BREAKING: A victim was partially ejected in a Saturday night crash that closed southbound Route 17 in Waldwick, responders said.The sedan hit a retaining wall on at Summit Avenue shortly after 7 p.m., seriously injuring three occupants -- of whom had to be extricated by firefighters, they said.The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Fatal Accident Investigations Unit was summoned.CHECK BACK FOR ...

A driver from Paterson had his 1-year-old son with him when he pulled a gun on another motorist during a road-rage incident in Garfield, authorities said.Tanner Young, 27, remained held Saturday in the Bergen County Jail pending a hearing in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack following his arrest the night before, records show.The other driver may have cut Young off, ...

Clifton police nabbed an accused car burglar with a criminal history, thanks to a call from a local resident.The Skyline Terrace resident called police shortly before midnight Friday to report a backyard intruder, Detective Sgt. Robert Anderson said.Responding officers seized Munal Shaabneh, 39, of Clifton and found an outstanding Passaic County warrant, Anderson said.Shaabneh “entered ...

The first drive-thru coronavirus testing site in New Jersey dedicated solely to first responders and health care workers opens Sunday afternoon at Bergen New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus.Only first responders and health care professionals who live or work in Bergen County will be tested at the site -- but only after they are screened first, Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco ...

President Trump said he was considering imposing a brief mandatory quarantine on New Jersey, New York and Connecticut sometime Saturday to keep the coronavirus from spreading to the rest of the country."We'd like to see New York quarantined because it's a hotspot — New York, New Jersey, maybe one or two other places, certain parts of Connecticut quarantined," the president told ...

A fast-moving house fire killed a 61-year-old Burlington County man, authorities confirmed.Three other residents reportedly fled the flames, which responders said quickly engulfed the home and shot through the roof after igniting shortly before 5 p.m. Friday.The fire was the first of three in the area in less than 24 hours. Firefighters got the Moore Street blaze under control in under ...

A Jersey Shore man sent Facebook messages to Gov. Phil Murphy and others threatening to go to Lakewood with a baseball bat and assault members of the Orthodox community for violating the governor's coronavirus restrictions, authorities charged.Anthony Lodespoto, 43, of Howell, remained held Saturday in the Ocean County Jail in Toms River pending a detention hearing on charges of making ...

Along with the increase of coronavirus cases in New Jersey are growing numbers of people charged with crimes directly tied to the pandemic, authorities said.No fewer than five of them either spit or coughed on police officers and claimed they’d tested positive for COVID-19, authorities said.Others held weddings or other gatherings in violation of state emergency orders.Another is ...

Two people were killed and an infant hospitalized in critical condition after a horrific crash Friday night in Perth Amboy, responders said.The child apparently went into cardiac arrest after the 6:30 p.m. crash at Chamberlain Avenue and Convery Boulevard, they said.Firefighters extricated victims, four of whom responders said were hospitalized or treated at the scene.The intersection ...

A 59-year-old Fort Lee pedestrian was struck and killed Friday near the George Washington Bridge, authorities said.Lan Zhang was crossing Bruce Reynolds Boulevard heading north when a 2005 Ford Econoline van turning left from southbound Lemoine Avenue hit her Friday morning, Capt. Ricky Mirkovic said.Responding officers and paramedics from the Fort Lee Ambulance Corps tried to ...