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Downed Power Line Ignites Multi-Vehicle Fire At Hackensack Apartment Complex
A sedan was incinerated and an SUV totaled after a downed power line ignited a fire at a Hackensack garden apartment complex. Firefighters had to wait for a PSE&G crew to secure power before dousing the burning vehicles at the Summit Gardens complex off Essex Street near northbound Route 17 shortly before 1:30 a.m. Friday. They then prevented the fire from spreading. No injuries were reported and no residential property was damaged in the Arcadia Road incident.
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Hero
: Upper Saddle River Officer Rescues Rockland Driver From Fiery Wreck
An Upper Saddle River police officer responding to a crash dragged an unconscious Rockland County driver to safety moments before the man's minivan went up in flames. The minivan had slammed into a utility pole, splitting it at the base, on East Saddle River Road south of Lake Street just after midnight Thursday, Capt. Edward Kane said. The engine block was already starting to cook when Officer Tim Erstling arrived, Kane said. Erstling immediately pulled the 29-year-old Pomona, NY driver out and away from the minivan, the captain said. "Minutes later, the vehicle was fully engulfed," he s…
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: Driver Escapes Injury As Jeep Splits Pole On Route 46
A driver refused medical attention after his Jeep split a utility pole in half before dawn Friday on Route 46 in Lodi, authorities said. The 46-year-old New York motorist apparently fell asleep at the wheel before his Cherokee slammed into the pole outside Joe's Factory Outlet on the westbound highway shortly before 3 a.m. Friday, Police Sgt. Dominic Miller said. Firefighters waited nearly a half-hour for a PSE&G crew to arrive and cut the power before they could extricate him. The bottom of the pole smashed the engine compartment, the top drove through the rear of the vehicle like a…
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Fire Investigators Examine Fort Lee House Blaze
Firefighters contained a Fort Lee house blaze to a front bedroom after a passing lieutenant saw smoke. Fire Lt. Phil Craddock was driving on the Route 1&9 overpass around 4:45 p.m. Monday when he spotted the smoke coming from the two-story home at 2068 Jones Road just below. Firefighters knocked the blaze down in under a half hour. No injuries were reported. The rest of the house beyond the fire room sustained smoke, water and ventilation damage. The borough Volunteer Ambulance Squad remained on standby. Borough police also responded, along with DPW workers who salted the street and t…
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Bergen Man Once Accused Of Flinging Feces At Neighbor's Home Arrested Again
A noisy steam pipe has again triggered a Ho-Ho-Kus man who once stored his own excrement and shot it at his neighbor's house, authorities said. William J. Krywos, 49, has had a history of run-ins with the law, including causing a mid-1990s blackout that affected more than 32,000 Bergen County customers. More recently, Krywos had a series of conflicts with no fewer than three different residents who've lived next door to his Duncan Road home over the years -- always in the winter, police said. The way defense attorney Frank Lucianna once explained it, "there is a pipe on his neighbor’s hous…
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Downed Wires From Mini-Storm Close Stretch Of Route 9W For Hours
Sparking wires downed by the overnight storm Monday closed Sylvan Avenue in Englewood Cliffs in both directions and melted some of the roadway, authorities said. Route 9W remained closed past noon between Sage Road and Demarest Avenue while repairs were made, Detective Lt. Ronald F. Waldt said. Englewood Cliffs police and firefighters responded to the mishap shortly before 3 a.m., Waldt said. “Patrol officers found that the wires were live,” the lieutenant said. “Arcing of the wires was creating a condition wherein the asphalt was melting. “PSE&G was able to cut power and render the s…
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Police: Driver Freed After Speeding SUV Snaps Tenafly Utility Pole
A speeding SUV snapped a utility pole, downing power lines, before dawn Wednesday in Tenafly. The 24-year-old Hasbrouck Heights driver was extricated from the 2017 GMC Acadia after it became entangled in downed lines on Riveredge Road -- near borough police headquarters -- at 2:20 a.m., Police Capt. Michael deMoncada said. He was taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, the captain said. The vehicle, meanwhile, remained at the scene late into the morning as PSE&G worked to untangle the lines and install a new pole, he said.…
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Morning
: School Bus Slides Into Pole In Hackensack
No serious injuries were reported when a small school bus carrying a group of high schoolers slid into a utility pole in Hackensack during an icy morning filled with crashes throughout North Jersey. The 14-passenger bus was headed south on Hackensack Avenue to the nearby Bergen County Academies when it slid partially off the road in front of Hackensack Cemetery and side-swiped the pole at 7:10 a.m., said Police Capt. Darrin DeWitt. All eight students, an aide and the driver reported no injuries, said DeWitt, the officer in charge of the department. A second bus responded and took them the …
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'No Brakes,' Says Driver, 71, Whose Pickup Plowed Into East Rutherford Restaurant
UPDATE: A driver whose pickup truck rammed through the wall of an East Rutherford restaurant as the new year dawned told police his brakes failed. The Dodge Ram went straight through the wall facing the parking lot of Al Di La, a restaurant and banquet hall on Hoboken Road between Paterson Avenue and Enoch Street, around 2:30 a.m. Saturday. The 71-year-old driver was hospitalized with head pain, Deputy Police Chief Phillip Taormina said. The driver told police he was trying to park when the brakes failed, Taormina said. The truck then hit a parking bumper and plowed into the eatery. …
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Pickup Plows Into East Rutherford Restaurant
A pickup truck lived up to its name when it rammed through the wall of an East Rutherford restaurant as the dawn of the new year approached. The Dodge Ram went straight through the wall facing the parking lot of Al Di La, a restaurant and banquet hall on Hoboken Road between Paterson Avenue and Enoch Street, around 2:30 a.m. Saturday. The 71-year-old driver was hospitalized with head pain, Deputy Police Chief Phillip Taormina said. The driver told police he was trying to park when the brakes failed, Taormina said. The truck then hit a parking bumper and plowed into the eatery. Nick's Tow…
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Head-On Crash In Glen Rock Sends Two To Hospital
An out-of-state driver and her passenger from Dumont were hospitalized following a head-on crash in Glen Rock, authorities said. A 2019 Jeep had just exited Saddle River County Park headed south when it swerved into the northbound lane of Prospect Street and struck a 2020 Honda Civic shortly after 1:30 p.m. Monday, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The driver, a 44-year-old Ridgewood man, said he was unsure of what happened, Ackermann said. He refused medical attention, the chief said. Both a witness who lives nearby and the Civic driver -- a 27-year-old Henrico, VA woman -- said the Jeep …
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Harrington Park Firefighters Make Quick Work Of House Blaze
Harrington Park firefighters quickly doused a house blaze Sunday afternoon. No injuries were reported in the two-alarm fire, which broke out in the attic of the two-story wood-frame home on Bogerts Mill Road around 1 p.m., firefighters said. No injuries were reported. "The fire was knocked within 15 minutes of arrival with no extension to the lower floors," the Harrington Park Fire Department reported. "A great stop by members. We want to thank neighboring companies for the assistance and coverage." These included companies from Emerson, Old Tappan and River Vale. PSE&G was also summ…
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