept going after his or her vehicle struck Jossy Israel Laguna-Matamoros on eastbound Route 46 (Winant Avenue) near Ridgefield Avenue in Ridgefield Park shortly after 11 p.m. Friday, April 7. Laguna-Matamoros was then struck, pinned and dragged beneath a Tesla in the westbound lanes, responders said. Firefighters raised the vehicle t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Crash That Killed Bergenfield Senior Involved Speed, Inattention By Other Driver: Teaneck PD Crash That Killed Bergenfield Senior Involved Speed, Inattention By Other Driver: Teaneck PD
Crash That Killed Bergenfield Senior Involved Speed, Inattention By Other Driver: Teaneck PD A Franklin Lakes motorist was driving his brand-new Ferrari at an “unsafe" speed when it T-boned an SUV in Teaneck, killing its 92-year-old driver, according to police. The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Fatal Accident Unit is investigating the June 25 crash that killed Albert Schnellbacher of Bergenfield (inset above). Part of that investigation includes an accident report filed by Teaneck police that cites "unsafe speed" and " inattention" by the driver, Scott Lieberman, 60. The crash happened on a Saturday shortly before 2 p.m. Schnellbacher was headed east on Briarcliffe Road in his 2008 …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Gruesome Scene In Middle Of Route 287 Amid Furious Effort To Revive Hit-Run Victim Gruesome Scene In Middle Of Route 287 Amid Furious Effort To Revive Hit-Run Victim
Gruesome Scene In Middle Of Route 287 Amid Furious Effort To Revive Hit-Run Victim It was a horrific scene as responders furiously tried to save the life of a pedestrian who had a limb and a hand severed by a hit-and-run driver on northbound Route 287 near the NJ/NY border. The 29-year-old local resident was struck at 7:47 p.m. Wednesday at milepost 65.4 in Mahwah by a vehicle that kept going, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. He'd apparently "walked out onto the highway" when he was hit, a ranking law enforcement officer told Daily Voice. Tourniquets were applied to both of his arms, responders said. He also sustained a skull fracture and was breathing f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEE ANYTHING? Man Struck, Killed On Route 4: Driver Flees, Body Not Spotted For Hours SEE ANYTHING? Man Struck, Killed On Route 4: Driver Flees, Body Not Spotted For Hours
SEE Anything? Man Struck, Killed On Route 4: Driver Flees, Body Not Spotted For Hours An as-yet-unidentified man was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver on Route 4 before dawn Saturday. Authorities were seeking witnesses. The victim -- a black male in his 50s -- apparently was struck sometime at the Dean Street overpass on the westbound side in Englewood sometime between 3:30-4 a.m. and knocked into the air, responders said. His body wasn't found until just after 7 a.m., however, because it had become wedged between the guardrail and the wall of the overpass, they said. An investigation continued past noon, with a single lane of the westbound highway open. The Bergen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Emerson Driver Charged In Paramus Hit-And-Run That Killed Pedestrian, 58 UPDATE: Emerson Driver Charged In Paramus Hit-And-Run That Killed Pedestrian, 58
Update: Emerson Driver Charged In Paramus Hit-And-Run That Killed Pedestrian, 58 UPDATE: Sometimes sharing stories really does make a difference. A Daily Voice reader who saw a story shared in a Facebook group about the search for a hit-and-run vehicle that struck and killed a woman in Paramus provided the tip that led to the capture of the accused driver. The tipster said he suspected the damaged Ford brought into an auto body shop in Congers was the same one mentioned in a Daily Voice story about the search for the fleeing driver who killed the 58-year-old woman as she walked along a local road early Thursday. So he notified authorities. READ MORE HERE.... The origin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Morris County Pedestrian Killed On Route 23 In Wayne Morris County Pedestrian Killed On Route 23 In Wayne
