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CLOSE CALL: Female Driver, 75, Hospitalized After Tree Falls On SUV In Englewood CLOSE CALL: Female Driver, 75, Hospitalized After Tree Falls On SUV In Englewood
Close CALL: Female Driver, 75, Hospitalized After Tree Falls On SUV In Englewood A 75-year-old driver was injured but narrowly escaped a more tragic fate when a falling tree hit her car in Englewood. The Totowa motorist was headed south on Broad Avenue near Huguenot Avenue in her 2002 Lexus SUV when the tree toppled onto the roadway, taking down a utility pole and wires that fell across the vehicle, around 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1,  Police Lt. Fred Pulice said. She complained of pain to her neck and back and was taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Pulice said. That stretch of Broad Avenue remained closed while the tree was removed and repairs were made.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SUV Slams Into Utility Pole In Midland Park SUV Slams Into Utility Pole In Midland Park
SUV Slams Into Utility Pole In Midland Park A driver was hospitalized after his SUV struck a utility pole in Midland Park. Initial details were sketchy, but responders said the driver suffered head trauma in the early-morning crash on Erie Avenue near Smith Lane on Monday, Aug. 29. The road was closed as PSE&G made repairs to a pair of poles downed in the crash. The Toyota RAV 4 was towed. The road was closed indefinitely following the crash in front of 189 Erie Avenue in Midland Park on Monday, Aug. 29.Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Driver Hurt As School Bus Crashes Into Utility Pole In Warren County, State Police Say Driver Hurt As School Bus Crashes Into Utility Pole In Warren County, State Police Say
Driver Hurt As School Bus Crashes Into Utility Pole In Warren County, State Police Say A school bus driver was hurt after slamming into a utility pole in Warren County, state police said. The bus was traveling on Buckhorn Drive in White Township when it struck a utility pole just after 10:05 a.m. on Thursday, August 18, NJSP Trooper Brandi Slota told DailyVoice.com. The driver complained of pain following the crash, Slota said. No other passengers were on board at the time of the accident. The cause of the crash remains under investigation, Slota said. Additional details were not released.

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Fiery Morris County Crash Snaps Utility Pole, Shuts Down Route 46 (PHOTOS) Fiery Morris County Crash Snaps Utility Pole, Shuts Down Route 46 (PHOTOS)
Fiery Morris County Crash Snaps Utility Pole, Shuts Down Route 46 (Photos) A fiery crash snapped a utility pole and shut down Route 46 in Morris County, authorities said. The Mountain Lakes Volunteer Fire Department responded to the crash near Route 46 west and Fox Hill Lane around 6:55 p.m. on Saturday, May 21, the company said. Upon arrival, the crews confirmed that a car had slammed into and snapped a utility pole, which resulted in several hanging wires and a “significant” fire on a second pole further down the road, the department said. The highway was closed in both directions as crews shut off the damaged power lines and worked to repair them while preven…

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by Valerie Musson
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Family Of Essex County Mom Paralyzed By Falling Pole Gets $125M Verizon Payout Family Of Essex County Mom Paralyzed By Falling Pole Gets $125M Verizon Payout
Family Of Essex County Mom Paralyzed By Falling Pole Gets $125M Verizon Payout In what is reportedly the largest settlement in New Jersey history, the family of an Essex County mom who was paralyzed by a falling utility pole will get $125 million from Verizon, reports say. West Orange mom Maria Moser Meister, 50, was waiting for a bus on her way to work when a the pole fell in Union City on Jan. 23, 2017, NJ.com reports. The pole, which was co-owned by Verizon through an agreement with PSE&G, was rotted at the base and snapped after 43 years, causing lifelong injuries to Meister’s body and head. As a result of the incident, Meister suffered from multiple spinal a…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
SUV Hits Parked Car, Slams Into Utility Pole In Glen Rock SUV Hits Parked Car, Slams Into Utility Pole In Glen Rock
SUV Hits Parked Car, Slams Into Utility Pole In Glen Rock An SUV hit an occupied parked car before slamming head-on into a utility pole Monday in Glen Rock. Neither the Honda Pilot nor the driver who was making a cellphone call in a sedan parked in the 500 block of Harristown Road was injured in the afternoon crash, responders said. A flatbed tow truck removed the wrecked SUV, while the sedan was driven from the scene.  Borough police responded. The SUV hit a parked car and then the pole on Harristown Road in Glen Rock.Boyd A. Loving Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Van Whacks Utility Pole In Fair Lawn Van Whacks Utility Pole In Fair Lawn
