PHOTOS: Sedan Clips Tree, Overturns In Ridgewood PHOTOS: Sedan Clips Tree, Overturns In Ridgewood
Photos: Sedan Clips Tree, Overturns In Ridgewood A driver escaped injury in a rollover crash Wednesday afternoon in Ridgewood. Her 4-door Ford Fusion clipped a tree before overturning halfway down the 100 block of North Pleasant Avenue. A flatbed tow truck righted and removed the wrecked sedan. Ridgewood police, firefighters and EMS responded. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account. Ridgewood rollover.Boyd A. Loving
Multi-Vehicle Collision At Troublesome Midland Park Intersection Sends Two To Hospital Multi-Vehicle Collision At Troublesome Midland Park Intersection Sends Two To Hospital
Multi-Vehicle Collision At Troublesome Midland Park Intersection Sends Two To Hospital Three vehicles collided Wednesday morning at a troublesome intersection in Midland Park, sending two occupants to the hospital, after one ran a stop sign, authorities said. Midland Park police, firefighters and EMS responded to the crash at Franklin and Erie avenues near the Ridgewood border. None of the injuries were considered life-threatening, Police Chief Michael Powderley said. Two summonses were issued, he said. Tow trucks removed two vehicles. Borough officials have been wrestling with how to make the intersection safer, recently holding a public discussion on the subject.  …
Elmwood Park Woman Charged, Boyfriend Hospitalized With Knife Wound In Saddle Brook Incident Elmwood Park Woman Charged, Boyfriend Hospitalized With Knife Wound In Saddle Brook Incident
Elmwood Park Woman Charged, Boyfriend Hospitalized With Knife Wound In Saddle Brook Incident UPDATE: An Elmwood Park woman was jailed Friday after injuring her boyfriend with a pocket knife during an incident at friend's house in Saddle Brook, police said. Leonor O'Hara, 23, was charged with aggravated assault, making terroristic threats and weapons possession following the 7 a.m. incident at a home on Saddle River Road near Saddle River County Park, Police Chief Robert Kugler said. The 23-year-old Morris County man was hospitalized with a cut on his finger "either through a defensive attempt to thwart off an attempted thrust of the knife or an attempt by the suspect…
Car, SUV Collide In Ramsey Car, SUV Collide In Ramsey
Car, SUV Collide In Ramsey A minor injury was reported after a sedan and an SUV collided Wednesday night near Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey. The crash occurred on the Franklin Turnpike bridge over Route 17 around 7:30 p.m., Police Chief Bryan Gurney said. Borough police, firefighters, EMS and Ramsey Rescue responded. ****** ALSO SEE: A Mahwah man who fired a gun in his home and then called police to tell them about it was taken for a psychiatric evaluation after a brief standoff Wednesday. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/mahwah/police-fire/swat-standoff-mahwah-dispatcher-convinces-man-who-fired-gun-in-home-to-su…
SUV Hits Utility Pole, Overturns In Hackensack SUV Hits Utility Pole, Overturns In Hackensack
SUV Hits Utility Pole, Overturns In Hackensack An SUV crashed into a utility pole and landed on its roof in Hackensack early Monday evening. The impact snapped the pole on Mary Street just before 5:30 p.m. Police, firefighters and EMS responded.
'First ResPAWnders': Enter Daily Voice Police, Fire K-9 Competition 'First ResPAWnders': Enter Daily Voice Police, Fire K-9 Competition
'First ResPAWnders': Enter Daily Voice Police, Fire K-9 Competition Daily Voice is on a mission to find the best First ResPAWnder in North Jersey. Whether he or she is a firehouse dog or blueline buddy, we want to see the best boys and girls in Bergen, Passaic and Morris counties. Police officers, firefighters and EMS members can submit their pet for a featured article and a chance to win a prize (it's not bragging rights -- we know you do that anyway). Readers will vote to select the winner. Email [email protected] to enter.
