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: Route 17 Jammed By Two Poles Downed In Truck Crash
Police reopened some lanes on Route 17 mid-Friday morning after a box truck ran off the road and slammed into a utility pole outside the BMW dealership on on the southbound side in Ramsey during the early rush. The toppled pole pulled down another with it just before 7:30 a.m., stretching sparking wires across the highway and forcing police to close Route 17 in both directions. It remained closed at Lake Street for more than three hours after the crash -- backing traffic north into Rockland and south to Paramus -- before police began reopening northbound lanes around 10:40 a.m. Southbound r…
Police & Fire
Sedan Topples Pole Outside Ridgewood School
A driver escaped injury Wednesday when his car slammed into a utility pole outside a Ridgewood elementary school. The four-door Honda slammed into the pole on East Glen Avenue at North Vien Street next to the Benjamin Franklin Middle School around 12:50 p.m. It toppled a street sign and left the pole leaning over the vehicle. Casualties included a street sign.Boyd A. Loving Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account. The driver escaped injury.Boyd A. Loving
Police & Fire
Van Snaps Utility Pole In Ringwood
A driver sustained injuries that weren't considered life-threatening after a van slammed into a utility pole, snapping it, early Wednesday evening in Ringwood. Skyline Drive was closed at Greenwood Lake Turnpike after the crash just after 5:30 p.m. Power had to be cut to the pole so the driver could be taken to the hospital and the van could safely be removed.
Police & Fire
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…
Police & Fire
Driver With Serious Head Injury Freed In Route 46 Rollover Crash In Clifton
The driver of an SUV that snapped a utility pole and rolled over Saturday morning on rain-slicked eastbound Route 46 in Clifton sustained a head injury, responders said. The patient, who had to be extricated before being hospitalized, was conscious following the crash with another vehicle just before 9 a.m. near the Route 3 split, they said. Clifton police, firefighters and EMS responded to the crash, which closed the highway well past 10 a.m. while an investigation was conducted. The Passaic County prosecutor’s fatal accident investigation unit was notified, given the severity of the inju…
Police & Fire
Fiery Accident Shuts Rt. 7 In Kearny
A section of Rt. 7 in Kearny was closed Wednesday morning because of a downed utility pole caused by a motor-vehicle crash hours earlier. The lanes were closed in both directions between Schuyler Avenue and Ridge Road, according to the DOT. A witness who saw the accident early this morning and other witnesses quoted in a published report said a woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
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6 Students Hospitalized In Boonton School Bus Crash
The driver of a school bus was found slumped on the floor after her bus carrying nearly 20 students crashed Friday in Boonton -- sending at least six of them to the hospital, ABC7 reports. Eighteen Rockaway Valley School students were on the bus when it struck a utility pole and wrought iron fence on Valley Road near a church cemetery, the article says. A teacher or aide guided the students out the back door and onto another bus that took them back to the school, ABC7 reports. The crash was under investigation as of 6:30 p.m. Friday. Photo by Anthony Johnson ABC7.
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Crash Topples Light Pole On Route 17 In Ridgewood
Three vehicles were involved in a crash Tuesday night that took down a utility pole on Route 17 in Ridgewood. No injuries were reported. The crash occurred just after 6 p.m. in the right lane of the southbound highway just north of Linwood Avenue. The lane remained closed afterward while crews removed the cars and debris. Responders included village police and EMS. Responders included village police and EMS.Boyd A. Loving Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this report.
Police & Fire
Driver Hospitalized After Bogota Utility Pole Crash
A driver was hospitalized with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening after her SUV hit a utility pole in Bogota. Complaining of shoulder pain, the driver walked to the ambulance, which took her to Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck following the afternoon crash on River Road. A stretch of River Road was temporarily closed while PSE&G attended to the damaged pole, which tilted over the street. Yaniv Besterman contributed to this report.
Police & Fire
SUV Rollover In Ho-Ho-Kus Damages Pole, Trees
The driver of a Lexus SUV escaped injury during a Tuesday afternoon rollover crash on Werimus Road in Ho-Ho-Kus that damaged a utility pole and several trees. Borough police, firefighters and EMS responded. A flatbed tow truck righted and removed the vehicle. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this account.
Police & Fire
Sedan Slams Into Mini-Van, Utility Pole In Hillsdale
An elderly driver was hospitalized with injuries that police said weren't life-threatening after his car hit a minivan and then slammed into a utility pole in Hillsdale late Saturday. The driver of the Mercury sedan apparently blew a red light on northbound Kinderkamack Road at Hillsdale Avenue, leading to the incident just before midnight, Detective Bill Diedtrich said. ****** ALSO SEE: A driver fell asleep at the wheel coming off the Garden State Parkway in Washington Township and slammed his work van into a utility pole before dawn Sunday, authorities said. https://pascackvalley.dailyv…
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Camaro Downs Paramus Utility Pole
A driver and his female passenger escaped injury when their Chevy Camaro toppled a utility pole Monday morning in Paramus. Nutchie's Service of Lodi towed the Camaro after the 9:30 a.m. crash on Midland Avenue at southbound Route 17.
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