Fair Lawn pedestrian struck, sustains head, leg injuries

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: No sooner had Fair Lawn police announced the launch of a pedestrian safety program beginning next week than a woman was struck this morning at the intersection of 20th Street and Fair Lawn Avenue.

Jerry DeMarco

05/28/2013 2:13 p.m.

The 37-year-old victim, from Fair Lawn, was taken by ambulance to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood at around 7:30 a.m., moments after the crash, Sgt. Brian Metzler told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.

She sustained head and leg injuries that weren’t believed to be life-threatening, he said.

The driver — a 58-year-old woman from Fair Lawn driving a 2003 Chevy Trailblazer — wasn’t charged.

However, an investigation was continuing.

PHOTO: Boyd A. Loving

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