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Glen Rock DWI Crash Sends 2 To Hospital: Elmwood Park Driver Charged Glen Rock DWI Crash Sends 2 To Hospital: Elmwood Park Driver Charged
Glen Rock DWI Crash Sends 2 To Hospital: Elmwood Park Driver Charged An Elmwood Park driver was drunk when his car slammed into another stopped for a light in Glen Rock, sending both his passenger and the other driver to the hospital, authorities said. Carlos L. Trejos Jr., 57 was headed north on Maple Avenue when the crash occurred at Harristown Road just after 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. His passenger, a 29-year-old Union City woman, and the driver of the vehicle he struck, a 23-year-old Little Ferry woman, were both taken to the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with injuries that Ackermann said weren’t life-threatening. Both vehicles…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Glen Rock PD: Ho-Ho-Kus Driver Slams BMW Into Tree Glen Rock PD: Ho-Ho-Kus Driver Slams BMW Into Tree
Glen Rock PD: Ho-Ho-Kus Driver Slams BMW Into Tree GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- A 63-year-old Ho-Ho-Kus driver had to be cut out by firefighters after his BMW sedan slammed into a tree in Glen Rock, authorities said. Police were trying to determine what caused Thursday crash on Maple Avenue just north of Harristown Road just after 6:30 p.m., Police Chief Dean Ackermann said Monday. No alcohol or drugs were involved, he said. The driver was taken to The Valley Hospital with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, Ackermann said. A witness who'd been driving behind him told police the southbound vehicle "began to swerve and drove dire…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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40 Postal Boxes In Bergen Tampered With, Federal Authorities Say 40 Postal Boxes In Bergen Tampered With, Federal Authorities Say
40 Postal Boxes In Bergen Tampered With, Federal Authorities Say U.S. Postal Service inspectors were investigating a wave thefts from mailboxes in Bergen County, authorities said. Anyone who believes their mailings have been compromised should contact either local police or the U.S. Postal Inspection Service: (877) 876-2455. The tampered-with boxes included one in Glen Rock at De Boer Drive and Harristown Road, borough Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. In recent years, the service has retrofitted postal boxes to thwart thieves who "fish" for mail by rigging adhesive tape or other devices into the opening and then pulling out envelopes to searc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Elderly Driver Hospitalized After SUV Slams Into Glen Rock Utility Pole Elderly Driver Hospitalized After SUV Slams Into Glen Rock Utility Pole
Elderly Driver Hospitalized After SUV Slams Into Glen Rock Utility Pole GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- An elderly driver was hospitalized after SUV slammed head-on into a utility pole Sunday night in Glen Rock. A paramedic team from The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood assisted Glen Rock EMTs in tending to the woman, who was conscious when she was brought to Hackensack University Center following the Harristown Road crash. The Toyota was removed from the scene by a flatbed tow truck, whose driver also tended to a significant fluid leak. A PSE&G crew also responded. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this report.

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by Jerry DeMarco