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Passaic Sheriff's Officer Injured In Hit-Run Crash: Driver Found, Charged Passaic Sheriff's Officer Injured In Hit-Run Crash: Driver Found, Charged
Passaic Sheriff's Officer Injured In Hit-Run Crash: Driver Found, Charged A Passaic County sheriff's officer escaped serious injury after his cruiser was rammed from behind in Paterson by a driver who then took off, authorities said. Officer Jason Michaels chased the hit-and-run driver, but a damaged tire disabled his patrol car. His colleagues, however, found the other car and charged the driver. The Volkswagen Beetle had struck the officer's car after 41-year-old Juan Carlos Carrillo Ruiz ran a red light at the intersection of Broadway and Rosa Parks Boulevard around 3 p.m., Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. "Michaels’ unit went up on the sidewa…