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Passaic Firefighting Trio Injured In Crash Passaic Firefighting Trio Injured In Crash
Passaic Firefighting Trio Injured In Crash Three Passaic firefighters were treated for injuries that authorities said weren't life-threatening after an engine headed to a call collided with a minivan. The fire truck was headed east on Paulson Avenue, its lights flashing and sirens blaring, around 1 p.m. Sunday when the 50-year-old driver told police he slowed down at the Main Avenue traffic signal. After getting the attention of the northbound and southbound motorists, he said, he continued on. At that point, a northbound Honda Odyssey driven by a 30-year-old Passaic man passed a stopped vehicle on the right, police said. The Odys…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Crash Sends Jeep Into Paramus Bank Crash Sends Jeep Into Paramus Bank
Crash Sends Jeep Into Paramus Bank A driver sustained a minor injury after a collision Monday night sent her Jeep into a former Paramus bank building. Both vehicles were towed after the crash on South Fairview Avenue near the Rochelle Park border shortly before 8:30 p.m. Paramus and Rochelle Park police and Rochelle Park firefighters and EMS were among the responders. A building inspector also was summoned to check what used to be the Columbia Bank building. The driver sustained a minor injury in the Paramus crash, responders said.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this acc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Tractor Trailer, Train Collide In Morris County Tractor Trailer, Train Collide In Morris County
Tractor Trailer, Train Collide In Morris County Service to the Morris and Essex line was suspended Thursday evening due to a crash involving an NJ Transit train and a tractor trailer. There were three crew members and no passengers on board when the train struck a disabled trailer on the tracks at a grade crossing just east of the Mt. Tabor Station around 8:20 p.m., NJ Transit spokeswoman Kate Thompson said. Two of the crew members were transported to the hospital with minor, non-life threatening injuries, and the driver of the tractor trailer was treated on scene by EMS for minor injuries, Thompson said. Rail service was briefly suspe…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
UPDATE: New Milford Driver, 53, Killed When Commuter Train Hits SUV In River Edge UPDATE: New Milford Driver, 53, Killed When Commuter Train Hits SUV In River Edge
Update: New Milford Driver, 53, Killed When Commuter Train Hits SUV In River Edge UPDATE: A driver was killed Tuesday afternoon when a commuter train struck his SUV in River Edge near the Hackensack border. Sheng Chen, 53, initially was unresponsive, with a weak pulse, after a Pascack Valley Line train struck the Toyota Sequoia on Main Street, east of New Bridge Landing, around 4:40 p.m., authorities said. He was pronounced dead less than 20 minutes later. The Pascack Valley Line Train 9618 left Spring Valley at 4:02 p.m. and was scheduled to arrive in Hoboken at 5:04 p.m., NJ Transit's Nancy Snyder said. There were no injuries to the 10 or so customers and crew aboar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: One Dead In Jersey City Crash, Two Seriously Injured UPDATE: One Dead In Jersey City Crash, Two Seriously Injured
Update: One Dead In Jersey City Crash, Two Seriously Injured The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office and Jersey City police are conducting an investigation of a fatal crash involving multiple vehicles in Jersey City Friday.  The prosecutor's office said one man is dead and two other people suffered serious injuries. The names of the victims were not released.  The deceased man was identified later Friday as a 35-year-old Jersey City resident. Investigators say he was one of two occupants of a Nissan Xterra that was travelling south near JFK Boulevard and Fairmount Avenue around 4:20 a.m. when it collided head-on with another vehicle.  T…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Boy Crossing Street Hospitalized In Teaneck Hit-Run Boy Crossing Street Hospitalized In Teaneck Hit-Run
Boy Crossing Street Hospitalized In Teaneck Hit-Run The driver of a car that hit a young teen Friday night in Teaneck took off, said police who were searching for the vehicle. The 14-year-old boy was crossing Fycke Lane and Teaneck Road when he was struck shortly before 6 p.m., police said. He told officers he was hit by a newer-model black car driven by a woman that had turned right from Fyckle Lane and continued north on Teaneck Road. The boy was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that police said were non-critical. His father said the youngster was home Saturday. Anyone who saw something, or who has information…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
