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: Driver Arrested After Head-On Collision In Fair Lawn
A driver was led away in handcuffs following a head-on Thanksgiving Eve crash in Fair Lawn. Members of the Hawthorne Volunteer Ambulance Corps took two occupants to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center's Wayne facility after the Nissan Rogue and Honda CRV collided at the intersection of Maple Avenue and Wagaraw Road around 7:30 p.m. Nov. 22. The extent of their injuries couldn't be determined. The Nissan driver who was arrested didn't appear injured. Fair Lawn firefighters also responded. Belfi's Towing removed the vehicles. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this story…
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Two Hospitalized In Three-Vehicle Pileup In Fair Lawn
At least two people were hospitalized following a three-car pileup late Saturday in Fair Lawn. Broadway was temporarily closed in both directions just after 11 p.m. Nov. 4 so that members of the Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps could tend to the wounded and the wreckage could be cleared from the intersection at Plaza Road. The extent of injuries couldn't immediately be determined. Serious damage was done to the late-1990s-era Honda CRV and two Toyotas -- a RAV4 and a Prius, which was broadsided on the driver's door -- all of which had to be towed from the scene. Fair Lawn firefighters…
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Falling Tree Limb Smashes SUV, Couple Survives Unscathed
A couple escaped injury when a tree limb fell on their vehicle in Ridgewood. The husband and wife were headed down South Irving Street near Grove Street in their Honda CRV with New York plates when the mishap occurred shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 18. Two Ridgewood police officers moved the limb after making sure that the couple was OK. Two Ridgewood police officers moved the limb after making sure that the couple was OK.Boyd A. Loving The vehicle was towed. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this report. It's a wonder no one was seriously hurt in the mishap on…
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SUV Slams Into Parked Cars In Ridgewood
A driver may have had a medical episode before his SUV struck three parked vehicles in Ridgewood on Tuesday, responders said. The senior driver of the Honda CRV was alert and conscious when members of the Ridgewood Volunteer Ambulance Corps loaded him into their rig following the crash on Cottage Place near the Stop & Shop on Franklin Avenue just before 1 p.m. July 18. He was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. The senior driver was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood.Boyd A. Loving Citywide Towing removed the SUV and a Honda Fit that was struck. A Mercedes Benz C300 …
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E-Bike Rider, 62, Struck By SUV, Teaneck Police Chief Urges Caution
A 62-year-old electric bicycle rider from Teaneck suffered what appeared to be broken bones when he was struck by an SUV driven by a 69-year-old township woman, authorities said. Police Chief Andrew McGurr pointed to the crash at the intersection of Palisade Avenue and Colonial Court shortly after 7 a.m. Wednesday, May 31, while urging both motorists and riders of alternative vehicles to be wary of one another. The Philodo H8 motorized bicycle rider was conscious and alert when he was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, the chief said. He'd been headed north on Palisade Avenue w…
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Catalytic Converter Thieves Drawing Intense Attention Of Police In Teaneck
It began with an overnight call to police from a Teaneck resident who heard an electric saw being used just outside the family's home. In no time, catalytic converter thieves had hit at least a dozen vehicles in the area, Police Chief Andrew R. McGurr said. Such thieves have been cutting out converters and selling them for scrap for years. It's recently become something of an epidemic, though -- one that is made all the more visible by the explosion of home security video. The highly-prized emissions-control devices help remove nitrogen oxide and other potentially toxic pollutants from a …
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Pickup Driver In Horrific Head-On Ridgewood Crash With 80-Year-Old Motorist Was DWI: Police
A driver from Hawthorne was drunk when his pickup truck slammed head-on into an SUV driven by an 80-year-old Waldwick woman in Ridgewood, authorities charged. Thomas Michalski, 59, was headed south on North Monroe Street when his Chevy Silverado crossed the double-yellow line Fairmount Road and collided with a northbound Honda CRV around 11:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. Both drivers were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, the chief said. What was left of the Chevrolet Silverado.Boyd A. Loving Michaski was charged with DWI, making an unsafe l…
