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SAD UPDATE: Paramus Woman, 75, Struck By Sedan Driven By 94-Year-Old Motorist Dies SAD UPDATE: Paramus Woman, 75, Struck By Sedan Driven By 94-Year-Old Motorist Dies
SAD Update: Paramus Woman, 75, Struck By Sedan Driven By 94-Year-Old Motorist Dies A 75-year-old Paramus woman who was struck and dragged 20 feet by a sedan driven by a 94-year-old borough resident over the weekend has died, authorities confirmed. Helen Koons was in the crosswalk in the rear parking lot of the Paramus Public Library off East Century Road when the 2013 Toyota Corolla dragged her around 12:45 p.m. Saturday, March 16, Police Chief Robert M. Guidetti said. She was semi-alert when taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, the deputy chief said. Koons was pronounced dead at the hospital at 11:42 a.m. Sunday, he said. Detectives and members of the Par…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Lawsuit Cites Hidden Stop Sign As Reason For 100 MPH Crash That Killed Teen NJ Boy Lawsuit Cites Hidden Stop Sign As Reason For 100 MPH Crash That Killed Teen NJ Boy
Lawsuit Cites Hidden Stop Sign As Reason For 100 MPH Crash That Killed Teen NJ Boy A stop sign obscured by overgrown shrubs or trees is being blamed for causing the crash that killed a 15-year-old boy in Salem County, according to a lawsuit filed by his estate. Evan F. D’Anjou, a student at Schalick High School in Pittsgrove, was a front-seat passenger in a car driven by Dane T. Pierce, 16, at the time of the May 2022 wreck, as previously reported by Daily Voice. Pierce blew the stop sign and went airborne before striking a tree in a park in Pittsgrove, New Jersey State Police have said. Evan D'Anjou Facebook/ NJ Motocross The car was traveling at speeds of …

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by Jon Craig
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NJ Student Drivers Need More Practice Hours Under New Law NJ Student Drivers Need More Practice Hours Under New Law
NJ Student Drivers Need More Practice Hours Under New Law A new law will require student drivers in New Jersey to spend more time learning behind the wheel before they can get a license. Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill on Monday, Jan. 8, that requires student drivers 21 years old and under to spend at least 50 practice hours with an adult. The law also requires at least ten hours to be completed at night. Parents or other adults must certify the practice driving hours were completed. The new law also requires a sample driving log to be included in informational brochures given to parents or adults of student drivers under 18. The New Jer…

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by Chris Spiker
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Scooter-Riding Youngster Struck By Landscaping Vehicle In Demarest: Police Scooter-Riding Youngster Struck By Landscaping Vehicle In Demarest: Police
Scooter-Riding Youngster Struck By Landscaping Vehicle In Demarest: Police A youngster was hospitalized after being struck by a landscape vehicle while riding a scooter Friday morning in Demarest, authorities said. The crash occurred at the corner of Prescott Street and Hardenburgh Avenue around 9 a.m. May 26. A medical chopper was summoned at first. That was canceled, however, and Cresskill Fire Department EMS members took the boy to Hackensack University Medical Center. Police Chief Anthony Dimitriadis said the minor was in serious but stable condition. His department's Traffic Unit was investigating, he said. The chief corrected a mistaken report that was be…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police Forced To Put Deer Down After Crash In Glen Rock, It's Season For Drivers To Beware Police Forced To Put Deer Down After Crash In Glen Rock, It's Season For Drivers To Beware
Police Forced To Put Deer Down After Crash In Glen Rock, It's Season For Drivers To Beware The risk posed by deer in densely populated areas this particular time of year was tragically illustrated when one had to be put down in Glen Rock after being struck by a car. The driver was treated by an EMT from the Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Corps for a minor hand injury after the deer smashed the windshield of a Hyundai Elantra on Maple Avenue on Sunday, Oct. 30. A Glen Rock police officer had to put the deer down using a small-caliber rifle. A tow truck removed the sedan. Animal control officers tended to the deer. Deer are particularly active and tend to cover more territory than…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Octogenarian Plows Sedan Through Cliffside Park Construction Zone Octogenarian Plows Sedan Through Cliffside Park Construction Zone
