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Little Ferry Garage Fire Doused Little Ferry Garage Fire Doused
Little Ferry Garage Fire Doused A detached garage fire in Little Ferry severely damaged two vehicles and was doused before it could do serious damage to the home, responders said. The smoky, two-alarm blaze broke out on Roosevelt Street near Redneck Avenue around 1:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3. It was declared under control about 90 minutes later, with some extension to the home and a fence. At the scene of the garage fire on Roosevelt Street in Little Ferry.Wood-Ridge FD Two vehicles were severely damaged in the Roosevelt Street garage fire in Little Ferry.Jo Fehl for DAILY VOICE A Toyota Tundra pickup truck and older-…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Man Killed In PA Turnpike Crash That Left Tractor-Trailer Sprawled Across Highway (PHOTOS) NJ Man Killed In PA Turnpike Crash That Left Tractor-Trailer Sprawled Across Highway (PHOTOS)
NJ Man Killed In PA Turnpike Crash That Left Tractor-Trailer Sprawled Across Highway (Photos) A New Jersey man was killed in a violent crash involving a tractor trailer and several cars on the PA Turnpike Friday, July 29, authorities said (scroll for photos). The crash occurred on the Northeast Extension in Carbon County 5:45 p.m. near Mahoning Valley Exit #74. Photos show the tractor's cab and trailer stretched across both sides of the median. Motorist Chris Jones detailed the scene in a Facebook post. "The accident involved a southbound tractor trailer that jackknifed to its left as the tractor jumped partway over the wall, badly damaging the wall itself with large holes," he wr…

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Jeep Topples Traffic Light In Waldwick Jeep Topples Traffic Light In Waldwick
Jeep Topples Traffic Light In Waldwick A 17-year-old driver escaped injury when her Jeep knocked down a traffic light and damaged a junction box in Waldwick, authorities said. The borough driver's vehicle came to rest in a wooded area off the corner of Sheridan Avenue and East Prospect Street at 9:50 p.m. Sunday, March 6, Police Chief Mark F. Messner said. Waldwick firefighters tended to a smoke condition in the engine, the DPW blocked off the area and the state Department of Transportation was notified, the chief said. The vehicle was towed and no summonses were issued, he said. Just off Sheridan Avenue and East Prospect …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Firefighters Extricate Victim, Summons Issued Following Ridgewood Crash Firefighters Extricate Victim, Summons Issued Following Ridgewood Crash
Firefighters Extricate Victim, Summons Issued Following Ridgewood Crash A female passenger was hospitalized after Ridgewood firefighters extricated her from a minivan that collided with a Honda Civic sedan Sunday night. Both vehicles sustained extensive damage and had to be towed following the crash at Franklin Avenue and North Walnut Street shortly before 9 o'clock. The minivan passenger was taken to the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with a neck injury. A Honda sedan also sustained severe damage in the Ridgewood crash.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Police issued a summons, but it wasn't clear to whom or for what. Firefighters also cleaned up a fuel spill.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Thieves Steal SUV Left Unlocked In Glen Rock With Keys Inside, Crash On GS Parkway Police: Thieves Steal SUV Left Unlocked In Glen Rock With Keys Inside, Crash On GS Parkway
Police: Thieves Steal SUV Left Unlocked In Glen Rock With Keys Inside, Crash On GS Parkway A Glen Rock resident who left an SUV unlocked – with the keys inside – got it back in much different shape, authorities said. Whoever took off with the 2006 Honda Pilot also rummaged through another vehicle that was also left unlocked in the Doremus Avenue homeowner's driveway, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The keys, three folding sports chairs and some old clothing was taken from that vehicle, he said. Several hours later, the stolen Pilot was involved in a crash on the Garden State Parkway, Ackermann said. NJ State Police from the Bloomfield barracks found it abandoned on the h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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PHOTOS: Huge Tree Falls At Crestwood Lake, Damaging 4 Cars, In Area Where Children Play PHOTOS: Huge Tree Falls At Crestwood Lake, Damaging 4 Cars, In Area Where Children Play
Photos: Huge Tree Falls At Crestwood Lake, Damaging 4 Cars, In Area Where Children Play No one was injured when a huge tree fell Monday in an area where children play at Crestwood Lake in Allendale, damaging four cars. A Toyota Camry and a Honda Odyssey minivan had to be towed after the Labor Day afternoon incident. Besides the lake, the 71-acre municipal facility on West Crescent Avenue includes three beaches, several sports fields and The Red Barn pavilion -- available to Allendale residents or businesses by permit. 

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Pickup Dumps Concrete In Route 17 Crash In Upper Saddle River Pickup Dumps Concrete In Route 17 Crash In Upper Saddle River
Pickup Dumps Concrete In Route 17 Crash In Upper Saddle River A pickup truck dumped a load of broken concrete on Route 17 in Upper Saddle River Wednesday afternoon, jamming southbound traffic. The pickup was towing the load in a trailer that jack-knifed on the highway outside Ramsey Nissan just after 2 p.m. A few motorists who pulled to the shoulder may have sustained damage to their vehicles.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEEN IT? Hit-Run Kia Leaves Paterson Responder's Family Of 9 Without Car SEEN IT? Hit-Run Kia Leaves Paterson Responder's Family Of 9 Without Car
Seen IT? Hit-Run Kia Leaves Paterson Responder's Family Of 9 Without Car "We don't deserve this," Paterson's Jorge Ariel said after finding his SUV severely damaged, his neighbor's sedan smashed up -- and the hit-and-run driver's bumper left behind. "I'm really hurting right now," the father of seven said. "We work so hard in getting our stuff. We have kids we take out in that vehicle." Ariel -- a volunteer Hawthorne firefighter who works as a Paterson police aide and Passaic County constable -- has only liability insurance on his Honda Pilot and can't afford the necessary repairs, or a rental car. But he also has the bumper, the V…

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by Jerry DeMarco