Van Whacks Utility Pole In Fair Lawn No injuries were reported after a van slammed into a utility pole Friday afternoon in Fair Lawn. Fair Lawn police and EMS responded to the crash at Plaza Road and Berdan Avenue. A flatbed tow truck removed the van. Boyd A. Loving took the photo and provided this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Pickup Slams Into Teaneck Utility Pole Pickup Slams Into Teaneck Utility Pole
Pickup Slams Into Teaneck Utility Pole A driver walked away without serious injury after his pickup truck slammed into a utility pole in Teaneck. The driver told police a vehicle suddenly turned in front of him shortly before 4:30 p.m. Saturday. He said he swerved to avoid the vehicle and his Ford F150 struck the pole, snapping it in half, on River Road near the corner of Pomander Walk across from Five Star Premier Residences of Teaneck. The truck was towed.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Route 17 Jammed By Two Poles Downed In Truck Crash UPDATE: Route 17 Jammed By Two Poles Downed In Truck Crash
Update: Route 17 Jammed By Two Poles Downed In Truck Crash Police reopened some lanes on Route 17 mid-Friday morning after a box truck ran off the road and slammed into a utility pole outside the BMW dealership on on the southbound side in Ramsey during the early rush. The toppled pole pulled down another with it just before 7:30 a.m., stretching sparking wires across the highway and forcing police to close Route 17 in both directions. It remained closed at Lake Street for more than three hours after the crash -- backing traffic north into Rockland and south to Paramus -- before police began reopening northbound lanes around 10:40 a.m. Southbound r…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Sedan Topples Pole Outside Ridgewood School Sedan Topples Pole Outside Ridgewood School
Sedan Topples Pole Outside Ridgewood School A driver escaped injury Wednesday when his car slammed into a utility pole outside a Ridgewood elementary school. The four-door Honda slammed into the pole on East Glen Avenue at North Vien Street next to the Benjamin Franklin Middle School around 12:50 p.m. It toppled a street sign and left the pole leaning over the vehicle. Casualties included a street sign.Boyd A. Loving Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account. The driver escaped injury.Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
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
Route 17 Paramus Crash Downs Wires, Authorities Seek Tractor-Trailer Driver Who Fled On Foot Route 17 Paramus Crash Downs Wires, Authorities Seek Tractor-Trailer Driver Who Fled On Foot
Route 17 Paramus Crash Downs Wires, Authorities Seek Tractor-Trailer Driver Who Fled On Foot Authorities were seeking the driver of a tractor trailer who fled on foot after crash involving an SUV and utility pole on Route 17 southbound Sunday in Paramus. The 1:30 p.m. crash downed the pole causing a transformer explosion, then knocking a bystander to the ground. The truck driver, described as a white male in jeans and a white T-shirt, hopped a fence near the K-Mart shopping center and ran into a nearby neighborhood just south of Linwood Avenue, police said. The driver of the Nissan SUV was treated at the scene for minor leg injuries, as was a bystander who was thrown to the ground…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Driver With Serious Head Injury Freed In Route 46 Rollover Crash In Clifton Driver With Serious Head Injury Freed In Route 46 Rollover Crash In Clifton
Driver With Serious Head Injury Freed In Route 46 Rollover Crash In Clifton The driver of an SUV that snapped a utility pole and rolled over Saturday morning on rain-slicked eastbound Route 46 in Clifton sustained a head injury, responders said. The patient, who had to be extricated before being hospitalized, was conscious following the crash with another vehicle just before 9 a.m. near the Route 3 split, they said. Clifton police, firefighters and EMS responded to the crash, which closed the highway well past 10 a.m. while an investigation was conducted. The Passaic County prosecutor’s fatal accident investigation unit was notified, given the severity of the inju…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Fiery Accident Shuts Rt. 7 In Kearny Fiery Accident Shuts Rt. 7 In Kearny
Fiery Accident Shuts Rt. 7 In Kearny A section of Rt. 7 in Kearny was closed Wednesday morning because of a downed utility pole caused by a motor-vehicle crash hours earlier.  The lanes were closed in both directions between Schuyler Avenue and Ridge Road, according to the DOT.  A witness who saw the accident early this morning and other witnesses quoted in a published report said a woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries. 