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Horrific Head-On Crash In Ridgewood Leaves Twisted Wreckage
A driver from Hawthorne was drunk when his pickup truck slammed head-on into an SUV driven by an 80-year-old Waldwick woman in Ridgewood, authorities charged. Thomas Michalski, 59, was headed south on North Monroe Street when his Chevy Silverado crossed the double-yellow line Fairmount Road and collided with a northbound Honda CRV around 11:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. Both drivers were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, the chief said. Michaski was charged with DWI, making an unsafe lane change and not wearing a seat belt, she said. Ridgewoo…
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witched SUV Stopped, Driver Busted By Passaic County Sheriff's Detectives
A Dominican national was driving a “re-VINned” SUV that had been stolen out of the Bronx when Passaic County sheriff’s officers stopped him, authorities said. Members of the department’s Fugitive and Warrant Squad arrested Estaury Lanfranco, 27, after he pulled the Honda CRV into the parking lot of the Home Depot in Paterson, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Lanfranco was carrying a bogus New Jersey title for the vehicle that matched a phony VIN number, the sheriff said. It turns out the CRV had been reported stolen on Jan. 4, he added. Lanfranco was issued complaints for receiving stole…
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Law & Odor: K9 Sniffs Out Crack, Loaded Gun During Route 46 Stop In Little Ferry
A motorist who refused to let a Little Ferry officer search his SUV following a stop on Route 46 was arrested, authorities said, after a police dog led his partner to crack and a loaded gun. Officer James Serio stopped the 2012 Honda CRV with dark-tinted windows after the registration came up suspended during a quick computer check shortly after 4 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, Police Chief James Walters said. The driver -- identified as Reynaldo Perez, 41, of North Bergen -- began "aimlessly looking through the same documents" when he was asked for and couldn't produce the necessary paperwork, Se…
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SUV Slams Into Utility Pole In Glen Rock
A driver was hospitalized after an SUV slammed into a utility pole in Glen Rock. The Honda CRV crashed on Maple Avenue near the corner of Ackerman Avenue around 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1. Members of the Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the driver to St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson with chest pains. Maple Avenue was closed in both directions as All Points Towing removed the wreckage and the area was cleaned up. The Honda CRV crashed on Maple Avenue between Ackerman Avenue and Clifton Place in Glen Rock around 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1.Boyd A. Loving Glen Rock…
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Driver, 22, Hurt As SUV Flips On Route 80: State Police
A 22-year-old driver from Connecticut was hurt after her SUV flipped on Route 80, state police said. A Honda CRV was heading eastbound in Blairstown when the vehicle veered off the left side of the highway and overturned near milepost 9.2 just after 6:10 a.m. on Friday, July 29, NJSP Trooper Brandi Slota told DailyVoice.com. The driver — a 22-year-old woman from Waterbury, Connecticut — suffered non-life-threatening injuries, Slota said. All lanes were temporarily closed for the crash investigation and cleanup but have since reopened, according to 511NJ. Crash investigation on I-80 ea…
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New Jersey Lieutenant's Daughter Becomes Organ Donor Days After Crash That Killed Wife
The 3-year-old daughter of a New Jersey corrections officer was removed from life support days after a crash that killed her mother and hurt her two siblings. Lily James died over the weekend, and became an organ donor. Lily's mom, Denise James, was pronounced dead at the scene of the Freehold crash last week, while her brothers suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Posted by Jersey Coast Emergency News on Monday, July 18, 2022 Posted by Jersey Coast Emergency News on Monday, July 18, 2022 Denise JamesDenise James Facebook A GoFundMe page for the family's patriarch, Lt. Craig Ja…
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Support Surging For Family Of Mom, Wife Of Police Lt. Killed In Monmouth County Crash
