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UPDATE: Driver, 78, Killed When Backhoe Veers Into Path Of His Pickup In Paramus UPDATE: Driver, 78, Killed When Backhoe Veers Into Path Of His Pickup In Paramus
Update: Driver, 78, Killed When Backhoe Veers Into Path Of His Pickup In Paramus A 78-year-old motorist from Englewood was killed when his pickup truck collided with an oncoming backhoe that had swerved into his path in Paramus, authorities confirmed. The victim was headed north on Forest Avenue in a 2020 Ford Ranger when the crash occurred near Filippe Court around 5 a.m. Saturday, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. The Suez Water backhoe driver, 40, from Elmwood Park, told police he'd swerved to avoid a deer who darted across the road, Ehrenberg said. Responding officers removed the unresponsive victim from the Ford and conducted CPR, among other life-saving measur…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Jersey City Driver, 78, Charged In Fatal Hit-Run Crash Jersey City Driver, 78, Charged In Fatal Hit-Run Crash
Jersey City Driver, 78, Charged In Fatal Hit-Run Crash A 78-year-old Jersey City man was charged in a March hit-and-run crash that killed a 62-year-old man, authorities said Tuesday. Beato Sepulveda struck Armando Campos-Perez at Palisade Avenue between Jefferson Avenue and Waverly Street,  around 1:30 a.m. on March 18 -- then fled, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Campos-Perez was pronounced dead at Chris Hospital at 2:25 a.m.  Sepulveda was arrested on Tuesday, Oct. 13 and charged with knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle collision causing death and endangering an injured victim. Suarez credited the…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Van Knocked On Its Side In Hackensack Crash Van Knocked On Its Side In Hackensack Crash
Van Knocked On Its Side In Hackensack Crash A van landed on its side after colliding with an SUV at a busy Hackensack intersection early Tuesday evening. The drivers sustained minor injuries following the crash at Hackensack Avenue and University Plaza Drive just after 5 p.m., police said. All got out safely.

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by Jerry DeMarco