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Driver Hospitalized After Rear-End Crash On Route 17 Driver Hospitalized After Rear-End Crash On Route 17
Driver Hospitalized After Rear-End Crash On Route 17 A motorist was hospitalized after her SUV was rear-ended Monday afternoon on Route 17 in Hackensack. She and the female driver of the Ford Focus that hit her were guided to the shoulder of the southbound highway below South Summit Avenue by Walter Rogers, an EMT with the Rutherford First-Aid Ambulance Corps, and a passing tow truck driver shortly after 1 p.m. The Ford driver declined attention, but the SUV operator complained of neck and back pain and dizziness, Rogers said. He said he waited with her until a Bergen County sheriff's officer and Hackensack firefighters arrived. Below S…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HERO: Good Samaritan Rescues Driver From Fiery Route 3 Wreck HERO: Good Samaritan Rescues Driver From Fiery Route 3 Wreck
Hero: Good Samaritan Rescues Driver From Fiery Route 3 Wreck UPDATE: A passing driver rescued a motorist after her Jeep barreled across a Route 17 exit ramp, slammed into the divider on eastbound Route 3 and burst into flames near the Meadowlands, authorities said. The 2015 Grand Cherokee hit a curb after the 42-year-old Paterson driver failed to negotiate the turn coming off southbound Route 17 just after midnight Sunday, Rutherford Police Chief John Russo said. The Jeep careened over the grass exit median and then across all three lanes of eastbound Route 3 before smashing into the concrete barrier, knocking debris onto the highway's westbound side…

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by Jerry DeMarco