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SEE ANYTHING? Kearny Hit-Run Crash Leaves North Arlington Moped Rider, 67, Critical SEE ANYTHING? Kearny Hit-Run Crash Leaves North Arlington Moped Rider, 67, Critical
SEE Anything? Kearny Hit-Run Crash Leaves North Arlington Moped Rider, 67, Critical 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧: A motorist who seriously injured a moped operator from North Arlington in Kearny ditched the cargo van involved and split, authorities confirmed. The 67-year-old victim was struck in the areas of Harrison and Bergen avenues shortly after 10:15 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. He was taken to University Hospital in Newark with life-threatening injuries and then transferred to Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, where he remained in critical condition, the prosecutor said on Monday. Suarez didn’t say whether or not the vehicle that …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Driver Seriously Injured In Route 208 Crash Driver Seriously Injured In Route 208 Crash
Driver Seriously Injured In Route 208 Crash A motorist was seriously injured Thursday afternoon when his sedan slammed head-on into a utility pole on Route 208. The airbags in his older-model Volkswagen Jetta deployed in the crash at Harristown Road off the northbound highway in Glen Rock shortly after 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31. Members of the Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Corps took him to St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson. Police, meanwhile, doused a small engine fire with an extinguisher. Glen Rock police doused a small engine fire with an extinguisher after the Route 208 crash at Harristown Road.Boyd A. L…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
FLASH FLOOD: Motorists Rescued, Vehicles Float, Roads Jammed Throughout Area FLASH FLOOD: Motorists Rescued, Vehicles Float, Roads Jammed Throughout Area
Flash Flood: Motorists Rescued, Vehicles Float, Roads Jammed Throughout Area Some cars flipped while many floated, responders rescued dozens of motorists whose vehicles became submerged and traffic throughout Bergen and Passaic counties was paralyzed by the hard rain that fell Monday afternoon. Torrential thunderstorms stranded motorists rescued by emergency responders. Others watched their cars float away. Roadways of all widths and lengths were closed -- some of them in more than one spot. A flash-flooded southbound Route 208 was closed after a vehicle flipped. Broadway just west of Midland Avenue below the NJ Transit trestle on the Fair Lawn side.Boyd A. Lo…

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by Jerry DeMarco