Morris County Pedestrian Killed On Route 23 In Wayne A Morris County man was struck and killed on Route 23 in Wayne Friday night, authorities said. Gavino Salazar, 27, of Pequannock was struck by the 2018 Honda Tucson near the Royal Car Wash on the northbound highway around 6:45 p.m., authorities said. He was pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson about 45 minutes later, responders said. No charges were immediately filed nor summonses issued to the driver, a 30-year-old Congers, NY woman, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Wayne Police Chief Jack McNiff said in a joint release. An investigation by …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Hawthorne Driver Rescued From Fiery Wreckage Of Head-On Glen Rock Crash Was Drunk Police: Hawthorne Driver Rescued From Fiery Wreckage Of Head-On Glen Rock Crash Was Drunk
Police: Hawthorne Driver Rescued From Fiery Wreckage Of Head-On Glen Rock Crash Was Drunk UPDATE: The trapped Hawthorne driver rescued from his car before the flames of a burning truck could reach him after a head-on crash in Glen Rock over the weekend was drunk, authorities said. Jason A. Bednar, 41, of Hawthorne was saved by a trio of Glen Rock police officers with “complete disregard for their personal safety,” Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Responding police Sgt. Greg Carter and Officers John Tarantino and Nick Onove found a Chevy Trailblazer in flames just after 4 a.m. Saturday on Lincoln Avenue at Rock Road, Ackermann said. The Trailblazer driver got out of his truck …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities Seek Help Following Fatal New Milford Hit-Run Authorities Seek Help Following Fatal New Milford Hit-Run
Authorities Seek Help Following Fatal New Milford Hit-Run Authorities are seeking public assistance following a New Milford hit-and-run that left one man dead Thursday morning. The accident occurred at approximately 6:20 a.m., at the Henley Avenue and Cherry Street intersection, police said. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Fatal Accident Investigation Unit at 201-226-5595, or the New Milford Police Department at 201-261-1400. The man's identity was not released.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Reward Grows In Route 46 Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Man, 28 Reward Grows In Route 46 Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Man, 28
Reward Grows In Route 46 Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Man, 28 TEANECK, N.J. -- A GoFundMe reward grew Thursday to nearly $3,000 for information that helps find whoever was responsible for the hit-and-run death of 28-year-old Teaneck man as he crossed Route 46 near the Teterboro Walmart last month. "Brian Rossi was a loving son, brother, uncle, and friend who was taken away from us all too soon," his sister, Sharyn Rossi Agnew, wrote on the GoFundMe page she launched earlier this week. "The culprit(s) left the scene and left Brian to die on the side of the road, alone," after the 5:50 a.m. Jan. 5 crash near Industrial Avenue. "…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Authorities ID Vehicles In Teterboro Hit-Run Death Authorities ID Vehicles In Teterboro Hit-Run Death
Authorities ID Vehicles In Teterboro Hit-Run Death TETERBORO, N.J. -- Authorities released a photo of a black Ford Focus that they said struck and killed a 28-year-old Teaneck man as he crossed Route 46 near the Teterboro Walmart earlier this month and another car that picked up the driver. Brian Rossi was pronounced dead at the scene of the 5:50 a.m. Jan. 5 crash near Industrial Avenue, and investigators have been searching for whomever was responsible ever since. On Wednesday, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said that evidence recovered from the scene "indicates that the vehicle is a black Ford Focus, sedan or hatchback, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEE ANYTHING? Teaneck Man, 28, Killed In Hit-Run Outside Teterboro Walmart SEE ANYTHING? Teaneck Man, 28, Killed In Hit-Run Outside Teterboro Walmart
SEE Anything? Teaneck Man, 28, Killed In Hit-Run Outside Teterboro Walmart UPDATE: A Lodi man was charged Tuesday (Feb. 20) in connection with the hit-and-run death of 28-year-old Teaneck man as he crossed Route 46 near the Teterboro Walmart last month. Brandon Bialek, 32, was booked into the Bergen County Jail on charges of knowingly leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death and hindering his apprehension by suppressing evidence. He remained there pending a detention hearing. Bialek, a twin whose Facebook profile lists him as a lab aide at the Bergen County Utilities Authority, is listed on his MyLife page as owning a 2013 Ford Focus -- the model of car tha…

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by Jerry DeMarco