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HEROES: Firefighters Free Trapped Driver After Tractor-Trailer, Pickup Collide On Route 17 HEROES: Firefighters Free Trapped Driver After Tractor-Trailer, Pickup Collide On Route 17
Heroes: Firefighters Free Trapped Driver After Tractor-Trailer, Pickup Collide On Route 17 Firefighters extricated a heavily trapped driver after a tractor-trailer and pickup truck collided on Route 17. Hasbrouck Heights firefighters were assisted by their Wood-Ridge colleagues in freeing the female pickup driver following the crash behind the Bendix Diner shortly before 9:30 p.m. Sunday, March 17. The driver was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. Nick’s Towing removed the vehicles. Northbound Route 17 was temporarily closed at Franklin Avenue during the operation. Mutual aid was provided by, among others, firefighters from Carlstadt, Lodi, Rutherford and Wallingto…
UPDATE: Arson Investigators Probe Multi-Truck Fire In Ridgefield UPDATE: Arson Investigators Probe Multi-Truck Fire In Ridgefield
Update: Arson Investigators Probe Multi-Truck Fire In Ridgefield 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: Investigators were probing the cause of a multi-truck fire in Ridgefield that sent up a column of black smoke visible for miles. No injuries were reported in the three-alarm blaze, which ignited behind the Hanjin warehouse on Railroad Avenue near Pleasantview Avenue shortly before 1 p.m. Sunday, March 3. At least four box trucks and rigs were destroyed or severely damaged. Mutual aid responders either at the scene or in coverage included firefighters from Cliffside Park, Fairview, Leonia, Palisades Park and Ridgefield Park. The County Wide Emergency Response Team also responded. …
Fleeing Driver Returns After Slamming Into Pole, Rolling SUV In Bergenfield Fleeing Driver Returns After Slamming Into Pole, Rolling SUV In Bergenfield
Fleeing Driver Returns After Slamming Into Pole, Rolling SUV In Bergenfield An unlicensed 28-year-old driver from Bergenfield who knocked down a pole and rolled his SUV while making an illegal turn at high speed before dawn Tuesday fled the scene and then returned, authorities said. Christian Pilamunga Pilco was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center by members of the Bergenfield Volunteer Ambulance Corps following the 3 a.m. Dec. 27 crash outside the Walgreens on South Washington Avenue, Bergenfield Police Chief Mustafa Rabboh said. His injuries weren’t considered life-threatening, the chief said. Pilco was speeding toward the New Bridge Road intersection …
UPDATE: Tractor-Trailer Tips Over Median, Dumps Trash Across Treacherous Stretch Of Route 17 UPDATE: Tractor-Trailer Tips Over Median, Dumps Trash Across Treacherous Stretch Of Route 17
Update: Tractor-Trailer Tips Over Median, Dumps Trash Across Treacherous Stretch Of Route 17 A tractor-trailer hauling garbage tipped over a median on Route 17 Friday morning at what police and commuters say has become an all-too-frequent site for such crashes near the New York State border. The driver was initially entrapped but climbed out on his own after his northbound rig went over the divider near the Route 202 exit at Mountainside Avenue at 8:43 a.m. Sept. 8, Mahwah Police Chief Timothy O'Hara said. He had minor injuries and refused medical attention, the chief said. Traffic quickly thickened on both sides of Route 17. All lanes were very briefly closed while the first r…
Messy Tractor Trailer Crash Shuts All Lanes Of Route 17 In Mahwah (PHOTOS, VIDEO) Messy Tractor Trailer Crash Shuts All Lanes Of Route 17 In Mahwah (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Messy Tractor Trailer Crash Shuts All Lanes Of Route 17 In Mahwah (Photos, Video) A tractor-trailer hauling garbage tipped over a median on Route 17 Friday morning at what police and commuters say has become an all-too-frequent site for such crashes near the New York State border. The driver was initially entrapped but climbed out on his own after his northbound rig went over the divider near the Route 202 exit at Mountainside Avenue at 8:43 a.m. Sept. 8, Mahwah Police Chief Timothy O'Hara said. He had minor injuries and refused medical attention, the chief said. Traffic quickly thickened on both sides of Route 17. All lanes were very briefly closed while the first re…
