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VIDEO: Driver Charged In Wild PIP Road-Rage Crash Caught On Dashcam VIDEO: Driver Charged In Wild PIP Road-Rage Crash Caught On Dashcam
Video: Driver Charged In Wild PIP Road-Rage Crash Caught On Dashcam A driver who survived a horrific crash on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Alpine following a miles-long viral-video encounter has been charged, authorities confirmed. Michael Brabham, 27, of Stony Point, NY told authorities that the Jan. 24 crash on the northbound parkway in Alpine was "caused by having a road rage incident with another vehicle," PIP Detective Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said Friday, Feb. 4. YouTube user Racerwong.Shooterwong posted a dashcam video of Brabham's 2012 Honda Accord tailgating a Ford F-150 in the left lane before suddenly veering across the right l…

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Rockland Couple Hospitalized In Alpine PIP Crash Rockland Couple Hospitalized In Alpine PIP Crash
Rockland Couple Hospitalized In Alpine PIP Crash A Rockland man and woman were hospitalized after their sedan crashed off the southbound Palisades Interstate Parkway in Alpine on Saturday, authorities said. Responding officers found the West Haverstraw victims out of their 2018 Audi A4, which crashed into several trees and rocks on the center media near Exit 2 around 11 a.m., Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. The 52-year-old male driver had the more serious injuries -- including head trauma and chest pain -- when he and his 65-year-old passenger were taken to the trauma unit at Hackensack Univer…

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WILD NIGHT: Bergen Homeowner Grabs Car Thief, 3 Others Captured In Multi-Agency Dragnet WILD NIGHT: Bergen Homeowner Grabs Car Thief, 3 Others Captured In Multi-Agency Dragnet
Wild Night: Bergen Homeowner Grabs Car Thief, 3 Others Captured In Multi-Agency Dragnet Police from several agencies converged on the area and nabbed three juveniles after an Englewood Cliffs homeowner grabbed their companion and held him for officers, authorities said. The Allison Drive homeowner alerted police after the first thief had entered a car in his driveway shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday, Detective Lt. Ronald F Waldt said. The other three took off on foot, leaving behind a Mercedes Benz S550 that had been reported stolen on Staten Island late last week. Englewood Cliffs police notified surrounding agencies, a perimeter was established and the search was on, Waldt sa…

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Authorities Probe Alarming Discovery Of German Shepherds Abandoned Throughout Bergen, Passaic Authorities Probe Alarming Discovery Of German Shepherds Abandoned Throughout Bergen, Passaic
Authorities Probe Alarming Discovery Of German Shepherds Abandoned Throughout Bergen, Passaic Authorities have launched a major investigation into the alarming discovery of no fewer than nine apparently related German Shepherds abandoned in various areas of North Jersey this past week. “Something foul has happened,” Deborah Yankow, the director of the Bergen County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center, said Friday. “What that is we don’t yet know.” “German Shepherds, like any other breed, come in all sizes, shapes and colors,” Yankow said. “But going from the two we have at the shelter and the pictures I’ve looked at, they all look identical, like siblings.” Five of the young adult …

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Authorities Probe Alarming Discovery Of German Shepherds Abandoned Throughout Bergen, Passaic Authorities Probe Alarming Discovery Of German Shepherds Abandoned Throughout Bergen, Passaic
Authorities Probe Alarming Discovery Of German Shepherds Abandoned Throughout Bergen, Passaic Authorities have launched a major investigation into the alarming discovery of no fewer than nine apparently related German Shepherds abandoned in various areas of North Jersey this past week. “Something foul has happened,” Deborah Yankow, the director of the Bergen County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center, said Friday. “What that is we don’t yet know.” “German Shepherds, like any other breed, come in all sizes, shapes and colors,” Yankow said. “But going from the two we have at the shelter and the pictures I’ve looked at, they all look identical, like siblings.” Five of the young adult …

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Speeding Driver Captured After Ramming Civilian Vehicle, Palisades Interstate Parkway PD Car Speeding Driver Captured After Ramming Civilian Vehicle, Palisades Interstate Parkway PD Car
Speeding Driver Captured After Ramming Civilian Vehicle, Palisades Interstate Parkway PD Car A speeding Brooklyn driver under the influence of drugs and alcohol knocked another car onto a median on the Palisades Interstate Parkway, then rammed his sedan into a pursuing police vehicle on Route 9W Alpine Monday night, authorities said. Richard Simpson, 24, was driving a Hyundai with Delaware license plates that blew by a PIP officer on the northbound parkway shortly after 9 p.m., Sgt. First Class Raymond Walter said. Simpson then made an unsafe change into the fast lane, where his car hit a white Honda, knocking it onto the grass median, before the Hyundai continued at more than 100 …

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UPDATE: Rescued Bergen Driver Loses Leg, Survives Fiery Crash On Palisades Interstate Parkway UPDATE: Rescued Bergen Driver Loses Leg, Survives Fiery Crash On Palisades Interstate Parkway
Update: Rescued Bergen Driver Loses Leg, Survives Fiery Crash On Palisades Interstate Parkway A 52-year-old Bergen County driver lost her leg but survived a fiery crash Sunday night thanks to two good Samaritans and the Palisades Interstate Parkway police. A passing NYPD captain and a security guard got the Demarest driver and her 29-year-old passenger, also of Demarest, out of the vehicle after it rolled on the northbound parkway between Exits 1 and 2 shortly before 11:30 p.m., Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Sgt. First Class Raymond Walter said. The responding PIP police officers, Sgt. Martin Clancy and Officer Elizabeth Santos, applied a tourniquet to the driver, saving her l…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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High-Speed Overnight Stolen-Vehicle Chases Continue Through Bergen, Passaic, Essex High-Speed Overnight Stolen-Vehicle Chases Continue Through Bergen, Passaic, Essex
High-Speed Overnight Stolen-Vehicle Chases Continue Through Bergen, Passaic, Essex Police overnight Wednesday chased a sedan reportedly stolen out of Allendale to Newark at speeds of up to 100 miles an hour, in yet another in a series of pre-dawn pursuits throughout North Jersey. Part of the chase went along eastbound Route 46 in Totowa to southbound Route 21 in Clifton around 2:30 a.m. The pursuers lost the black Audi on 13th Avenue near South Orange Avenue in Newark moments later. Vehicles continue to be stolen at an alarming -- and, for police, frustrating -- rate in North Jersey, authorities say. Nearly all of their owners left the vehicles unlocked with the key…

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Prosecutor Finds Rampant Violations: Palisades Parkway PD Chief Suspended Prosecutor Finds Rampant Violations: Palisades Parkway PD Chief Suspended
Prosecutor Finds Rampant Violations: Palisades Parkway PD Chief Suspended The chief of the Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Department was suspended for 90 days and will likely have to attend management training courses when he returns, according to a scathing report from Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo's office that uncovered a host of violations -- many that fell short of being criminal. Although the Palisades Interstate Parkway Commision imposed the suspension on Chief Michael Coppola beginning this Monday, the prosecutor also "strongly advise[d]" that it direct him to attend specialized training, as well. "We also strongly advise…

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by Jerry DeMarco