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
6 Students Hospitalized In Boonton School Bus Crash 6 Students Hospitalized In Boonton School Bus Crash
6 Students Hospitalized In Boonton School Bus Crash The driver of a school bus was found slumped on the floor after her bus carrying nearly 20 students crashed Friday in Boonton -- sending at least six of them to the hospital, ABC7 reports. Eighteen Rockaway Valley School students were on the bus when it struck a utility pole and wrought iron fence on Valley Road near a church cemetery, the article says. A teacher or aide guided the students out the back door and onto another bus that took them back to the school, ABC7 reports. The crash was under investigation as of 6:30 p.m. Friday. Photo by Anthony Johnson ABC7.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Crash Topples Light Pole On Route 17 In Ridgewood Crash Topples Light Pole On Route 17 In Ridgewood
Crash Topples Light Pole On Route 17 In Ridgewood Three vehicles were involved in a crash Tuesday night that took down a utility pole on Route 17 in Ridgewood. No injuries were reported. The crash occurred just after 6 p.m. in the right lane of the southbound highway just north of Linwood Avenue. The lane remained closed afterward while crews removed the cars and debris. Responders included village police and EMS. Responders included village police and EMS.Boyd A. Loving Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this report.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Driver Hospitalized After Bogota Utility Pole Crash Driver Hospitalized After Bogota Utility Pole Crash
Driver Hospitalized After Bogota Utility Pole Crash A driver was hospitalized with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening after her SUV hit a utility pole in Bogota. Complaining of shoulder pain, the driver walked to the ambulance, which took her to Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck following the afternoon crash on River Road. A stretch of River Road was temporarily closed while PSE&G attended to the damaged pole, which tilted over the street. Yaniv Besterman contributed to this report.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
SUV Rollover In Ho-Ho-Kus Damages Pole, Trees SUV Rollover In Ho-Ho-Kus Damages Pole, Trees
SUV Rollover In Ho-Ho-Kus Damages Pole, Trees The driver of a Lexus SUV escaped injury during a Tuesday afternoon rollover crash on Werimus Road in Ho-Ho-Kus that damaged a utility pole and several trees. Borough police, firefighters and EMS responded. A flatbed tow truck righted and removed the vehicle. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Sedan Slams Into Mini-Van, Utility Pole In Hillsdale Sedan Slams Into Mini-Van, Utility Pole In Hillsdale
Sedan Slams Into Mini-Van, Utility Pole In Hillsdale An elderly driver was hospitalized with injuries that police said weren't life-threatening after his car hit a minivan and then slammed into a utility pole in Hillsdale late Saturday. The driver of the Mercury sedan apparently blew a red light on northbound Kinderkamack Road at Hillsdale Avenue, leading to the incident just before midnight, Detective Bill Diedtrich said. ****** ALSO SEE: A driver fell asleep at the wheel coming off the Garden State Parkway in Washington Township and slammed his work van into a utility pole before dawn Sunday, authorities said. https://pascackvalley.dailyv…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Camaro Downs Paramus Utility Pole Camaro Downs Paramus Utility Pole
Camaro Downs Paramus Utility Pole A driver and his female passenger escaped injury when their Chevy Camaro toppled a utility pole Monday morning in Paramus. Nutchie's Service of Lodi towed the Camaro after the 9:30 a.m. crash on Midland Avenue at southbound Route 17.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Driver Hospitalized After Sedan Slams Into Ridgewood Utility Pole Driver Hospitalized After Sedan Slams Into Ridgewood Utility Pole
