A friend who was following the pickup driver pulled his car to the side of the road, got out and ran toward the overturned vehicle, Siracuse said.
Moments later, a police cruiser driven by a BCPD officer who was among the emergency service responders who rushed to the scene skidded on the ice and smacked into the back of the parked vehicle — after which a civilian’s car behind plowed into him, the sergeant told CLIFFVIEW PILOT just moments after midnight.
The pickup truck driver was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a hand bruise — the only reported injury in the chain-reaction sequence, he said.
Route 4 was closed in both directions from 9:10 to 10:10 p.m., as emergency workers got everything quickly cleared despite slippery conditions that made walking treacherous.
Fair Lawn Fire Rescue 1 and 2, along with Fire Engine 3 and two rigs from the Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps, joined Fair Lawn and count police at the scene.
Two state Department of Transportation trucks spread salt.
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