Octogenarian Plows Sedan Through Cliffside Park Construction Zone An 84-year-old motorist escaped serious injury when she drove through a Cliffside Park construction zone and her sedan hit a truck Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. The woman, who lives in town, apparently was headed home when she turned her Toyota Camry left onto Anderson Avenue from eastbound Edgewater Road shortly before 1:30 p.m., Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said. After steering around traffic safety cones, she continued over a trench plate as police tried to wave her down, Capano said. The Toyota then struck a Joseph M. Sanzari construction truck, he said. The woman didn't …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Family Of Girl Killed While Riding Bike In Bridgewater Sees Support Family Of Girl Killed While Riding Bike In Bridgewater Sees Support
Family Of Girl Killed While Riding Bike In Bridgewater Sees Support Support is surging for the family of an 11-year-old girl who was struck and killed by a 22-year-old woman in a pickup truck while biking with a friend in Bridgewater. Victoria Bastos was struck near 3rd Street on Fulton Street around 6:10 p.m. Saturday, April 2, according to local police and a GoFundMe launched for the girl's family. Police said she was rushed to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital Somerset where she was pronounced dead following the crash. More than $12,300 had been raised on the GoFundMe as of Monday morning. Victoria is survived by her father, Vitor Bastos, her mother Cyn…

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by Cecilia Levine
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2 Dead, 2 Injured In Burlington County Crash 2 Dead, 2 Injured In Burlington County Crash
2 Dead, 2 Injured In Burlington County Crash Two people died and another two were injured in a crash involving a box truck Sunday in Burlington County, according to New Jersey State Police. Tyshaun Carter, 24, was heading south on Route 628 in a BMW 325xi when he struck a box truck turning left out of a driveway around 4:15 a.m. in Springfield, NJSP Sgt. Philip Curry said. The vehicle struck a utility pole and a tunnel carrying a drain under the road. Carter, of Mount Holly, and back-seat passenger Christopher Blackmon, 53, of the Browns Mills, were ejected and pronounced dead at the scene near milepost 3.3, police said. Carter'…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Holiday DWI 'Blitzkrieg' Means Checkpoints, More Patrols In NJ Holiday DWI 'Blitzkrieg' Means Checkpoints, More Patrols In NJ
Holiday DWI 'Blitzkrieg' Means Checkpoints, More Patrols In NJ Law enforcement agencies will be launching their annual holiday DWI crackdown by ramping up traffic patrols and sobriety checkpoints across New Jersey. The Office of the Attorney General and the Division of Traffic Safety are reminding motorists to stay sober behind the wheel as part of the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” holiday campaign, which runs until the end of the year. Logo For Drive Sober Or Get Pulled Over CampaignNew Jersey DHTS “The goal of our Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over holiday campaign is to protect the motoring public and save lives by raising awareness of the risks …

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by Joe Gomez
Police & Fire
Cyclist Critical After Being Struck In Asbury Park Cyclist Critical After Being Struck In Asbury Park
Cyclist Critical After Being Struck In Asbury Park A bicyclist was hospitalized with serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle in Asbury Park Friday morning. The victim, whose identification was being withheld, was struck at the intersection of Main Street and 4th Avenue around 11:50 a.m., Asbury Park Police Sgt. Michael Casey said. He was  rushed to Jersey Shore University Medical Center, where he remained in critical condition in the ICU as of Friday evening, Casey said. The victim suffered head trauma, authorities said. The Monmouth County Serious Collision Accident Response Team responded to the scene and was assistin…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Firefighters Extricate Sedan Driver After Dump Truck Crash In Franklin Lakes Firefighters Extricate Sedan Driver After Dump Truck Crash In Franklin Lakes