Driver Hospitalized After Sedan Slams Into Ridgewood Utility Pole RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- A young driver was hospitalized Monday afternoon after her new sedan slammed into a utility pole in Ridgewood. An ambulance took the woman to Hackensack University Medical Center after the crash in the 400 block of Linwood Avenue. Her injuries didn't appear life-threatening. The 4-door 2018 Hyundai Elantra Limited had to be towed. Village police, firefighters and EMS responded, along with a paramedic team from The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood and a PSE&G crew that assessed damage to the pole. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
PHOTOS: Transformer Sent Flying As SUV Slams Into Route 17 Pole In Paramus PHOTOS: Transformer Sent Flying As SUV Slams Into Route 17 Pole In Paramus
Photos: Transformer Sent Flying As SUV Slams Into Route 17 Pole In Paramus PARAMUS, N.J. -- An SUV slammed head-on into a utility pole on northbound Route 17 in Paramus early Wednesday evening, sending the driver to the hospital and a transformer into a nearby parking lot. Traffic in both directions was slowed considerably near Kalisa Way until the wrecked Nissan Rogue could be removed by flatbed tow truck. An ambulance took the driver to Hackensack University Medical Center with undetermined injuries. A paramedic unit from The Valley Hospital assisted Paramus EMTs with patient care.A PSE&G crew responded, as did Paramus police and firefighters. Boyd A. Lovin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Northbound Rt. 17 Remains Closed After Crash In Upper Saddle River UPDATE: Northbound Rt. 17 Remains Closed After Crash In Upper Saddle River
Update: Northbound Rt. 17 Remains Closed After Crash In Upper Saddle River UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A box truck slammed into a utility pole on northbound Route 17 in Upper Saddle River early Saturday night, igniting a chain reaction that kept the highway closed for hours. The pole snapped in half, downing wires across the highway -- which fell onto a tour bus and Jeep in the southbound lanes. No serious injuries were immediately reported in the crash near Lake Street, which also involved a tractor-trailer jack-knifing. Traffic remained detoured at Allendale Avenue past 10:30 p.m., more than 5½ hours after the incident.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Northbound Rt. 17 Remains Closed After Crash In Upper Saddle River UPDATE: Northbound Rt. 17 Remains Closed After Crash In Upper Saddle River
Update: Northbound Rt. 17 Remains Closed After Crash In Upper Saddle River UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A box truck slammed into a utility pole on northbound Route 17 in Upper Saddle River early Saturday night, igniting a chain reaction that kept the highway closed for hours. The pole snapped in half, downing wires across the highway -- which fell onto a tour bus and Jeep in the southbound lanes. No serious injuries were immediately reported in the crash near Lake Street, which also involved a tractor-trailer jack-knifing. Traffic remained detoured at Allendale Avenue past 10:30 p.m., more than 5½ hours after the incident.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
No One Injured After Oak Slams Into River Edge House No One Injured After Oak Slams Into River Edge House
No One Injured After Oak Slams Into River Edge House RIVER EDGE, N.J. -- No one was home when a tree crashed onto a River Edge home, downing power lines. More than 500 customers were temporarily without power after another transformer exploded moments after the oak toppled Friday night onto the neighbor's, taking a utility pole with it. Hazmat teams from Bergen County and New Milford joined borough police and firefighters at the Park Avenue house across from Lincoln Avenue.

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by Jerry DeMarco