Electric car downs utility pole in Paramus, jamming evening rush

ONLY ON CVP: Evening rush-hour traffic in the center of Paramus was slowed, continuing past 6:30 p.m., after a Tesla downed a utility pole.

Photo Credit: *CLIFFVIEW PILOT Senior Correspondent Boyd A. Loving*

Jerry DeMarco

12/01/2014 11:29 p.m.

Paramus firefighters extricated the driver, who was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with the assistance of a paramedic team from The Valley Hospital, after the 4:10 p.m. crash on Farview Avenue.

Farview was closed in both directions between Midland and Haase Avenues. Gridlocked traffic conditions on Midland Avenue resulted.

Paramus police, EMS workers, firefighters and Heavy Rescue all responded.

The car, which ended up on a nearby front lawn, was removed by a flatbed tow truck.

STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Senior Correspondent Boyd A. Loving

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