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SUV Hits Parked Car, Slams Into Utility Pole In Glen Rock SUV Hits Parked Car, Slams Into Utility Pole In Glen Rock
SUV Hits Parked Car, Slams Into Utility Pole In Glen Rock An SUV hit an occupied parked car before slamming head-on into a utility pole Monday in Glen Rock. Neither the Honda Pilot nor the driver who was making a cellphone call in a sedan parked in the 500 block of Harristown Road was injured in the afternoon crash, responders said. A flatbed tow truck removed the wrecked SUV, while the sedan was driven from the scene.  Borough police responded. The SUV hit a parked car and then the pole on Harristown Road in Glen Rock.Boyd A. Loving Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Driver Seriously Injured In Fair Lawn Crash Driver Seriously Injured In Fair Lawn Crash
Driver Seriously Injured In Fair Lawn Crash A driver was hospitalized with serious injuries after a Saturday afternoon crash in Fair Lawn. The driver of a sedan was extricated before being transported after an SUV slammed into the car at the intersection of Broadway and Plaza Road around 1 p.m. The other driver refused medical attention. Fair Lawn police, firefighters, EMS and members of Fair Lawn Rescue responded. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account. The SUV collided with the sedan at Broadway and Plaza Road in Fair Lawn.Boyd A. Loving ****** ALSO SEE: An N95 mask worn by a driver may not have been …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SUV Plows Into Entrance Of Old Tappan Mixed-Use Building SUV Plows Into Entrance Of Old Tappan Mixed-Use Building
SUV Plows Into Entrance Of Old Tappan Mixed-Use Building A small SUV plowed into an Old Tappan mixed-use building on Friday. The older-model Hyundai continued through a handicapped parking space, mounted a small curb and hit the façade of the Old Tappan Road building between two columns at the entrance. There was no immediate word on the condition of the driver, who responders said was hospitalized. The building didn’t appear structurally compromised. The SUV, which sustained substantial damage, had to be towed. The two-story mini strip mall contains an insurance firm, an investment company, a pizza restaurant, a Chabad teaching center, an acu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SUV Hits Mahwah Home SUV Hits Mahwah Home
SUV Hits Mahwah Home No one was injured when an SUV plowed into a Mahwah home Tuesday afternoon. The Nissan Murano hit a house on the northeast corner of Birch Road and Wyckoff Avenue, across the street from the Young World Day School, around 4:20 p.m. Township police were there instantly and made sure the vehicle occupants -- a couple and their two young children -- were OK. They summoned a building inspector. At the scene on Birch Road.Jerry DeMarco