UPDATE: Three-year-old Lily James was removed from life support over the weekend and became an organ donor. ORIGINAL STORY: Support is surging for the family of a 42-year-old mother and wife of a New Jersey corrections officer who was killed, and their 3-year-old daughter left critical in a head-on crash with a pickup truck last week. Denise James had her three children in her minivan during the Siloam Road crash in Freehold, according to those who knew her and the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office. A GoFundMe campaign was launched for Denise's husband, Craig James, by the New Jersey Su…
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SUV Driver Hospitalized After Shattering Utility Pole In Ridgewood
A driver was hospitalized after her SUV slammed head-on into a utility pole in Ridgewood over the July 4th weekend. The Honda CRV rammed the pole in front of a Berkshire Road home near Grove Park on Sunday afternoon. The Ridgewood Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the driver to The Valley Hospital with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening. The Ridgewood Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the driver to The Valley Hospital.Boyd A. Loving A PSE&G crew was summoned to replace the pole. The vehicle was towed. Borough police responded with a Ridgewood Emergency Services unit. Boy…
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Firefighters Free Driver In Englewood Crash
Englewood firefighters extricated the driver of an SUV that hit a parked vehicle and landed on its side. The Honda CRV coincidentally struck another CRV before topping on Van Nostrand Avenue between Broad and Grand avenues just off westbound Route 4 around 3:30 p.m. Friday, March 25. The driver was checked out and cleared by EMS.
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Teen Carjackers Drag Driver From Her SUV, Paterson Police Nab Both After Chase Into Clifton
A driver was dragged from her SUV by two carjackers -- one 17, the other 13 -- who were both nabbed by Paterson police after the stolen vehicle caused a chain-reaction crash in Clifton, authorities said. Officer Eddy Pichardo began pursuing the Honda CRV with Connecticut license plates soon after the teens opened the victim's door and yanked her out at the Conoco quick-stop gas station on Main Street around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, city Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Pichardo followed the CRV into Clifton, where the 17-year-old driver suddenly pulled into the parking lot of the CVS at Mai…
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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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Englewood Girl, 11, Injured In SUV Accident
An 11-year-old Englewood girl was hospitalized following a vehicle accident Wednesday morning, authorities said. The child ran into the street and into the side of a passing Honda CRV on Durie Avenue near Tenafly Road around 8 a.m., Police Lt. Fred Pulice said. She was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a leg injury, he said. The 59-year-old female driver from Englewood remained at the scene and wasn't issued any summonses.
Obituaries
NJ Yeshiva Student, 19, Killed In Denver Crime Spree
A 19-year-old man from New Jersey was killed during a crime spree outside of his Yeshiva Tuesday night in Denver. Shmuel Silverberg's body has been flown to Lakewood for a funeral service. The incident started with a call of a carjacking, in which a suspect got into a Honda CRV with the driver inside and pointed a gun at them. That victim was not injured, police say. The suspects then robbed and shot a man walking on nearby streets about an hour later. That victim remains critical, police say. Silverberg was walking out of Yeshiva Toras Chaim Talmudical Seminary when someone fired at…
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Hackensack PD: City Man Caught Picking Up 13 Pounds Of Pot For Sale
A Hackensack man was arrested by city narcotics detectives after he emerged from a local luxury apartment building carrying 13 pounds of pot for sale, authorities said. Detective Sergeant John Dalton and Detective Sgt. Matthew Swetits watched a 2010 Honda CRV with a Pennsylvania license plate driven by Gary Gill, 47, enter the parking lot of World Plaza on Prospect Avenue shortly after 1:30 p.m. Monday, Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Gill got out empty handed, entered the building and emerged with the two weighted bags, DeWitt said. He then "looked around suspiciously before returning…
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Update
: Fairview Man Charged With Vehicular Homicide In Deaths Of Couple On GWB
