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DUI Driver Flees Crash Scene, Jumps On Moving Minivan Roof Causing 2nd Maywood Crash (UPDATE) DUI Driver Flees Crash Scene, Jumps On Moving Minivan Roof Causing 2nd Maywood Crash (UPDATE)
DUI Driver Flees Crash Scene, Jumps On Moving Minivan Roof Causing 2nd Maywood Crash (Update) A DUI driver who fled one crash scene, broke into a local home, then jumped on top of a moving minivan — causing a second accident — before his arrest in Maywood on Wednesday, July 10, according to Daily Voice sources and local police. Just after 5:35 p.m., Maywood police were notified of a hit-and-run motor vehicle accident at Spring Valley Avenue, Detective Sgt. William Phayre said. At the scene, officers found a vehicle that had struck and toppled a traffic light. The male driver fled on foot, running through several backyards before entering someone else's home on Oak Avenue, according …

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by Cecilia Levine
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PSE&G Project Will Shut Portion Of Major Roadway Through Maywood, Rochelle Park For 5 Weeks PSE&G Project Will Shut Portion Of Major Roadway Through Maywood, Rochelle Park For 5 Weeks
PSE&G Project Will Shut Portion Of Major Roadway Through Maywood, Rochelle Park For 5 Weeks A PSE&G project will be closing a quarter-mile stretch of Passaic Street in Maywood through Rochelle Park for five weeks beginning next week, local police said. All westbound traffic along Passaic Street will be closed between Lincoln Avenue in Maywood to Rochelle Avenue in Rochelle Park, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mondays through Fridays beginning Monday, June 24, Maywood Police Detective Lt. William Phayre said. Westbound traffic will be detoured onto W. Pleasant Avenue to Spring Valley Road, then onto E. Spring Valley Avenue toward Paramus, Phayre said. That lands motorists on S. Farview…

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'Unfortunate Accident': Englewood Driver Who Hit Girl, 6, On Maywood Street Not At Fault: Chief 'Unfortunate Accident': Englewood Driver Who Hit Girl, 6, On Maywood Street Not At Fault: Chief
'Unfortunate Accident': Englewood Driver Who Hit Girl, 6, On Maywood Street Not At Fault: Chief UPDATE: A crash that critically injured a 6-year-old girl whose family had just moved to Maywood was a "serious and unfortunate accident" and not the fault of the 25-year-old driver from Englewood, the borough's police chief said. A delivery van that had stopped in front of a house on Spring Valley Road across from Memorial Park around noon Monday had obstructed the driver's view when the child ran out into the street, Maywood Police Chief Terence R. Kenny said Tuesday. Witnesses said the southbound Honda Civic knocked the youngster into the air. "The driver stopped immediately and remain…

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Young Child Whose Family Just Moved To Town Struck, Critically Injured On Busy Maywood Street Young Child Whose Family Just Moved To Town Struck, Critically Injured On Busy Maywood Street
Young Child Whose Family Just Moved To Town Struck, Critically Injured On Busy Maywood Street UPDATE: A young girl whose family had just moved to the neighborhood was struck and critically injured when she ran into traffic on a busy road alongside a popular park in Maywood, authorities confirmed. Witnesses said the 6-year-old child was knocked into the air when a southbound Honda Civic struck her as she dashed across Spring Valley Road between Memorial Park and her new home Monday afternoon, they said. She was last reported to be in critical condition with a traumatic head injury Tuesday at Hackensack University Medical Center. Although area residents have complained about vehicle…

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Three Captured After Stolen SUV Rams Vehicles In Paramus Pursuit Three Captured After Stolen SUV Rams Vehicles In Paramus Pursuit
Three Captured After Stolen SUV Rams Vehicles In Paramus Pursuit BREAKING: Three suspects in a stolen SUV rammed multiple vehicles, including a Paramus police car, before officers from neighboring departments helped nab them as they fled, responders said. A female occupant of one of the civilian vehicles had to be hospitalized in the wake of the pursuit and crashes early Monday evening, all of which happened in a matter of minutes. The 2022 Mercedes GLS reportedly was stolen out of Manalapan around 7 p.m. Sunday. It was being tracked via GPS and had apparently been circling Newark before it was identified on Franklin Turnpike in Ridgewood on Monday. Par…

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NO LIE: Career Bergen Burglar Caught Breaking Into, Of All Places, An Alarm Business: Police NO LIE: Career Bergen Burglar Caught Breaking Into, Of All Places, An Alarm Business: Police
NO LIE: Career Bergen Burglar Caught Breaking Into, Of All Places, An Alarm Business: Police A career criminal from Bergenfield who’s been busted well over a dozen times the past two decades was caught breaking into an alarm business, Maywood police said. Myles Gerard Shanahan, 61, has a long history of arrests in several towns – Bergenfield, Closter and Tenafly, among them -- mostly for burglary, theft and shoplifting but also for assault and DWI, records show. He'd been released a few weeks earlier following an arrest for a burglary in Bergenfield when officers in Maywood responded to a late-night alarm at Chief Security Systems on Spring Valley Road on March 29, Police Chief Ter…

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Snapped Tree Shuts Maywood Dog Park Snapped Tree Shuts Maywood Dog Park
Snapped Tree Shuts Maywood Dog Park A tree that snapped in Saturday's thunderstorm and was left partially hanging temporarily closed the Maywood Dog Park. DPW workers were on scene at the Spring Valley Road park removing the tree as of 5 p.m. The dog park was expected to reopen by sunset, police said.

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by Cecilia Levine