Heavy-Duty Wreckers Remove Tipped Garbage Truck From Jammed Route 17 Heavy-Duty Wreckers Remove Tipped Garbage Truck From Jammed Route 17
Heavy-Duty Wreckers Remove Tipped Garbage Truck From Jammed Route 17 A group of heavy-duty wreckers was needed to right and remove a Hasbrouck Heights garbage truck that landed on its side on Route 17, jamming traffic. A load shift apparently was to blame. The borough driver was taken to the hospital as a precautionary measure following the crash on the highway's northbound side at Malcolm Avenue around 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, responders said. All northbound lanes were closed as Nick's Towing removed the rig using a trio of trucks. The load apparently shifted on northbound Route 17 at Malcolm Avenue around 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 24.Jennifer Rom…
Neighbors Help Hydrate Firefighters Dousing Garage Blaze In Mahwah Neighbors Help Hydrate Firefighters Dousing Garage Blaze In Mahwah
Neighbors Help Hydrate Firefighters Dousing Garage Blaze In Mahwah Neighbors brought water bottles and firefighters from Rockland joined their colleagues on the New Jersey side of the border in dousing a garage blaze in Mahwah. The fire broke out on Sherwood Avenue, a mile from the state line, shortly before 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 5. Working swiftly in the 90-degree heat, crews needed less than 10 minutes to keep the blaze from doing serious damage to the home just 10 feet away. Mahwah Rescue and the township's other fire companies all responded.  Mutual aid responders either at the scene or in coverage included firefighters from Allendale, Franklin Lak…
HEROES: Firefighters, Police Unite To Rescue Dog In Pascack Valley House Fire HEROES: Firefighters, Police Unite To Rescue Dog In Pascack Valley House Fire
Heroes: Firefighters, Police Unite To Rescue Dog In Pascack Valley House Fire Firefighters and police teamed up to rescue a dog who was pulled from a smoky house fire Saturday night in Hillsdale. The blaze apparently began in the basement of the home on Deer Trail Road at Ruckman Avenue at the Woodcliff Lake border around 6:30 p.m. May 27. The fire quickly went to two alarms, bringing companies from surrounding towns both to the scene and in coverage. A firefighter scooped up the dog (on hood of police vehicle) before a Hillsdale police officer rushed them to the animal hospital.Nancy Triggiani-Musco for DAILY VOICE Firefighters tended to the dog on the lawn bef…
Tractor-Trailer Fire Closes Northbound Route 17 Near State Line Tractor-Trailer Fire Closes Northbound Route 17 Near State Line
Tractor-Trailer Fire Closes Northbound Route 17 Near State Line A tractor-trailer fire temporarily closed northbound Route 17 in Mahwah near the New York State border early Wednesday afternoon. The driver got the TruBlu Logistics rig to the shoulder and hopped out before flames began consuming the tractor just south of the Route 287 merge shortly before 2 p.m. May 10. Police detoured traffic onto southbound Route 287. Firefighters made quick work of the blaze that engulfed the tractor of a rig headed north on Route 17 near the New York State border on Wednesday, May 10.Jerry DeMarco Mutual aid responders so far reported to Daily Voice, either at th…
Devil-Masked Visitor Pranks Supervisor, Triggers Scare At Major Testing Lab In Elmwood Park Devil-Masked Visitor Pranks Supervisor, Triggers Scare At Major Testing Lab In Elmwood Park
Devil-Masked Visitor Pranks Supervisor, Triggers Scare At Major Testing Lab In Elmwood Park UPDATE: A Westchester County resident who works at one of the largest clinical testing labs in the U.S. triggered a large emergency response Friday when she walked into the Bergen County building wearing a devil mask, handed a supervisor a jar of salsa with her name on it and left without saying a word, authorities said. Ray Greenwald, 27, of Ardsley, NY, and the supervisor at BioReference Laboratories just off Route 80 in Elmwood didn't know one another and apparently had never met before, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. However, Greenwald, who works in another building, told police sh…
