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Woman Hit, Thrown By Car During Argument, Hackensack Police Seek Help Finding Fleeing Driver Woman Hit, Thrown By Car During Argument, Hackensack Police Seek Help Finding Fleeing Driver
Woman Hit, Thrown By Car During Argument, Hackensack Police Seek Help Finding Fleeing Driver SEE ANYTHING? Authorities sought the public’s help finding a driver who deliberately hit a woman with his car during an argument in Hackensack. A call of a person seen on the hood of a moving sedan brought police to the intersection of Anderson Street and Vanderbeck Place shortly after 11 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 20, Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Officers found the 39-year-old victim, who told them a man whom she identified only as “Jazz” drove directly at her and hit her with his car during an argument, DeWitt said. She landed on the hood, she said, then rolled off and landed in the street near the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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DWI Driver Jailed After Hackensack Police Pursuit Ends In Crash DWI Driver Jailed After Hackensack Police Pursuit Ends In Crash
DWI Driver Jailed After Hackensack Police Pursuit Ends In Crash An Ecuadoran national was drunk when he crashed his Jeep into a traffic signal during a pre-dawn police chase in Hackensack and then took off on foot before dawn Monday, authorities said. Segundo Tapia-Yunganaula, 24, who lives in Hackensack, was speeding down Linden Street when Sgt. Richard Melber tried to stop him shortly after 2 a.m., Detective Lt. Michael Antista said. Tapia-Yunganaula kept going, running several red lights in the process, before stopping at the intersection of Main and Salem streets, Antista said. He then suddenly reversed toward Melber’s vehicle before throwing it in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Firefighters Free Driver From Second Vehicle Hit By Train In Hackensack This Month Firefighters Free Driver From Second Vehicle Hit By Train In Hackensack This Month
Firefighters Free Driver From Second Vehicle Hit By Train In Hackensack This Month UPDATE: Hackensack firefighters cut a driver from a vehicle after it was struck by a commuter train Wednesday morning, the second time in nine days that's happened in the city. The 70-year-old driver was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening after her Subaru Forester was struck as it crossed the tracks on Clinton Avenue at Linden Street around 7:50 a.m., police Capt. Darren DeWitt said. She complained of back pain, DeWitt said. The driver "reported there was sun glare, a possible contributing factor," the captain said. The Pas…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Police Ticket Unlicensed Driver Whose Pickup Smashed Through Hackensack Apartment Window Police Ticket Unlicensed Driver Whose Pickup Smashed Through Hackensack Apartment Window
Police Ticket Unlicensed Driver Whose Pickup Smashed Through Hackensack Apartment Window The driver of a pickup truck that hit two cars before plowing through the basement window of a Hackensack apartment on Monday didn't have a license, said police who also charged him with careless driving and failing to maintain a lane. Luis M. Castellanos, 24, of Jackson Avenue in Hackensack, "was driving southbound on Linden Street when, due to an unknown distraction, he failed to maintain his lane of travel and struck two parked vehicles," Capt. Brian Corcoran said. The crash sent the pickup careening across a lawn and through the window of a Linden Street apartment, which city …

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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Hackensack Driver Who Struck Pole Said She Swerved To Avoid Another Car Hackensack Driver Who Struck Pole Said She Swerved To Avoid Another Car
Hackensack Driver Who Struck Pole Said She Swerved To Avoid Another Car HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A Hackensack driver told police she hit a utility pole and a "No Parking" sign early Tuesday afternoon after swerving to avoid another vehicle. The woman was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center after the crash at Linden and Passaic streets, Capt. Peter Busciglio said. A PSE&G crew arrived to repair the utility pole.

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by Cecilia Levine & Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Hackensack Saddened By Death Of Friendly Crossing Guard Ulysses Kearny, 91 Hackensack Saddened By Death Of Friendly Crossing Guard Ulysses Kearny, 91
Hackensack Saddened By Death Of Friendly Crossing Guard Ulysses Kearny, 91 If you've crossed Hackensack's Linden Street at Clinton Place in the past 22 years, you've met Ulysses Kearny. At 91 years old, Kearny died last Sunday. "He loved his job with the City of Hackensack," Deputy Mayor David Sims said in a social media post. "He saluted passing cars, greeted every citizen with a smile while he made sure they crossed the busy intersections safely." Condolences came pouring in. This one was from a fellow crossing guard. I can't believe the Ulysses is gone. Him and I work together as Hackensack crossing guards. The most nicest and kindest ma…

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by Cecilia Levine