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Pickup Crashes Through Route 17 Guardrail, Down Embankment
A driver and passenger escaped serious injury when their pickup truck crashed through a Route 17 guardrail and landed on its side down an embankment, responders said. It was just past the bus stop at the Sheridan Avenue exit on the southbound highway in Waldwick just past 2 a.m. Wednesday when the Chevy Silverado barreled through the rail and landed on its driver's side. Waldwick firefighters stabilized the truck, then used a ladder to get the two occupants out. Waldwick firefighters cut a section of guardrail away so the pickup could be removed following the crash off southbound Route…
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Route 17 Crash: Waldwick Police Revive Overdosed Midnight Driver
HEROES: An unconscious 28-year-old driver from East Rutherford was revived by Waldwick police after overdosing and crashing his car into a median on Route 17, authorities said. It was moments after midnight when the crash occurred near Sheridan Avenue early Wednesday, March 22, Police Lt. Troy Seifert said. Sgt. Michael Sinclair and Officers Tom Zachmann and Anthony LoPrinzi had to break a window to get to the unresponsive driver and pull him out, Seifert said. He regained consciousness after they administered Narcan, then was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood by the Waldwick Volun…
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: Sedan Crashes Off Route 17
A sedan flew over a guardrail on Route 17, sending its driver to the hospital. The 2013 BMW ended up in a wooded area just past a bus shelter on the southbound side near Sheridan Avenue in Waldwick shortly after 10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, Police Lt. Troy Seifert said. Waldwick firefighters freed the 48-year-old driver from Newark, who suffered a suspected head injury, the lieutenant said. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center by members of the Waldwick Volunteer Ambulance Corps. The BMW ended up in a wooded area on the other side of the guardrail on southbound Route 17 in…
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Glen Rock Motorcyclist Hospitalized In Waldwick Crash
A 62-year-old motorcyclist from Glen Rock was hospitalized after crashing in Waldwick over the New Year's weekend, authorities said. There were no witnesses to the single-vehicle crash on Sheridan Avenue near Route 17 around 1 p.m. New Year's Day, Police Lt. Troy E. Seifert said. Members of the Waldwick Volunteer Ambulance Corps and paramedics from the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood treated the rider before he was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, the lieutenant said. There was no update on his condition. ****** ALSO SEE: A motorcyclist from Bergenfield survived being thrown o…
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Uber Driver Struck On Route 17 After Getting Out To Help Ill Passenger
An Uber driver was struck by a passing car after he got out to help an ill passenger on Route 17 in Waldwick, authorities said. The 31-year-old Yonkers driver pulled his 2019 Cherokee to the side of the southbound highway just past the Sheridan Avenue exit shortly after midnight on Saturday, Dec. 3, "when he learned that his rear passenger was not feeling well in the back seat," Waldwick Police Lt. Troy E. Seifert said. The Uber driver was then struck in the right lane by a 2018 Honda Civic operated by a 37-year-old Bergenfield resident, the lieutenant said. The victim was taken to Hackens…
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Firefighters Free Driver After Sedan Slams Into Tree Entering Route 17
Waldwick firefighters freed a driver from Garfield whose car slammed into a tree as he pulled onto Route 17. The 23-year-old driver "appears to have over-compensated" while turning the steering wheel of his 2003 Honda Accord coming off East Prospect Street beneath the pedestrian overpass on the highway's northbound side, Lt. Thomas J. Dowling said. Members of the Waldwick Volunteer Ambulance Corps and paramedics from The Valley Hospital took him to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening following the 2:30 p.m. crash on Saturday, Dowling …
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Driver, 78, Hospitalized In Waldwick Rollover Crash
UPDATE: A 78-year-old Waldwick resident was hospitalized after her Jeep hit a parked car and overturned, authorities said. The Toyota was legally parked on Harrison Avenue when the 2018 Jeep Compass struck it and rolled at the corner of West Prospect Street shortly before 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Lt. Thomas J. Dowling said. Waldwick firefighters extricated the driver, who was taken to The Valley Hospital for an evaluation, he said. Police, firefighters and the Waldwick Volunteer Ambulance Corps were joined by an ALS paramedic unit from Valley. A tow truck righted and removed the Jeep. Waldw…
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Motorcyclist Injured In Route 17 Crash
A New York motorcyclist survived an overnight crash on Route 17 in Waldwick, authorities said. The 52-year-old Orange County resident from Middletown victim lost control of the motorcycle on the northbound highway just north of Sheridan Avenue shortly before 2 a.m., Police Chief Mark Messner said. “No other vehicles were involved and at that time and the conditions were clear and dry,” Messner said. The rider “was alert and conscious the entire time but did suffer lacerations to his leg and knee and a fair amount of road rash,” the chief said. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical…
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: Elmwood Park Passenger, 20, Critically Injured In Rainy Route 17 Crash
A 17-year-old Elmwood Park driver was behind the wheel when a sedan bounced off the divider and slammed into a retaining wall Saturday night on rain-slicked Route 17 in Waldwick, critically injuring a 20-year-old passenger, authorities said. Waldwick firefighters extricated the front-seat passenger after what responders said was a partial ejection in the crash on the highway’s southbound side just after 7 p.m. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, along with the driver and 19-year-old rear seat passenger, neither of whom had serious injuries, Police Lt. Thomas Dowling said. …
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Three Injured, One Critically, In Crash That Closes Route 17
UPDATE: A 17-year-old Elmwood Park driver was behind the wheel when a sedan bounced off the divider and slammed into a retaining wall Saturday night on rain-slicked Route 17 in Waldwick, critically injuring a 20-year-old passenger, authorities said. Waldwick firefighters extricated the front-seat passenger after what responders said was a partial ejection in the crash on the highway’s southbound side just after 7 p.m. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, along with the driver and 19-year-old rear seat passenger, neither of whom had serious injuries, Police Lt. Thomas Dowlin…
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Dog Rescued From Waldwick House Fire
A dog was rescued from a house fire on a Waldwick dead end Thursday. A discarded cigarette may have been responsible for the two-alarm Bender Road blaze, Police Chief Mark Messner said. No one was inside at the time, he said. The two-story home was severely damaged. Joining their colleages were firefighters from Ho-Ho-Kus, Midland Park, Mahwah, Saddle River, Upper Saddle River and Wyckoff, along with the borough Volunteer Ambulance Corps. At the two-alarm fire on Bender Road in Waldwick.COURTESY: Waldwick FD COURTESY: Waldwick FD
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