Crazy Day: Sedan Topples Pole In Series Of Hackensack Crashes

A sedan took down a utility pole during what became a day of severe crashes in Hackensack.

The Chevy Malibu toppled the pole on Prospect Avenue in Hackensack shortly before 7 p.m. Monday, June 5.
Photo Credit: *HACKENSACK FD*

The occupants of the Chevy involved in Monday's crash on Prospect Avenue in Hackensack were taken to HUMC, the Hackensack Fire Department said.
Photo Credit: *HACKENSACK FD*

An Acura RDX landed on its driver's side after it struck a building on Kinderkamack Road shortly before 2 p.m. Monday, June 5.
Photo Credit: *HACKENSACK FD*

409 South River Street in Hackensack on Monday, June 5.
Photo Credit: *Paul D. Nickels for DAILY VOICE*

06/05/2023 11:13 p.m.

The driver and a passenger got out of a Chevy Malibu on their own after it slammed into the pole outside the World Plaza Apartments on Prospect Avenue shortly before 7 p.m. Monday, June 5, city firefighters said.

Both were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center -- the passenger with a broken leg and the driver with other injuries, both not life-threatening, responders said.

The crash left wires strewn across the roadway.

PSE&G was summoned to replace the pole and restore power to those customers who lost it.

It was one of a series of incidents that city firefighters responded to on Monday.

An Acura RDX landed on its driver's side after it struck a building on Kinderkamack Road shortly before 2 p.m.

Three occupants were taken to HUMC, city firefighters said.

Then there was the Jeep that went airborne, landing on a sedan, in the parking lot of a construction company on South River Street early Monday.

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