Firefighters Extricate Sedan Driver After Dump Truck Crash In Franklin Lakes A dump truck driver escaped serious injury in a crash Friday near the Haledon Reservoir in Franklin Lakes, authorities said. Borough firefighters extricated a 61-year-old driver from Wayne after her 2017 Accord collided with the tipper on Ewing Avenue at Water View Drive shortly after 10 a.m., police Capt. Robert Lyon said. The borough Volunteer Ambulance Corps took her to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, he said. The driver of the 1996 Western Star dump truck -- also 61, from Clifton -- didn't require hospitalizatio…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
'Snowy Roofs Can Be Deadly': Paramus Police Warn Motorists 25 Years After Fatal Accident 'Snowy Roofs Can Be Deadly': Paramus Police Warn Motorists 25 Years After Fatal Accident
'Snowy Roofs Can Be Deadly': Paramus Police Warn Motorists 25 Years After Fatal Accident Drive around with snow on top of your car in New Jersey and risk a $25 to $75 ticket. That law isn't taken lightly in Paramus, where 25 years ago nearly to the day, a 45-year-old motorist lost his life to a chunk of flying ice. Paramus officers this week are making a special effort to ensure it doesn't happen again. "Even though [ticketing cars with snowy roofs] is not the only thing we do, after a fresh snow, it becomes a priority for us," Paramus Police Officer Michael Mullay told Daily Voice. Twenty-four citations for snow-covered rooftops were issued in the borough during the mor…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Wallington Pedestrian, 53, Struck By Sedan Wallington Pedestrian, 53, Struck By Sedan
Wallington Pedestrian, 53, Struck By Sedan A 53-year-old Wallington pedestrian was hospitalized with a head and leg injury after being struck over the weekend, authorities said. The victim was crossing Union Boulevard when she was hit by a leased Mercedes Benz C30 sedan driven by a 49-year-old borough resident around 9 a.m. Saturday, Police Chief Camello Imbruglia said. The driver told police she was making a left from Wallington Avenue and didn’t see the pedestrian in the crosswalk, Imbruglia said (NOTE: A quarter of all pedestrian crashes reportedly occur during left turns). The victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
NJ Driver Who Wore N95 Mask Crashes, Police Say NJ Driver Who Wore N95 Mask Crashes, Police Say
NJ Driver Who Wore N95 Mask Crashes, Police Say CORRECTION: Lincoln Park police said they didn't know for sure that the reason a driver fainted and crashed was because he was wearing an N95 mask.“Police officers are not physicians and do not know the medical history of every person we encounter,” they wrote in a correction to an original Facebook post.The newer version: 'Other Medical Reason' Could've Caused Crash Involving Driver Wearing N95 Mask At the scene.Lincoln Park PD In the original post, police said the unidentified driver had been wearing the mask for several hours and had been getting too much carbon dioxide, and too littl…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
WHAT HAPPENED: Mom Killed, Ejected Infant OK In Family-Of-Five Route 17 Crash WHAT HAPPENED: Mom Killed, Ejected Infant OK In Family-Of-Five Route 17 Crash
What Happened: Mom Killed, Ejected Infant OK In Family-Of-Five Route 17 Crash UPDATE: A Newark infant barely a few months old survived being ejected in a horrific Route 17 crash in Ramsey early Thursday that killed her mother. The 34-year-old woman and her husband had taken their three children with them to an overnight cleaning assignment at Ramsey Infiniti, responders told Daily Voice. The father apparently pulled the family's Honda Accord out of the Infiniti lot into the right lane of southbound Route 17 -- a treacherous stretch of road -- as a Dodge Durango was clearing the crest of the hill around 6:45 a.m., they said. One of the couple's pre-teens was in the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Maywood Man, 78, Struck In Chain-Reaction Crash Protects Dog From Harm UPDATE: Maywood Man, 78, Struck In Chain-Reaction Crash Protects Dog From Harm