Silent Clown-Masked Visitor Leaves Suspicious Item At Major Testing Lab In Elmwood Park Silent Clown-Masked Visitor Leaves Suspicious Item At Major Testing Lab In Elmwood Park
Silent Clown-Masked Visitor Leaves Suspicious Item At Major Testing Lab In Elmwood Park UPDATE: A Westchester County resident who works at one of the largest clinical testing labs in the U.S. triggered a large emergency response Friday when she walked into the Bergen County building wearing a devil mask, handed a supervisor a jar of salsa with her name on it and left without saying a word, authorities said. Ray Greenwald, 27, of Ardsley, NY, and the supervisor at BioReference Laboratories just off Route 80 in Elmwood didn't know one another and apparently had never met before, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. However, Greenwald, who works in another building, told police sh…
Firefighters Douse Lyndhurst Chemical Fire Firefighters Douse Lyndhurst Chemical Fire
Firefighters Douse Lyndhurst Chemical Fire A smoky Labor Day fire in a chemical processing machine at a Lyndhurst plant didn't create a potential health hazard, authorities said. Firefighters quickly doused the blaze, which broke out on the second floor of the Sika Corporation building on Polito Avenue down the road from Medieval Times shortly before 2:30 p.m. A faulty electrical component on processing equipment was the cause, authorities said. The first arriving companies "rapidly located the source of the fire in the smoke-filled area and averted a major incident from happening," Lyndhurst Fire Chief Louis Pipon said. Dry chem…
Suspicious Powder At Bergen County Board Of Elections Brings Hazmat Team Suspicious Powder At Bergen County Board Of Elections Brings Hazmat Team
Suspicious Powder At Bergen County Board Of Elections Brings Hazmat Team A suspicious powder on an envelope sent to the Bergen County Superintendent of Elections Office brought a hazmat team to the county administration building in Hackensack on Wednesday. One person was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center and was released after being evaluated, responders said. A county Hazardous Materials Unit tested the substance and determined it wasn't harmful, Bergen County Director of Communications Derek Sands said. It turned out to be powder from a fire extinguisher, Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton said, adding that there wasn't any "criminal nexus" th…
VIDEO: Motorists Report Tractor-Trailer Weaving Before Driver Is Killed In Fiery Route 80 Crash VIDEO: Motorists Report Tractor-Trailer Weaving Before Driver Is Killed In Fiery Route 80 Crash
Video: Motorists Report Tractor-Trailer Weaving Before Driver Is Killed In Fiery Route 80 Crash UPDATE: A tractor-trailer driver apparently suffered a medical emergency before he died in a fiery crash off Route 80, authorities confirmed. Motorists had just reported the rig weaving back and forth in front of them when it barreled off the westbound highway close to the site of the old Marcal plant in Elmwood Park shortly before 8:30 p.m. Saturday,  New Jersey State Police Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. First it drifted onto the right shoulder, then it struck the guardrail and continued over the curbed median at the Exit 61 on-ramp before plowing through another guardrail and plummeting off …
Tractor-Trailer Driver Killed In Horrific Fiery Crash On Route 80 Tractor-Trailer Driver Killed In Horrific Fiery Crash On Route 80
Tractor-Trailer Driver Killed In Horrific Fiery Crash On Route 80 UPDATE: A tractor-trailer driver apparently suffered a medical emergency before he died in a fiery crash off Route 80, authorities confirmed. Motorists had just reported the rig weaving back and forth in front of them when it barreled off the westbound highway close to the site of the old Marcal plant in Elmwood Park shortly before 8:30 p.m. Saturday, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. First it drifted onto the right shoulder, then it struck the guardrail and continued over the curbed median at the Exit 61 on-ramp before plowing through another guardrail and plummeting off …
