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Stuck Truck Throws Monkey Wrench Into Ridgewood Rush-Hour Routine Stuck Truck Throws Monkey Wrench Into Ridgewood Rush-Hour Routine
Stuck Truck Throws Monkey Wrench Into Ridgewood Rush-Hour Routine A major Ridgewood thoroughfare was closed for more than an hour after a delivery driver's truck got stuck in the middle of a U-turn. The driver told village police his brakes locked up as he headed down Garber Square and realized the truck wouldn't clear the railroad bridge off North Broad Street around 8 a.m. Friday, April 29. The FreshPro Distributors truck out of West Caldwell ended up stuck on the median, blocking traffic in both directions. All Points Towing got the driver out of his predicament while police detoured motorists coming off Franklin and West Ridgewood avenues. No injur…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Sedan Slams Into Lamp Post Near Ridgewood Train Station Sedan Slams Into Lamp Post Near Ridgewood Train Station
Sedan Slams Into Lamp Post Near Ridgewood Train Station A lamp post held up when a sedan slammed into it near the Ridgewood train station. Both occupants of the Volkswagen refused medical treatment after Sunday afternoon's crash along Garber Square near the underpass for New Jersey Transit's Bergen/Main Line. Ridgewood police, firefighters and EMS responded. Firefighters cleaned up a fuel spill, along with loose wiring from the damaged street lamp. Police were investigating the cause of the crash and hadn't immediately issued any summonses. Ridgewood police were investigating the cause.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE A flatbed tow truck rem…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Driver Flips Car In Ridgewood Driver Flips Car In Ridgewood
Driver Flips Car In Ridgewood RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- A driver declined to be taken to a hospital after she rolled her car in downtown Ridgewood early Thursday. Village police, firefighters and EMS responded to the rollover at Garber Square and West Ridgewood Avenue. The flipped 4-door passenger sedan was righted and removed from the scene by a flatbed tow truck. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this report.

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by Jerry DeMarco