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Route 80 Collision Sends Two To Hospital Route 80 Collision Sends Two To Hospital
Route 80 Collision Sends Two To Hospital Two victims were hospitalized following an afternoon collision on Route 80 in Wayne. A Toyota RAV4 and Nissan Sentra collided on the westbound highway just past the "spaghetti bowl" interchange around 2:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30. The Wayne Township Memorial First Aid Squad tended to the victims, whose conditions couldn't immediately be determined. New Jersey State Police are investigating the Route 80 crash in Wayne on Monday, Jan. 30.CONTRIBUTED New Jersey State Police are investigating. Camps Towing removed the vehicles. The SUV collided with a sedan on westbound Route 80 in Wayn…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Alleged Police Brutality Victim From Paterson Arrested After Eluding, Resisting, Sheriff Says Alleged Police Brutality Victim From Paterson Arrested After Eluding, Resisting, Sheriff Says
Alleged Police Brutality Victim From Paterson Arrested After Eluding, Resisting, Sheriff Says An alleged Paterson police brutality victim fled a traffic stop and then scuffled with Passaic County sheriff's officers who tracked him down at a nearby deli, authorities said. Osamah Alsaidi, 21, was stopped for an unspecified violation on Madison Avenue shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik said. Alsaidi "argued with the officer and then fled the scene in the vehicle," the sheriff said. Officers spotted the vehicle outside the Grab & Go Deli and found Alsaidi inside the Getty Avenue store, Berdnik said. They had to subdue him "after he trie…

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Wayne PD: Drunken Trespasser Climbs Head First Into Race Car, Can't Get Out Wayne PD: Drunken Trespasser Climbs Head First Into Race Car, Can't Get Out
Wayne PD: Drunken Trespasser Climbs Head First Into Race Car, Can't Get Out Rescuers had to cut off a roll cage to free a drunken trespasser who climbed into a sports car head first and couldn’t get out, authorities said. Jagdeep Singh, 30, apparently got into the Mazda Miata parked at the Delta gas station on southbound Route 23 to take a nap and got wedged upside-down in the roll cage, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. Officers who responded detected an “overwhelming odor of alcohol” and summoned rescuers to get him out, Daly said. Members of the Wayne Township Memorial First Aid Squad cut off the cage and freed the intruder, he said. The Miata's 60-year-old owner…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Wayne Crash With Jeep Sends Sedan Driver To Hospital Wayne Crash With Jeep Sends Sedan Driver To Hospital
Wayne Crash With Jeep Sends Sedan Driver To Hospital The driver of a sedan had to be extricated before being hospitalized following a collision with a Jeep Tuesday night in Wayne. Both vehicles had to be towed following the crash at Alps Road and Warren Place around 7:30 p.m. The extent of the female driver's injuries couldn't be determined. Wayne police, firefighters, Rescue and the Wayne Township Memorial First Aid Squad responded. Michael Jannicelli took the photos and contributed to this story. The Jeep involved in the Wayne collision.Michael Jannicelli for DAILY VOICE

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Tenant, 64, Therapy Dog Killed In Cluttered Wayne House Fire Tenant, 64, Therapy Dog Killed In Cluttered Wayne House Fire
Tenant, 64, Therapy Dog Killed In Cluttered Wayne House Fire A 64-year-old tenant living amid an enormous collection of tools, equipment and large buckets was killed, along with his therapy dog, in a Thursday night blaze in Wayne, authorities confirmed. The rented cabin on Ratzer Road had "debris everywhere," a responder said. "We're unsure if it had running water or even heat or electricity." Firefighters battled valiantly, but the 7:42 p.m. blaze quickly went to three alarms as flames blew through the roof. Robert Freudenberg and his dog, Popeye, were later found dead inside. All five township fire companies responded, along with a warming bus an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Wayne PD: Drunk Driver Runs Light, Slams Pickup, Assaults Medic Wayne PD: Drunk Driver Runs Light, Slams Pickup, Assaults Medic
Wayne PD: Drunk Driver Runs Light, Slams Pickup, Assaults Medic WAYNE, N.J. -- A drunk driver rammed his Mini Cooper into a pickup truck after running a red light in Wayne, then assaulted an ambulance squad responder who was trying to help him, authorities said. The 2012 compact car veered off the roadway before hitting the fence at the QuickChek on Hamburg Turnpike after it struck the pickup so hard that it left the truck facing east in the westbound lane of Ratzer Road just after 9:30 p.m. Friday, Detective Capt. Laurence J. Martin said. Wayne firefighters extricated the driver of the mangled Mini Cooper, 38-year-old Jim Chung of Pompton Lakes, who wa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Passersby Stop Cars To Help Victims In Fiery Route 80 Crash Passersby Stop Cars To Help Victims In Fiery Route 80 Crash
Passersby Stop Cars To Help Victims In Fiery Route 80 Crash TOTOWA, N.J. -- Passersby stopped their cars to help five people involved in a fiery rush-hour crash on eastbound Route 80 in Woodland Park. Totowa and Woodland Park firefighters extinguished the flames, which spread from one sedan to one it T-boned on the passenger side around 4 p.m. The Wayne Township Memorial First Aid Squad tended to those injured. Several State Police vehicles surrounded the scene, closing off three lanes. Werner R. Ennesser contributed to this story.

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by Jerry DeMarco