Pre-Dawn Chemical Plant Fire Extinguished In East Rutherford Pre-Dawn Chemical Plant Fire Extinguished In East Rutherford
Pre-Dawn Chemical Plant Fire Extinguished In East Rutherford A Bergen County Hazardous Materials Unit was summoned to an overnight fire at a chemical plant in East Rutherford. The blaze at Diamond Chemical Company on Dubois Street at Union Avenue just off northbound Route 17 ignited shortly after 3:30 a.m. Firefighters had the main body knocked down within minutes. Officials declared it under control less than an hour later. No injuries were reported. It was the third incident in less than three years at Diamond Chemical, which manufactures cleaning and sanitizing products for various industrial and institutional uses -- including laundry, hous…
Fiery Crash Closes Route 17 Fiery Crash Closes Route 17
Fiery Crash Closes Route 17 A driver escaped serious injury after an SUV struck a pole and burst into flames Monday morning on Route 17. Route 17 was initially closed in both directions just past the Bottle King on the northbound side in Ramsey after the crash downed power lines shortly after 8:30 a.m. The southbound lanes were reopened an hour later. Witnesses said the driver got out under his own steam. Ramsey firefighters doused the blaze. A Bergen County Hazardous Materials Unit cleaned up a fuel spill. Upper Saddle River police assisted with traffic. The SUV struck a pole and burst into flames.Kelly Fitzgera…
Driver In Fatal Fiery Leonia Crash ID'd As Palisades Park Resident, 29 Driver In Fatal Fiery Leonia Crash ID'd As Palisades Park Resident, 29
Driver In Fatal Fiery Leonia Crash ID'd As Palisades Park Resident, 29 Authorities identified a driver killed in a fiery crash in Leonia earlier this month as a 29-year-old Palisades Park resident. Jonathan Kim may have been involved in another crash before he raced down Jones Road in a 2018 Honda Civic with another car behind him shortly before dawn on Nov. 20, investigators said. The Civic crashed near the intersection of Nordhoff Drive and burst into flames, they said. Occupants of the second car got out at the crash scene, then got back into the four-door sedan and drove off, Leonia Police Chief Scott Tamagny said at the time. Leonia firefighters, assist…
Fumes Overcome Four At Bergen Community College Fumes Overcome Four At Bergen Community College
Fumes Overcome Four At Bergen Community College Four workers at Bergen Community College were hospitalized Tuesday afternoon after being overcome by fumes from an apparent cleaning product, responders said. Work apparently was being done when a mixture was poured that created the fumes in the kitchen area of the Pitkin Education Building off Paramus Road around 4 p.m. No students were affected, responders said. The building, which houses the Student Center, was evacuated and was to remain closed Tuesday evening. Paramus firefighters responded along with Bergen County sheriff's officers, a Bergen County Hazardous Materials Unit and mult…
RECOGNIZE IT? Driver Killed In Fiery Leonia Crash May Have Been Chased (w/VIDEO) RECOGNIZE IT? Driver Killed In Fiery Leonia Crash May Have Been Chased (w/VIDEO)
Recognize IT? Driver Killed In Fiery Leonia Crash May Have Been Chased (w/Video) A driver who was killed in a fiery overnight crash in Leonia may have been trying to flee another motorist, authorities said. Leonia police released a video showing both cars racing down Jones Road moments before the first car crashed into a tree and burst into flames Ridgeland Terrace near the intersection of Nordhoff Drive at 4:47 a.m. Saturday (see below). They were still trying to identify the victim – but also the driver of the other vehicle, as well, Leonia Police Chief Scott Tamagny said. Occupants of the second car got out at the crash scene, then got back into the four-door sedan…
