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92-Year-Old Oradell Driver Killed In Wrong-Way Route 80 Crash 92-Year-Old Oradell Driver Killed In Wrong-Way Route 80 Crash
92-Year-Old Oradell Driver Killed In Wrong-Way Route 80 Crash A 92-year-old Oradell man was killed in a wrong-way overnight crash on Route 80, New Jersey State Police confirmed. Henry F. Sohl for some reason was headed west in the eastbound lanes when his Ford Focus veered onto the left shoulder and hit a metal electrical box and concrete median at milepost 53 in Wayne shortly after 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 27, NJSP Trooper II Charles Machan. Sohl, whose vehicle had a donut for the sedan's front driver’s side wheel, was pronounced dead at the scene. It wasn't immediately clear what he was doing in that area at that time of night. Traffic was clogged …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Driver Seriously Injured In Fair Lawn Crash Driver Seriously Injured In Fair Lawn Crash
Driver Seriously Injured In Fair Lawn Crash A driver was seriously injured in a multi-vehicle Friday afternoon crash in Fair Lawn. Basic and advanced life support teams from the Valley Hospital responded along with police to the collision at the corner of Hillside Terrace and Jerome Place on Dec. 2.Belfi's Towing removed a Ford Focus AND Toyota RAV4 from the scene. Collision at the corner of Hillside Terrace and Jerome Place in Fair Lawn sent one of the drivers to the hospital.Boyd A. Loving

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Police: Driver Runs Stop Sign, Knocks Over SUV In Hasbrouck Heights Police: Driver Runs Stop Sign, Knocks Over SUV In Hasbrouck Heights
Police: Driver Runs Stop Sign, Knocks Over SUV In Hasbrouck Heights Two drivers were hospitalized following a crash that rolled an SUV in Hasbrouck Heights. A Ford Focus driven by a 37-year-old borough resident was heading east on Springfield Avenue when it was struck by a Subaru Forester going south on Summit Street shortly after 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Police Captain Joseph Rinke said. The driver of the Subaru "appeared to fail to stop for stop sign and the vehicles collided in the intersection," said Rinke, the officer in charge of the department.  The impact left the Subaru on it side. Borough firefighters extricated the Subaru driver, a 34-year-old wom…

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Driver Hospitalized After Rear-End Crash On Route 17 Driver Hospitalized After Rear-End Crash On Route 17
Driver Hospitalized After Rear-End Crash On Route 17 A motorist was hospitalized after her SUV was rear-ended Monday afternoon on Route 17 in Hackensack. She and the female driver of the Ford Focus that hit her were guided to the shoulder of the southbound highway below South Summit Avenue by Walter Rogers, an EMT with the Rutherford First-Aid Ambulance Corps, and a passing tow truck driver shortly after 1 p.m. The Ford driver declined attention, but the SUV operator complained of neck and back pain and dizziness, Rogers said. He said he waited with her until a Bergen County sheriff's officer and Hackensack firefighters arrived. Below S…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Twins Charged In Route 46 Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Man, 28 UPDATE: Twins Charged In Route 46 Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Man, 28
Update: Twins Charged In Route 46 Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Man, 28 (UPDATE) A Lodi driver trying to beat a light struck and killed a 28-year-old Teaneck man with his car as he crossed Route 46 near the Teterboro Walmart last month, then was picked up by his twin brother, authorities confirmed Wednesday. Brandon Bialek, 32, remained held Wednesday in the Bergen County Jail, charged with knowingly leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death and hindering his apprehension by suppressing evidence, as Daily Voice originally reported Tuesday night. He has a detention hearing scheduled this Friday. His brother, Brian Bialek -- a New Jersey transit maintenanc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Reward Grows In Route 46 Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Man, 28 Reward Grows In Route 46 Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Man, 28
Reward Grows In Route 46 Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Man, 28 TEANECK, N.J. -- A GoFundMe reward grew Thursday to nearly $3,000 for information that helps find whoever was responsible for the hit-and-run death of 28-year-old Teaneck man as he crossed Route 46 near the Teterboro Walmart last month. "Brian Rossi was a loving son, brother, uncle, and friend who was taken away from us all too soon," his sister, Sharyn Rossi Agnew, wrote on the GoFundMe page she launched earlier this week. "The culprit(s) left the scene and left Brian to die on the side of the road, alone," after the 5:50 a.m. Jan. 5 crash near Industrial Avenue. "…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities ID Vehicles In Teterboro Hit-Run Death Authorities ID Vehicles In Teterboro Hit-Run Death
Authorities ID Vehicles In Teterboro Hit-Run Death TETERBORO, N.J. -- Authorities released a photo of a black Ford Focus that they said struck and killed a 28-year-old Teaneck man as he crossed Route 46 near the Teterboro Walmart earlier this month and another car that picked up the driver. Brian Rossi was pronounced dead at the scene of the 5:50 a.m. Jan. 5 crash near Industrial Avenue, and investigators have been searching for whomever was responsible ever since. On Wednesday, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said that evidence recovered from the scene "indicates that the vehicle is a black Ford Focus, sedan or hatchback, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Twins, Father Charged In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Man, 28, In Teterboro Twins, Father Charged In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Man, 28, In Teterboro
Twins, Father Charged In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Man, 28, In Teterboro (UPDATE) The father of twins charged in the hit-and-run death of a 28-year-old Teaneck man as he crossed Route 46 near the Teterboro Walmart last month hid the car at his Wallington home, said authorities who arrested him. Detectives on Thursday found the 2013 black Ford Focus at the home of John Bialek, , a 52-year-old train mechanic, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Friday afternoon. Bialek was charged with hindering apprehension and released pending a March 5 hearing in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, the prosecutor said. One of his sons, Brandon Bialek,…

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by Jerry DeMarco