DWI Fairview Driver Severely Injures Elderly Couple In Wrong-Way North Bergen Crash: Prosecutor

A wrong-way drunk driver from Fairview hit one sedan and slammed into another on Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen, severely injuring a 73-year-old motorist and her 90-year-old passenger, authorities said.

A wrong-way drunk driver from Fairview hit one sedan and slammed into another on Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen, severely injuring an elderly couple.
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Aftermath of the three-vehicle May 2 DWI collision on Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen.
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Jerry DeMarco

05/03/2024 4:35 p.m.

Steven Reyes, 45, was headed north in the southbound lanes when his Ford SUV rammed a Hyundai containing the man and woman after hitting a Volkswagen at 85th Street around 3:30 p.m. Thursday, May 2, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.

The couple were both extricated by township firefighters and taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with what the prosecutor said were life-threatening injuries.

They remained in stable condition, she said late Friday afternoon.

The Volkswagen driver apparently wasn’t injured.

Nor, apparently, was Reyes, whom the prosecutor said was arrested by North Bergen police and charged with DWI.

More charges are likely amid a joint investigation by detectives from Suarez’s office and North Bergen police.

The vehicles were removed via flatbed tow trucks.

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