Update: Maywood Man, 78, Struck In Chain-Reaction Crash Protects Dog From Harm A 78-year-old Maywood man was injured in a freak chain-reaction crash while protecting his dog from harm Sunday night, responders said. A 2012 Ford Explorer driven by a 17-year-old Rochelle Park man was headed west on East Central Avenue when it struck a legally parked vehicle that got pushed completely onto the sidewalk, hitting the victim as he walked his black Labrador shortly before 8:30 p.m., police said. The victim was treated at Hackensack University Medical Center and released with what appeared to be minor injuries, Capt. Terence Kenny said. The dog -- whose owner pushed him away …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Englewood Cliffs Driver, 75, Charged In Palisades Park Hit-Run That Injured North Bergen Woman Englewood Cliffs Driver, 75, Charged In Palisades Park Hit-Run That Injured North Bergen Woman
Englewood Cliffs Driver, 75, Charged In Palisades Park Hit-Run That Injured North Bergen Woman UPDATE: Palisades Park police tracked down an SUV driver who they said took off after hitting a 19-year-old North Bergen woman at a notorious intersection. The 75-year-old female Englewood Cliffs motorist received traffic summonses for leaving the scene of an accident with injuries and failing to yield to a pedestrian after officers “checked different combinations of the license plate and matched up surveillance video,” Capt. Anthony Muccio said Friday. The victim was heading south on Broad Avenue when she was struck by the woman’s Kia Soul in the crosswalk at East Columbia Avenue around 7:…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
SEE ANYTHING? North Bergen Pedestrian, 19, Struck By Hit-Run Driver In Palisades Park SEE ANYTHING? North Bergen Pedestrian, 19, Struck By Hit-Run Driver In Palisades Park
SEE Anything? North Bergen Pedestrian, 19, Struck By Hit-Run Driver In Palisades Park Police asked the public for help finding the hit-run driver who struck and injured a 19-year-old North Bergen woman with his SUV as she crossed a notorious Palisades Park intersection. The victim was heading south on Broad Avenue and was in the crosswalk at East Columbia Avenue when she was struck around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Capt. Anthony Muccio said. The driver continued going east on East Columbia, said Muccio, the officer in charge of the department. The victim was taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center with minor head and leg injuries, he said. Police were looking for a newer …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: West Milford Pedestrian, 76, Killed In Oakland Crash UPDATE: West Milford Pedestrian, 76, Killed In Oakland Crash
Update: West Milford Pedestrian, 76, Killed In Oakland Crash A 76-year-old West Milford woman who was struck by a sedan in Oakland early Friday night died shortly after arriving at the hospital, authorities said. Nina Weil was trying to cross Ramapo Valley Road near the intersection of Elm Street when she was struck around 6:30 p.m. by a 2006 Toyota Corolla operated by a 67-year-old Orange County, NY driver, police Lt. Christian Eldridge said Saturday. Weil had a weak pulse and was bleeding from the head as CPR was conducted in the ambulance en route to the hospital. She was later pronounced dead at to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
VIDEO: Medical Episode Causes Five-Vehicle Fair Lawn Chain-Reaction Crash, Two Hospitalized VIDEO: Medical Episode Causes Five-Vehicle Fair Lawn Chain-Reaction Crash, Two Hospitalized
Video: Medical Episode Causes Five-Vehicle Fair Lawn Chain-Reaction Crash, Two Hospitalized Two people were hospitalized in a chain-reaction Fair Lawn crash involving five vehicles, police said. It began when a 66-year-old Fair Lawn driver suffered a medical episode on Fair Lawn Avenue near Abbott Road shortly before 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. First, his 2019 Audi hit a traffic safety bollard and pedestrian crossing sign, Metzler said. Then the Audi rammed into a 2007 Saturn and two parked vehicles -- a 2017 Nissan and a 2019 Toyota, he said. The impact pushed the second vehicle into another Toyota, sending that car into a parking lot, the sergeant said. The …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Edgewater PD: Hit-Run Driver Who Toppled New River Road Crosswalk Signs Caught Edgewater PD: Hit-Run Driver Who Toppled New River Road Crosswalk Signs Caught