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEE ANYTHING? Closter, Tenafly Police Pursue Fleeing Car Burglars SEE ANYTHING? Closter, Tenafly Police Pursue Fleeing Car Burglars
SEE Anything? Closter, Tenafly Police Pursue Fleeing Car Burglars Closter police sought the public’s help finding an SUV connected to overnight vehicle burglaries at a local shopping center. Police tried stopping the black Chevy Tahoe with Florida license plate CTK-W25 around 6 a.m. in connection with two vehicle burglaries roughly 15 minutes earlier at Closter Plaza, Sgt. Vincent Aiello said. The driver sped off south on Piermont Road and a pursuit ensued, with Tenafly police chasing the SUV to westbound Route 80 before breaking off the chase, Aiello said. Anyone who saw anything, sees the Tahoe or knows where to find any of the occupants is asked to co…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Englewood PD: Pedestrian Struck, Seriously Injured, Hit-Run Driver Returns Englewood PD: Pedestrian Struck, Seriously Injured, Hit-Run Driver Returns
Englewood PD: Pedestrian Struck, Seriously Injured, Hit-Run Driver Returns A 50-year-old Englewood woman was hospitalized with serious injuries after being struck by an SUV whose driver initially took off but then returned, police said. The 2019 Buick Enclave's driver, also 50, said she was headed south on Broad Avenue at the intersection of Meadowbrook Road around 5:40 p.m. when "she heard a thud," Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. "She said she noticed the victim in the street and panicked," then kept going, the deputy chief said. "She returned some time later, realizing, according to her, that she had struck the pedestrian," he said. Responders foun…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SUV Plows Into Front Of Midland Park Dental Office SUV Plows Into Front Of Midland Park Dental Office
SUV Plows Into Front Of Midland Park Dental Office A driver escaped unharmed Tuesday after her SUV plowed into the entrance of a Midland Park dental office, ending up on on the steps. The BMW X5 took down the railings on the exterior staircase at Veenstra Family Dental on Godwin Avenue as the driver apparently was attempting to park. Responding firefighters stabilized the vehicle, and a building inspector was summoned to check the structure. The SUV was towed from the scene. The BMW SUV ended up on the steps of the Midland Park dental office.Boyd A. Loving Boyd A. Loving took the photos above and contributed to this account. The e…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Pedestrian, 49, Struck In Englewood Pedestrian, 49, Struck In Englewood
Pedestrian, 49, Struck In Englewood A 49-year-old pedestrian was hospitalized after she was struck Tuesday by an SUV in Englewood. The victim was crossing East Palisade Avenue off Jones Road when she was struck by a Nissan Rogue driven by a 70-year-old woman around 9 a.m., Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. The driver had been turning from Jones Road headed east on Palisades Avenue, he said. The victim was taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, the deputy chief said. Police were investigating, he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Route 17 Paramus Crash Downs Wires, Authorities Seek Tractor-Trailer Driver Who Fled On Foot Route 17 Paramus Crash Downs Wires, Authorities Seek Tractor-Trailer Driver Who Fled On Foot
Route 17 Paramus Crash Downs Wires, Authorities Seek Tractor-Trailer Driver Who Fled On Foot Authorities were seeking the driver of a tractor trailer who fled on foot after crash involving an SUV and utility pole on Route 17 southbound Sunday in Paramus. The 1:30 p.m. crash downed the pole causing a transformer explosion, then knocking a bystander to the ground. The truck driver, described as a white male in jeans and a white T-shirt, hopped a fence near the K-Mart shopping center and ran into a nearby neighborhood just south of Linwood Avenue, police said. The driver of the Nissan SUV was treated at the scene for minor leg injuries, as was a bystander who was thrown to the ground…

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by Cecilia Levine
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SEEN IT? Hackensack PD Searches For Hit-Run SUV That Struck Fleeing Repeat Offender, 17 SEEN IT? Hackensack PD Searches For Hit-Run SUV That Struck Fleeing Repeat Offender, 17
Seen IT? Hackensack PD Searches For Hit-Run SUV That Struck Fleeing Repeat Offender, 17 A 17-year-old repeat offender from Hackensack who at first hid under a car and then tried to run from police was struck by an SUV whose driver kept going Tuesday afternoon. Police were looking for a newer-model dark-colored (possibly brown or pewter) Hyundai Santa Fe that lost its driver's side mirror, Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. The juvenile, who wasn't seriously injured, was wanted for an Oct. 26 armed robbery with a handgun and for failing to appear in the Family Division of Superior Court on previous complaints, among other offenses, DeWitt said. Aware that he may be the area, several c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Wrong-Way Driver Dies In Route 80 Crash Wrong-Way Driver Dies In Route 80 Crash
Wrong-Way Driver Dies In Route 80 Crash An elderly driver headed the wrong way on westbound Route 80 was killed overnight when his sedan crashed into an SUV, responders said. The Audi driver -- apparently in his late 80s -- was declared dead at the scene of the crash on the Passaic River bridge in Woodland Park just after 4:30 a.m. Responders believe he was intoxicated. There was no immediate word on injuries to anyone in the SUV. Three lanes remained closed for an investigation by New Jersey State Police and clearing of the wreckage at milepost 56.5. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS At the scene.DAILY VOICE photo ****** ALSO…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SUV Crashes Into Maywood Beauty Salon SUV Crashes Into Maywood Beauty Salon
SUV Crashes Into Maywood Beauty Salon A Maywood beauty salon had already closed when an SUV crashed through the storefront on Tuesday. The 30-something driver wasn't injured, responders said. Borough police and firefighters responded to the Reliz De Manila Salon on 150 West Pleasant Avenue. Authorities reported no structural damage to the building.

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by Jerry DeMarco