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HEROES: Trio Of NJ Officers Rescue Trapped Driver From Burning Car HEROES: Trio Of NJ Officers Rescue Trapped Driver From Burning Car
Heroes: Trio Of NJ Officers Rescue Trapped Driver From Burning Car Dramatic bodycam video shows Ridgefield Park police pulling a trapped Fort Lee driver from his burning sedan. An electrical malfunction ignited the front of 55-year-old Christopher Vagnone’s Honda Accord outside Mavis Discount Tire on Route 46 (Winant Avenue) shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday, Police Chief Joseph Rella said. Unable to open the car doors, Sgt. Nicholas Triano retrieved a Halligan bar and smashed the driver’s side window, the chief said. Officers Anthony D'Elia and Nicholas D'Alto joined him in trying to remove Vagnone through the window, but the intense flames and heat pushed…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Central Jersey Driver Trapped, Hospitalized After Route 9 Crash Central Jersey Driver Trapped, Hospitalized After Route 9 Crash
Central Jersey Driver Trapped, Hospitalized After Route 9 Crash A motorist was hospitalized after a rush-hour crash in Central Jersey, authorities said. The crash occurred shortly before 8 a.m. on Route 9 in Woodbridge Township, initial reports said. The driver was pinned and needed extensive help from firefighters to be freed from the vehicle, according to an unconfirmed report.  The unidentified victim was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, reports said. No other details were immediately available.  CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES

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by Jon Craig