Toddler Run Over By Dad In Morris County Driveway In Serious Condition Toddler Run Over By Dad In Morris County Driveway In Serious Condition
Toddler Run Over By Dad In Morris County Driveway In Serious Condition An 18-month-old girl was rushed to the hospital in serious condition after being accidentally struck by her father in her Chatham Township driveway Monday, authorities said. The toddler's father told police that he was warming up his car and moving it to the side of their Southern Boulevard driveway around 7 a.m. when he realized he struck his daughter, Chief Thomas Miller said. Chatham EMS and police administered first aid to the girl, Miller said. She was taken to Morristown Medical Center, where Lt. Chris Slayton said she was listed in serious condition. The incident is being …
Second Fort Lee Senior Towers Tenant In Four Days Jumps To Death Second Fort Lee Senior Towers Tenant In Four Days Jumps To Death
Second Fort Lee Senior Towers Tenant In Four Days Jumps To Death A 63-year-old woman became the second tenant at a Fort Lee senior high rise in four days to jump to her death -- this time from the 10th floor, police confirmed. Police began CPR after responding to the 1:45 p.m. call Wednesday at the Malcolm Towers on Main Street before turning the victim over to EMS, Capt. Matthew Hintze said. On Sunday, an 81-year-old woman jumped to her death from the 14th floor of the same building. Both deaths were deemed suicides pending further investigation.
Three Hospitalized On Their Own, One Transported After Stabbing/Slashing Outside Paterson Bar Three Hospitalized On Their Own, One Transported After Stabbing/Slashing Outside Paterson Bar
Three Hospitalized On Their Own, One Transported After Stabbing/Slashing Outside Paterson Bar Three men and two women fled the scene of a stabbing/slashing overnight Saturday outside a Paterson nightspot, witnesses told police. None of the injuries was considered life-threatening, although one victim was stabbed in the kidney area during the attack just after 3 a.m. on the corner of McBride and Glover avenues near the Woodland Park border, responders said. By sheer luck, members of a private ambulance crew were passing by at the time and rendered aid before police and city EMS arrived. Three of the victims got to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center on their own, responders said. …
Crash Sends Elderly Driver's Car Into Fair Lawn House Crash Sends Elderly Driver's Car Into Fair Lawn House
Crash Sends Elderly Driver's Car Into Fair Lawn House An elderly driver was treated for facial injuries after a crash pushed his sedan into a Fair Lawn home Friday morning. A 49-year-old Fair Lawn man was attempting to turn left from Park Avenue onto River Road when his 2006 Honda struck a 2017 Lincoln SUV driven by a 71-year-old Elmwood Park man around 9:50 a.m., Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The impact of the crash forced the SUV across the roadway and into the side of a brick Park Avenue house, he said. Police charged the Honda driver with failing to yield to oncoming traffic, Metzler said. EMS treated the SUV driver at the scene. His vehicle …
Authorities: Discarded Cigarette Caused Fire That Killed Montvale Woman, 77 Authorities: Discarded Cigarette Caused Fire That Killed Montvale Woman, 77
Authorities: Discarded Cigarette Caused Fire That Killed Montvale Woman, 77 UPDATE: A fire that killed a 77-year-old Montvale widow in her home last weekend was ignited by a discarded cigarette, authorities said Friday. The blaze that tore through the North Avenue home of Ninette Grannis broke out just before 1 p.m. Sunday. "When the Montvale Police and Fire Departments arrived on the scene, the single-family residence was consumed by heavy fire," Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Friday. Grannis "was unaccounted for and presumed to be inside," he said. Her remains were later located, Calo said. "The cause of the fire was determined to be accident…
UPDATE: Clogged Toilet Caused HazMat Response At Garden State Plaza, Police Say UPDATE: Clogged Toilet Caused HazMat Response At Garden State Plaza, Police Say
Update: Clogged Toilet Caused HazMat Response At Garden State Plaza, Police Say An attempt to unclog a toilet at the Garden State Plaza sent one person to the hospital for chemical exposure Wednesday, authorities said. The shopper was transported after a mall maintenance worker and plumber poured two different types of chemicals down the same drain causing a hazardous condition, local police said. Paramus police, firefighters and EMS responded along with a Bergen County hazardous materials team on reports of fumes in the food court -- which was evacuated as a precautionary measure at approximately 9:30 p.m. "The dining terrace at Westfield Garden State Plaz…