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FOUND! Dog Who Fled Horrific Route 287 Dump Truck Rollover Turns Up The Next Day FOUND! Dog Who Fled Horrific Route 287 Dump Truck Rollover Turns Up The Next Day
Found! Dog Who Fled Horrific Route 287 Dump Truck Rollover Turns Up The Next Day As he recuperated in a hospital bed, a dump truck driver from Bergen County who miraculously survived a horrific crash on Route 287 worried about the fate of his dog. The pooch bolted as rescuers arrived at the scene of the noontime rollover on the northbound highway in Mahwah on Monday. No one knew where he'd gone. Then on Tuesday, state Department of Transportation workers found the little fella sitting on the side of the road not far from the scene. New Jersey State Police brought the dog to Hackensack University Medical Center, where preparations were already being made for 29-year-ol…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Firefighters Extricate Dump Truck Driver After Multi-Vehicle Rollover Closes Route 287 Firefighters Extricate Dump Truck Driver After Multi-Vehicle Rollover Closes Route 287
Firefighters Extricate Dump Truck Driver After Multi-Vehicle Rollover Closes Route 287 As he recuperated in a hospital bed, a dump truck driver from Bergen County who miraculously survived a horrific crash on Route 287 worried about the fate of his dog. The pooch bolted as rescuers arrived at the scene of the noontime rollover on the northbound highway in Mahwah on Monday. No one knew where he'd gone. Then on Tuesday, state Department of Transportation workers found the little fella sitting on the side of the road not far from the scene. New Jersey State Police brought the dog to Hackensack University Medical Center, where preparations were already being made for 29-year-ol…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Driver Hospitalized As Dump Truck Overturns In Hunterdon County Driver Hospitalized As Dump Truck Overturns In Hunterdon County
Driver Hospitalized As Dump Truck Overturns In Hunterdon County A dump truck driver was hospitalized after the vehicle overturned in Hunterdon County, authorities said. The vehicle overturned at the intersection of County Route 579 and Route 523 near the border of Delaware and Raritan Townships the afternoon of Wednesday, Feb. 9, according to the Flemington-Raritan First Aid and Rescue Squad. The driver self-extricated and was taken by the rescue squad to Hunterdon Medical Center for evaluation of minor injuries. The road remained closed until the scene was cleared. Delaware Township Police were leading the investigation with help from the Raritan To…

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by Valerie Musson
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Firefighters Extricate Sedan Driver After Dump Truck Crash In Franklin Lakes Firefighters Extricate Sedan Driver After Dump Truck Crash In Franklin Lakes
Firefighters Extricate Sedan Driver After Dump Truck Crash In Franklin Lakes A dump truck driver escaped serious injury in a crash Friday near the Haledon Reservoir in Franklin Lakes, authorities said. Borough firefighters extricated a 61-year-old driver from Wayne after her 2017 Accord collided with the tipper on Ewing Avenue at Water View Drive shortly after 10 a.m., police Capt. Robert Lyon said. The borough Volunteer Ambulance Corps took her to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, he said. The driver of the 1996 Western Star dump truck -- also 61, from Clifton -- didn't require hospitalizatio…

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by Jerry DeMarco