Edgewater PD: Hit-Run Driver Who Toppled New River Road Crosswalk Signs Caught Edgewater detectives tracked down an SUV driver from Harrington Park who they said fled more than 10 miles on a flat tire after knocking down two poles with signs that were installed to make a dangerous intersection safer. Surveillance footage helped investigators find the black 2012 Mazda CX-9 that Carmela Stewart, 53, abandoned with a flat tire and heavy front-end damage on Route 9W in Alpine last Thursday night, Detective Sgt. Tim Farrell said Monday. Pieces of the SUV remained at the scene as the SUV fled north on River Road after knocking down the poles at the Garden Place intersectio…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Report: Pickup Driver In Crash That Killed 5 Teaneck Family Members Gets 1 Year Probation Report: Pickup Driver In Crash That Killed 5 Teaneck Family Members Gets 1 Year Probation
Report: Pickup Driver In Crash That Killed 5 Teaneck Family Members Gets 1 Year Probation A man who killed a Teaneck father and his four daughters when his pickup truck veered across a Delaware highway into the path of their minivan was sentenced to a year's probation on Friday, according to a published report. Alvin Hubbard III, of Maryland, could be sentenced to 14 years in prison if he doesn't meet the requirements of his probation. Hubbard pleaded guilty in June to five counts of death by auto and two of vehicular assault in connection with the July 2018 crash, which occurred as the Trinidad family was returning from a trip to Ocean City, MD.  Killed were Audi Marquez …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Van Snaps Utility Pole In Ringwood Van Snaps Utility Pole In Ringwood
Van Snaps Utility Pole In Ringwood A driver sustained injuries that weren't considered life-threatening after a van slammed into a utility pole, snapping it, early Wednesday evening in Ringwood. Skyline Drive was closed at Greenwood Lake Turnpike after the crash just after 5:30 p.m. Power had to be cut to the pole so the driver could be taken to the hospital and the van could safely be removed.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
'Inches From Being Killed': Responder At Route 280 Pileup Begs Motorists To Slow Down 'Inches From Being Killed': Responder At Route 280 Pileup Begs Motorists To Slow Down
'Inches From Being Killed': Responder At Route 280 Pileup Begs Motorists To Slow Down In a heartfelt public appeal, a responder who was at the scene of a dump truck crash Tuesday on Route 280 urged drivers to approach accident sites cautiously. "I beg you, even if this just reaches one person, PLEASE slow down and move over if you see emergency lights -- or even just a car pulled over on the side of the road," EMT Tyler Treible wrote on Facebook. Treible and his partner (and girlfriend) Taylor Van Sant were in the second ambulance that responded to a crash on the highway in West Orange just before 10:30 a.m. "While we were on scene we heard the air horn of a dump truck seco…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Speeding Driver Charged With Killing Lodi Husband, Wife In Crash Outside Their Home UPDATE: Speeding Driver Charged With Killing Lodi Husband, Wife In Crash Outside Their Home
Update: Speeding Driver Charged With Killing Lodi Husband, Wife In Crash Outside Their Home UPDATE: A Nutley man was jailed Wednesday in the deaths of a retired Albanian police chief and a Garfield Walmart manager in an early-morning crash outside the immigrant couple’s Lodi home last month. Donald Kumar Davis, 29, was charged with two counts of vehicular homicide – also known as death by auto. Davis was driving a 2015 Dodge Charger that slammed into a 2005 Toyota Corolla that was emerging from the driveway of a Harrison Avenue garden apartment complex and pushed it nearly 20 feet shortly before 7 a.m. June 29, authorities said. The Corolla was found on its side near 481 Harriso…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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A 'Miracle': Kitten Found Safe In Summit After Hitching Ride On Truck A 'Miracle': Kitten Found Safe In Summit After Hitching Ride On Truck
A 'Miracle': Kitten Found Safe In Summit After Hitching Ride On Truck A young kitten survived a 30-mile journey across part of New Jersey Tuesday after she was spotted in the undercarriage of a truck in Summit.  Police said another driver passing the truck noticed the little calico and signaled to the driver to pull over. The driver pulled over and called police, who managed to coax the feline out and brought her to an animal hospital.  Dubbed "Miracle," the terrified animal was covered in hot grease and infested with fleas but was otherwise unharmed, even after enduring a ride on a truck that was traveling at up to 70 mph, according to 911 Dog and …

