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Teens Hospitalized After Car Slams Into Tree, Bursts Into Flames In Glen Rock
A 17-year-old driver was speeding moments before he mishandled a turn and crashed into a tree in Glen Rock at the Ridgewood border, igniting a fire that engulfed his vehicle, authorities said.
The driver had a 14-year-old passenger with him when, according to witnesses, he “traveled at an unsafe speed within the confines of the Village of Ridgewood along Carlisle Terrace, Ivy Place, and Linden Street” around 6:30 p.m. last Thursday, Nov. 2, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said.
“When the driver turned from Linden Street onto Highwood Avenue, he lost control and struck a tree on the Glen Rock si…