Driver Killed In Fiery Leonia Crash Driver Killed In Fiery Leonia Crash
Driver Killed In Fiery Leonia Crash RECOGNIZE IT? (UPDATE) A driver who was killed in a fiery overnight crash in Leonia may have been trying to flee another motorist, authorities said. Leonia police released a video showing both cars racing down Jones Road moments before the first car crashed into a tree and burst into flames Ridgeland Terrace near the intersection of Nordhoff Drive at 4:47 a.m. Saturday. They were still trying to identify the victim – but also the driver of the other vehicle, as well, Leonia Police Chief Scott Tamagny said. Occupants of the second car got out at the crash scene, then got back into the four…
HAZMAT INCIDENT: Leaking Household Cleaners Bring Responders To Dumont Home HAZMAT INCIDENT: Leaking Household Cleaners Bring Responders To Dumont Home
HAZMAT Incident: Leaking Household Cleaners Bring Responders To Dumont Home Leaking household cleaners created enough of a problem to bring responders to a Dumont home, authorities said. Borough police, firefighters and the Volunteer Ambulance Corps responded to the Prospect Avenue home along with a Bergen County Hazardous Materials Unit late Sunday morning, Mayor Andrew LaBruno said. No one was hospitalized, LaBruno said. "We are extremely pleased no parties were injured or made ill due to the incident," the mayor said. "A huge 'thank you' to our Dumont first responders for their tremendous work on the scene and the Bergen County HAZMAT team for their assistance.…
Cement Mixer Tips Off Paramus Highway Cement Mixer Tips Off Paramus Highway
Cement Mixer Tips Off Paramus Highway A concrete mixer tipped on the eastbound Route 4 ramp to northbound Route 17 in Paramus, tying up traffic Monday afternoon. The Paramus Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the driver to the hospital with injuries that didn't appear life-threatening after the Tanis Concrete of Fair Lawn truck crashed shortly after 1 p.m. Borough police and firefighters, as well as an ambulance from Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, also responded, along with a Bergen County Hazardous Materials Unit. Route 4E ramp to Route 17N in Paramus.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Citywide towing righted and removed …
Tanker Rolls On Route 4 Ramp To Route 17 Tanker Rolls On Route 4 Ramp To Route 17
Tanker Rolls On Route 4 Ramp To Route 17 A tanker truck rolled Tuesday morning on a ramp from eastbound Route 4 to northbound Route 17 in Paramus. The female driver escaped serious injury and climbed out of the cab shortly before 10:30 a.m. as police and firefighters arrived, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. All Points Towing in Hackensack had the rig righted by noon. The LORCO Petroleum Services truck out of Elizabeth was carrying used motor oil, requiring a cleanup. The Paramus hazardous materials unit responded, followed by its Bergen County colleagues. Backups quickly began forming after the ramp was closed. The dri…
PHOTOS: Route 80 Tied Up For Hours By Multi-Vehicle Crash, Fuel Spill PHOTOS: Route 80 Tied Up For Hours By Multi-Vehicle Crash, Fuel Spill
Photos: Route 80 Tied Up For Hours By Multi-Vehicle Crash, Fuel Spill UPDATE: Westbound Route 80 traffic was snarled for several hours in Bergen County on Tuesday following a crash involving a tractor-trailer, a sedan and a heavy fuel spill. Ridgefield Park firefighters extricated the driver of a BMW that was involved in the crash  at mile marker 67.7 in the local lanes approaching Hackensack in Bogota around 2:30 p.m. No serious injuries were reported, however. Ridgefield Park firefighters extricated the BMW driver.ABC Towing for DAILY VOICE A Bergen County Hazardous Materials Unit joined firefighters in cleaning up fuel that leaked from the jack-knifed…
Worker Escapes Excavator Mishap In Hackensack Worker Escapes Excavator Mishap In Hackensack