UPDATE: Authorities charged a Fairview driver with two counts of vehicular homicide in the deaths of a Bronx couple killed in a crash Friday on the George Washington Bridge. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/cliffsidepark/police-fire/fairview-man-charged-with-vehicular-homicide-in-deaths-of-couple-on-gwb/793270/ ****** PREVIOUS POST: A Bronx couple was killed in a Thursday morning crash on the George Washington Bridge's lowel level, authorities said. Muharem Frluckaj, 52, was driving a Honda CRV that collided with a Chevy Corvette in the westbound lower-level lanes shortly before 9:30 a.m…
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SUV Hits Deer On Busy Northbound Route 17
A deer wandered onto Route 17 in broad daylight Tuesday afternoon and was struck by an SUV in Saddle River. The 47-year-old Brooklyn driver wasn’t injured in the noontime crash on the highway’s northbound side just before the East Allendale Avenue exit, police said. His Honda CRV was damaged, however. ****** ALSO SEE: An out-of-control sedan driven by a 79-year-old Westwood man crashed into a guard rail, transformer and utility pole on Route 208 in Franklin Lakes after it clipped the back of a van driven by a 75-year-old Haledon motorist, police said Tuesday. https://dailyvoice.com/…
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Trucker Charged With Vehicular Homicide, Assault In Fatal NJ Turnpike Crash
A chain-reaction crash on the NJ Turnpike in Ridgefield that claimed the life of a Long Island man was caused by a Seattle truck driver, said State Police who charged him vehicular homicide. Stefan (Stephen) Shipinkoski, 22, remained held Thursday in the Bergen County Jail on death-by-auto and assault-by-auto charges following his arrest Wednesday. Shipinkoski was driving a Freightliner box truck that rear-ended a Nissan Altima, igniting the chain-reaction crash on the Turnpike’s southbound western spur just after 2 p.m. Saturday, NJ State Police Trooper Alejandro Goez said. Luis Choez-Pad…
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Authorities ID Pedestrian, 33, Struck, Killed In Ridgefield
UPDATE: Ridgefield police detectives fulfilled next-of-kin notification and, in turn, publicly identified a 33-year-old borough woman who was struck and killed by an SUV at a notorious borough intersection earlier this week. A 78-year-old Fort Lee driver was behind the wheel of the Honda CRV that struck Patricia H. Sagna as she crossed Route 5 at Maple Avenue Monday night, Deputy Police Chief Robert Meurer said. Sagna was pronounced dead at the scene, he said. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Investigations Unit joined borough police in the investigation. The Bergen County She…
Police & Fire
Authorities Seek Kin Of Ridgefield Woman, 33, Struck, Killed On Route 5
UPDATE: Ridgefield police on Tuesday continued trying to locate the next of kin of a 33-year-old borough woman who was struck and killed by an SUV at a notorious borough intersection the night before. A 78-year-old Fort Lee driver was behind the wheel of the Honda CRV that struck the woman as she crossed Route 5 at Maple Avenue, Deputy Police Chief Robert Meurer said. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, he said. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Investigations Unit joined borough police in what is an ongoing investigation. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau collected e…
Police & Fire
Pedestrian, 33, Struck, Killed In Ridgefield
UPDATE: Ridgefield police detectives fulfilled next-of-kin notification and, in turn, publicly identified a 33-year-old borough woman who was struck and killed by an SUV at a notorious borough intersection earlier this week. A 78-year-old Fort Lee driver was behind the wheel of the Honda CRV that struck Patricia H. Sagna as she crossed Route 5 at Maple Avenue Monday night, Deputy Police Chief Robert Meurer said. Sagna was pronounced dead at the scene, he said. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Investigations Unit joined borough police in the investigation. The Bergen County She…
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Update
: Man Killed In Linden Motorcycle Crash Was Fords Resident, 21
Authorities in Linden Thursday identified the man killed in a motorcycle the day before as Moustafa Elgendi, 21, of Fords. Elgendi was riding a 2004 Suzuki north on Roselle Street collided with a 2007 Honda CRV around 6:20 p.m. Wednesday night. Elgendi was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Honda, a 21-year-old Brooklyn man, was airlifted to University Hospital in Newark in critical condition. He was still critical Thursday, police said. The crash was still under investigation Thursday. Anyone with information is asked to call Investigator Peter K…
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