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by Paul Milo
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Hackensack PD: City Pedestrian, 71, Crossing Against Light Struck By Pickup Near HUMC Hackensack PD: City Pedestrian, 71, Crossing Against Light Struck By Pickup Near HUMC
Hackensack PD: City Pedestrian, 71, Crossing Against Light Struck By Pickup Near Humc A 71-year-old pedestrian sustained a head injury when he crossed against the light and was struck Friday morning by a pickup truck just steps from Hackensack University Medical Center, authorities said. The victim "could not recall what happened" after he was struck at the corner of Prospect Avenue and Essex Street just after 10 a.m., police Capt. Nicole Foley said. The 53-year-old Saddle Brook driver of the 2015 GMC Sierra pick-up told police at the scene that he had the green arrow as he turned left on Essex Street, she said. "A preliminary review of surveillance video in the area appear…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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LAWSUIT: Family Of Fort Lee Grad Fatally Struck By Taxi Want Change In NYC, Report Says LAWSUIT: Family Of Fort Lee Grad Fatally Struck By Taxi Want Change In NYC, Report Says
Lawsuit: Family Of Fort Lee Grad Fatally Struck By Taxi Want Change In NYC, Report Says The family of a Fort Lee High School graduate who was fatally struck by a cab last February in New York City want change -- and they're starting with a lawsuit. Sherena Hundalini, 26, was struck by a Lincoln Town Car driven by Lakhvinder Singh while standing on the sidewalk near 63rd Drive and Queens Boulevard. Singh,  whose cab license is currently suspended, fled the scene but was stopped at a nearby intersection shortly after and taken into custody. Hundalini's parents Prakash and Bina Hundalini are seeking $25 million in damages from New York City and its Department of Transpo…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Newton HS Student Killed, 2 Seriously Injured In Sussex County Crash Newton HS Student Killed, 2 Seriously Injured In Sussex County Crash
Newton HS Student Killed, 2 Seriously Injured In Sussex County Crash White ribbons will be tied around Newton to honor a 17-year-old high school student who died in a car crash over the weekend. Alexis Faye, 17, was pronounced dead at the scene after the Mercedes Benz she was riding in veered off the road and overturned Saturday around 5:40 p.m. in Fredon, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Lawrence Peele said. A teen was behind the wheel of the car headed northbound on Route 611,Peele said. He was taken via helicopter along with a 16-year-old female passenger to Morristown Medical Center with serious injuries, Peele said.  Anthony Burke, 17 of New…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Multi-Vehicle Collision At Troublesome Midland Park Intersection Sends Two To Hospital Multi-Vehicle Collision At Troublesome Midland Park Intersection Sends Two To Hospital
Multi-Vehicle Collision At Troublesome Midland Park Intersection Sends Two To Hospital Three vehicles collided Wednesday morning at a troublesome intersection in Midland Park, sending two occupants to the hospital, after one ran a stop sign, authorities said. Midland Park police, firefighters and EMS responded to the crash at Franklin and Erie avenues near the Ridgewood border. None of the injuries were considered life-threatening, Police Chief Michael Powderley said. Two summonses were issued, he said. Tow trucks removed two vehicles. Borough officials have been wrestling with how to make the intersection safer, recently holding a public discussion on the subject.  …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Motorcyclist Remains Critical After Route 46 Crash In Clifton Motorcyclist Remains Critical After Route 46 Crash In Clifton
Motorcyclist Remains Critical After Route 46 Crash In Clifton A Totowa motorcyclist remained in critical condition Monday after crashing on Route 46 in Clifton the day before, authorities said. James Kopec, 37, lost control and was thrown from the 2015 Honda VT7 on the eastbound highway by Fette Ford just after 12:30 p.m. Sunday, authorities said. He was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Mark Centurione said in a joint announcement. No other vehicles were involved, they said. Valdes asked that anyone who may have witnessed the crash contact her office’s tip…

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by Jerry DeMarco