Worker Escapes Excavator Mishap In Hackensack A worker crawled out after an excavator tipped over at a Hackensack demolition site Friday afternoon. The 26-year-old Haledon man refused medical treatment after the mishap around 4:30 p.m. at 11 Passaic Street off River Street, Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. "He only had minor scratches," the captain said. City police and firefighters responded, along with a Bergen County Hazardous Materials Unit, which removed the fuel from the machine, and city building inspector. OSHA was notified. OopsieHACKENSACK FD
Firefighters Extricate Sedan Driver After Dump Truck Crash In Franklin Lakes Firefighters Extricate Sedan Driver After Dump Truck Crash In Franklin Lakes
Firefighters Extricate Sedan Driver After Dump Truck Crash In Franklin Lakes A dump truck driver escaped serious injury in a crash Friday near the Haledon Reservoir in Franklin Lakes, authorities said. Borough firefighters extricated a 61-year-old driver from Wayne after her 2017 Accord collided with the tipper on Ewing Avenue at Water View Drive shortly after 10 a.m., police Capt. Robert Lyon said. The borough Volunteer Ambulance Corps took her to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, he said. The driver of the 1996 Western Star dump truck -- also 61, from Clifton -- didn't require hospitalizatio…
Tractor-Trailer Tips On Rt 46 Carrying Thousands Of Pounds Of Bananas Tractor-Trailer Tips On Rt 46 Carrying Thousands Of Pounds Of Bananas
Tractor-Trailer Tips On Rt 46 Carrying Thousands Of Pounds Of Bananas A cleanup was required after a tractor-trailer toting thousands of pounds of bananas tipped over the Route 46 (Routes 1&9) median Thursday near the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee. Only it wasn’t the fruit that spilled. It was a large amount of fuel from the saddle tanks. The highway was closed in both directions following the 11:30 a.m. crash. The driver was climbing the incline that leads toward the GWB between the Wendy's on one side and Plaza West below the other when the mishap occurred. The cargo had to be off-loaded onto another trailer following the mishap on Route 46…
Utility Pole Crash Closes Northbound Route 17 Overnight Utility Pole Crash Closes Northbound Route 17 Overnight
Utility Pole Crash Closes Northbound Route 17 Overnight A driver walked away unscathed after an SUV split a utility pole outside a Route 17 service station in Ramsey overnight, responders said. The northbound highway was initially shutdown at East Allendale Avenue following the 1:30 a.m. crash at the QuickChek station. Firefighters tended to the vehicle, while police and members of Ramsey Rescue and Ramsey EMS tended to the victim. A state Department of Transportation crew, a Bergen County Hazardous Materials Unit and Orange & Rockland Utilities also responded, along with Saddle River police and the Ramsey Office of Emergency Management. T…
PHOTOS: Sedan Slams Into Tandem Trailer, Topples Light Pole On Busy Road Near Meadowlands PHOTOS: Sedan Slams Into Tandem Trailer, Topples Light Pole On Busy Road Near Meadowlands
Photos: Sedan Slams Into Tandem Trailer, Topples Light Pole On Busy Road Near Meadowlands The front end of a tandem tractor-trailer toppled a traffic signal after a sedan slammed into it before dawn Thursday on a major roadway near the Meadowlands, authorities said. Somehow, neither the 30-year-old Maryland trucker or 27-year-old motorist from Garfield whose Hyundai Sonata knocked over the rig was injured seriously, Police Chief Richard Behrens said. The Moonachie First Aid and Rescue Squad took both to Hackensack University Medical Center following the crash on Moonachie Road at Moonachie Avenue shortly after 2 a.m., the chief said. It then took several hours to clear and cle…
Fumes Clear Dumont High School Fumes Clear Dumont High School
Fumes Clear Dumont High School An exhaust fan broke, filling part of Dumont High School with neutralized sulfur fumes Monday afternoon, responders said. Neither the Science Department teacher involved nor any students or staff were injured or exposed in the incident just before 2 p.m., responders said. Dumont Fire Chief Mark Abdulla called the incident a ventilation issue and not a spill. Also responding were members of the Dumont Volunteer Ambulance Corps, a Bergen County Hazardous Materials Unit and a New Milford Hazardous Materials team.