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Jeep Crashes Through Guardrail In Mahwah, Lands In Creek

A Jeep traveling south on Rt. 17 in Mahwah Sunday afternoon left the roadway and toppled down an embankment into a creek, witnesses at the scene said. 

First-responders work to free a man from a Jeep after it crashed through a guardrail along Rt. 17 in Mahwah.

First-responders work to free a man from a Jeep after it crashed through a guardrail along Rt. 17 in Mahwah.

Photo Credit: Boyd A. Loving
A Jeep slammed through a guardrail along Rt. 17 in Mahwah and down an embankment Sunday.

A Jeep slammed through a guardrail along Rt. 17 in Mahwah and down an embankment Sunday.

Photo Credit: Boyd A. Loving

It happened around 2:30 p.m. in the 300 block of the highway, where the Jeep crashed through a guardrail. Firefighters from the Mahwah Fire Department freed the victim and carried him to a waiting Mahwah EMS ambulance. Police closed the right lane as crews worked. 

The victim's injuries were not believed to be life-threatening. Police at the scene declined to comment on the cause of the crash. 

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