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Bystanders In Fair Lawn Hold Down Driver Who Tried To Run From Head-On Crash Bystanders In Fair Lawn Hold Down Driver Who Tried To Run From Head-On Crash
Bystanders In Fair Lawn Hold Down Driver Who Tried To Run From Head-On Crash Bystanders grabbed a driver after he tried to run from a crash in Fair Lawn, authorities said. Carlton Wallace, 53, Pennsauken was headed east on Lincoln Avenue when his Chevy Impala struck a telephone pole and he veered into oncoming traffic, hitting another vehicle, late last week, Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Eric Eleshewich said. Wallace got out and tried to run and was held down by people at the scene around 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 17, the sergeant said. Why he tried fleeing wasn't immediately clear. Wallace was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and taken to St. Joseph's U…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Out-Of-State Driver Stopped On Route 17 For Bogus Plates, Tinted Windows Was Armed: Paramus PD Out-Of-State Driver Stopped On Route 17 For Bogus Plates, Tinted Windows Was Armed: Paramus PD
Out-Of-State Driver Stopped On Route 17 For Bogus Plates, Tinted Windows Was Armed: Paramus PD Tinted windows, bogus plates, no registration or insurance -- one of the only things that could've made a Paramus police traffic stop worse for an out-of-state driver was having drugs or a gun in the car. Turns out he had both, they said. Officer Cesar Hurtado was on patrol on westbound Route 4 shortly before 1:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 28, when he spotted the 2004 Toyota Camry with "extremely blacked out" windows, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. A quick computer check showed the license plates belonging to a Chevy Impala, Ehrenberg said. Backed up by Officer Matthew Orefice, Hurtado stop…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Driver, 34, Killed In Fiery Garden State Parkway Crash Driver, 34, Killed In Fiery Garden State Parkway Crash
Driver, 34, Killed In Fiery Garden State Parkway Crash A 34-year-old North Jersey man was killed in a fiery crash on the Garden State Parkway in Monmouth County, State Police said. Fabrice Deryce, of Scotch Plains, was heading south in a Chevy Impala when he struck multiple fixed objects around 11:45 p.m. Saturday in Tinton Falls, NJSP Sgt. Philip Curry said. The vehicle then entered the grass median that separates the local and express lanes, and struck a concrete cantilever overhead sign support.  Initial reports say the car caught fire and CPR was performed on Deryce, formerly of Rahway. He was later pronounced dead, Curry said. The …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Paterson Driver Caught With Loaded Gun, Machete, Police Say Paterson Driver Caught With Loaded Gun, Machete, Police Say
Paterson Driver Caught With Loaded Gun, Machete, Police Say A driver who falsely claimed to be a Paterson public school counselor was caught carrying a loaded gun and a machete after parking illegally, city authorities said. Detectives noticed the improperly parked Chevy Impala with an expired license plate number outside a soul food restaurant at 10th Avenue and 23rd Street shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Its headlights and tail lights were on and the windows were heavily tinted, making it difficult to determine whether anyone was inside, he said. The driver, 30-year-old Malik Colon, lowered the driver’s side wi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Driver Killed In Route 23 Rollover Crash Driver Killed In Route 23 Rollover Crash
Driver Killed In Route 23 Rollover Crash A Brooklyn woman was killed Wednesday in a rollover crash on Route 23 in West Milford, authorities confirmed. Rebecca McMahon Adelman, 36, was driving a 2019 Chevy Impala that collided with a 2003 Ford Explorer driven by a 27-year-old Bloomingdale woman at the intersection of Route 23 and Canistear Road shortly before 12:30 p.m. McMahon Adelman was extricated from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene, responders said. The other driver wasn’t injured and provided a valid driver’s license, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Acting West Milford Police Chief James DeVore s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Woman Killed, 6-Year-Old Boy Critically Injured Crossing Wayne Road Woman Killed, 6-Year-Old Boy Critically Injured Crossing Wayne Road
Woman Killed, 6-Year-Old Boy Critically Injured Crossing Wayne Road WAYNE, N.J. -- A woman was dead and a 6-year-old boy in surgery after they were struck Tuesday night while crossing the same Wayne road where another woman was killed a day earlier. The pair were crossing Valley Road at Birchwood Terrace around 7 p.m. when they were struck by a four-door Chevy Impala, authorities said. The elementary school-age boy was taken to the emergency room at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson in serious condition.  The woman was pronounced dead at the hospital at 7:46 a.m. The driver remained and his passenger remained at the scene -- barely a mile d…

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by Jerry DeMarco