'BAD DREAM': Hopatcong Hit-Run Scared Kids, Cost Family Thousands In Repairs, Victim Says 'BAD DREAM': Hopatcong Hit-Run Scared Kids, Cost Family Thousands In Repairs, Victim Says
'BAD Dream': Hopatcong Hit-Run Scared Kids, Cost Family Thousands In Repairs, Victim Says Kimberly Fiorillo of Hopatcong heard the crash. But by the time she got outside, it was too late. The Lawrie Avenue resident saw a white Lexus SUV turning off of her street around 7:25 p.m. on Sept. 18 -- and then saw the front-end damage done to her brand new 2019 Toyota Camry.  Fiorillo checked her surveillance tapes and sure enough, the entire accident was recorded. "It was like a bad dream," said Fiorillo, who bought the car over the summer. Police are seeking the driver of the SUV, who Fiorillo says did more emotional damage to her kids than her brand new car. A Lexus SUV is s…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Teens In Leonia Police Chase Nabbed After 7-Eleven Crash In Bogota Hurls Sign Onto Roof Teens In Leonia Police Chase Nabbed After 7-Eleven Crash In Bogota Hurls Sign Onto Roof
Teens In Leonia Police Chase Nabbed After 7-Eleven Crash In Bogota Hurls Sign Onto Roof An overnight police chase Saturday that began in Leonia ended when the sedan crashed into a Bogota 7-Eleven while hurling a street sign onto the convenience store's roof. Leonia Police Officer Sihoon Chung tried stopping the 2007 Hyundai Sonata for speeding on Grand Avenue around 2:30 a.m. The 17-year-old driver from Union City turned west on Fort Lee Road and took off into Teaneck and then Bogota, Capt. Scott Tamagny said. Chung terminated the pursuit out of safety concerns, then found the vehicle involved in a crash at the 7-Eleven next to the Valero service station off the corner of Eas…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
One Injured In Two-Car Hawthorne Crash One Injured In Two-Car Hawthorne Crash
One Injured In Two-Car Hawthorne Crash One person was hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash during the morning rush in Hawthorne. A Volkwagen took down a street sign and hit a light pole Lafayette and Warburton avenues around 8:15 a.m. Both the VW and the Nissan were towed from the scene. Hawthorne police, DPW workers and Volunteer Ambulance Corps members responded, along with an ambulance from the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Pickup Collides With Wagon, Slams Into Tree In Ridgewood Pickup Collides With Wagon, Slams Into Tree In Ridgewood
Pickup Collides With Wagon, Slams Into Tree In Ridgewood A pickup truck slammed into a tree following a collision with a wagon Friday morning in Ridgewood. One of the drivers was taken to The Valley Hospital with injuries that responders said weren't life-threatening. The Toyota Tundra and Subaru wagon collided at Godwin Avenue and South Monroe Street shortly before 9 a.m. The Toyota was severely damaged.Boyd A. Loving Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Multi-Vehicle Collision At Troublesome Midland Park Intersection Sends Two To Hospital Multi-Vehicle Collision At Troublesome Midland Park Intersection Sends Two To Hospital
Multi-Vehicle Collision At Troublesome Midland Park Intersection Sends Two To Hospital Three vehicles collided Wednesday morning at a troublesome intersection in Midland Park, sending two occupants to the hospital, after one ran a stop sign, authorities said. Midland Park police, firefighters and EMS responded to the crash at Franklin and Erie avenues near the Ridgewood border. None of the injuries were considered life-threatening, Police Chief Michael Powderley said. Two summonses were issued, he said. Tow trucks removed two vehicles. Borough officials have been wrestling with how to make the intersection safer, recently holding a public discussion on the subject.  …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Ridgewood Firefighters Free Crash Victim Ridgewood Firefighters Free Crash Victim
Ridgewood Firefighters Free Crash Victim Firefighters used the Jaws of Life to free the driver of an SUV that collided with another vehicle in Ridgewood Friday night. Village EMS took two victims of the crash at South Monroe Street and West Ridgewood Avenue to The Valley Hospital. None of the injuries was considered life-threatening, responders said. Village police also responded. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco