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Hertz Rented Vehicles With Open Recalls For Repairs: Feds Hertz Rented Vehicles With Open Recalls For Repairs: Feds
Hertz Rented Vehicles With Open Recalls For Repairs: Feds Federal officials are investigating allegations that Hertz rented suspect vehicles to customers without getting recommended required recall repairs for several years. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued an alert on Tuesday, Dec. 20 advising that Hertz had previously rented Nissan and Ford vehicles that were not properly repaired during recent recalls. According to the NHTSA, the agency would be in violation of the federal Motor Vehicle Safety Act. The vehicles subject to the government’s probe were produced in the 2018 through 2020 model years. If found compli…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Driver Was DUI In Crash That Killed NJ Lieutenant's Wife, 3-Year-Old Daughter: Prosecutor Driver Was DUI In Crash That Killed NJ Lieutenant's Wife, 3-Year-Old Daughter: Prosecutor
Driver Was DUI In Crash That Killed NJ Lieutenant's Wife, 3-Year-Old Daughter: Prosecutor An Ocean County man was under the influence of drugs when he caused the crash that killed the wife and daughter of a New Jersey corrections officer over the summer, authorities announced. Thomas F. Polson, 53, of Little Egg Harbor, was in a Ford F350 pickup truck when he left the southbound lane on Siloam Road and struck an SUV before slamming into Denise James' minivan head-on on July 14 in Freehold, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago said. James, 42, was pronounced dead at the scene while her 3-year-old daughter with Lt. Craig James died at a local hospital, and became an org…

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by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine
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Police: Pickup Driver Causes Route 17 Pileup, Female Occupant Extricated Police: Pickup Driver Causes Route 17 Pileup, Female Occupant Extricated
Police: Pickup Driver Causes Route 17 Pileup, Female Occupant Extricated A pickup driver was charged with causing a chain-reaction crash that jammed Route 17 for nearly an hour and sent a woman to the hospital after firefighters freed her from the wreckage. The victim was in one of three vehicles stopped for a light on the highway's northbound side near Franklin Avenue in Hasbrouck Heights when a Ford F550 driven by a Belleville man rammed into her Toyota Prius around 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 28, Police Sgt. John Behr said. Wood-Ridge firefighters joined their Hasbrouck Heights colleagues, along with ambulance crews from Hackensack University Medical Center and Holy…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Ford Recalling 634K SUVs For Faulty Fuel Line That Could Cause Fire Ford Recalling 634K SUVs For Faulty Fuel Line That Could Cause Fire
Ford Recalling 634K SUVs For Faulty Fuel Line That Could Cause Fire Ford is recalling hundreds of thousands of SUVs that could potentially have a faulty fuel injector that could lead to fuel spills or potentially leak vapors onto hot engines, posing a fire hazard. The motor company announced a recall of nearly 650,000 Ford Bronco Sport and Escape SUVs that were produced between 2020 and 2023 with 1.5-liter, three-cylinder engines, according to officials. Of the 650,000 vehicles subject to the recall worldwide, approximately 520,000 were reportedly sold in the US. According to officials, Ford is not advising consumers to stop driving the vehicles, and the …

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by Zak Failla
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Mustang Wipes Out Bridge Guardrail In Ridgewood Mustang Wipes Out Bridge Guardrail In Ridgewood
Mustang Wipes Out Bridge Guardrail In Ridgewood Both a bridge and a sports car needed serious repair after the vehicle jumped a curb, careened across a sidewalk and slammed into a steel guardrail in Ridgewood. Neither the driver nor passenger required hospitalization after the 2015 Ford Mustang S550 crashed on the East Ridgewood Avenue bridge over the Ho-Ho-Kus Brook. However, the driver received a summons and village firefighters had to slice a section of the guard rail with a power saw to free the vehicle so a flatbed tow truck could remove it shortly after nightfall on Sunday, Nov. 6. Ridgewood firefighters sliced a section of gu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Three Pedestrians Killed By Car In South Jersey Three Pedestrians Killed By Car In South Jersey
Three Pedestrians Killed By Car In South Jersey Three pedestrians were struck and killed by a car in Burlington County Saturday, Sept. 24, authorities said. A Nissan Maxima heading north on Chatworth Barnegat Road (CR-532) struck the rear of a Ford Mustang, also heading north around 11:25 p.m. in Woodland Township, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Philip Curry said. The Nissan then hit three pedestrians identified as Dion Cardell, 50, of Browns Mills, Michael Stull, 46, of Hamilton, and Brian Blaszka, 36, of Forked River. All were killed. The driver of the Ford sustained minor injuries and the driver of the Nissan did not report any in…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
PA Driver Dies, Driver Changing Tire Hurt In Atlantic City Expressway Crash PA Driver Dies, Driver Changing Tire Hurt In Atlantic City Expressway Crash
PA Driver Dies, Driver Changing Tire Hurt In Atlantic City Expressway Crash A Pennsylvania driver died and another changing a tire on the side of the Atlantic City Expressway was seriously hurt in a crash Friday, Aug. 26, authorities said. The pedestrian was changing a tire on a Ford Explorer in the right shoulder when a GMC Yukon driven by Steven Ray Davis Jr, 43, of Downingtown, PA, crashed into the Ford and overturned, New Jersey State Police Trooper Brandi Slota said. The incident happened at milepost 36.3 in Winslow Township around 10 p.m., police said. Davis was pronounced dead while the pedestrian was treated for serious injuries at a local hospital.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
State Trooper, Motorcyclist Hurt In Sussex County Crash Involving Marked SUV State Trooper, Motorcyclist Hurt In Sussex County Crash Involving Marked SUV
State Trooper, Motorcyclist Hurt In Sussex County Crash Involving Marked SUV A state trooper and a motorcyclist were hurt in a Sussex County crash involving a marked police SUV, authorities said. The crash occurred at the intersection of Route 565 and Linn Smith Road at milepost 1.41 in Frankford Township on Monday, August 15, NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan told DailyVoice.com. A marked New Jersey State Police Ford SUV was heading south on Route 565 when it collided with a Harley Davidson motorcycle at the intersection with Linn Smith Road just after 4:40 p.m., Marchan said. The motorcyclist suffered moderate injuries, and the trooper suffered minor injuries in the c…

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by Valerie Musson
News
Belleville Man Shoots Paterson Resident During Online-Arranged Meeting, Authorities Say Belleville Man Shoots Paterson Resident During Online-Arranged Meeting, Authorities Say
Belleville Man Shoots Paterson Resident During Online-Arranged Meeting, Authorities Say A Belleville man was charged with attempted murder in the broad-daylight shooting of a Paterson resident. Daniel Jimenez, 37, was identified as the gunman who shot the unsuspecting 26-year-old victim near the corner of East 28th Street and 7th Avenue in Paterson around 2 p.m July 26 after arranging the meeting online for some type of purchase, they said. Police arrived to find the victim gone – he’d been taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in a private vehicle. His assailant had fled in a 2003 Ford Expedition with a registration that came back to a Clifton resident, responders…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Rollover Crash Jams Morning Rush At Routes 4, 208 Rollover Crash Jams Morning Rush At Routes 4, 208
Rollover Crash Jams Morning Rush At Routes 4, 208 A rollover crash jammed the eastbound morning rush near the Fair Lawn/Paramus border. A Honda Civic landed on its roof following a collision with a Ford wagon where Route 208 becomes Route 4 near Saddle River Road in Fair Lawn shortly before 7:20 a.m. Thursday. Fair Lawn police and Rescue Squad firefighters responded along with Paramus police and EMS. Both vehicles had to be towed.Boyd A. Loving No serious injuries were reported. Arrow Towing removed the vehicles. No serious injuries were reported.Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
Mark Wahlberg Spotted Filming In Jersey City Mark Wahlberg Spotted Filming In Jersey City
Mark Wahlberg Spotted Filming In Jersey City Jersey City's getting a taste of Boston. Mark Wahlberg was spotted in Jersey City Monday, July 11 as he films Netflix thriller "Our Man from Jersey," the Daily Mail reports. Photos show the actor, 51, driving around in a red Ford pickup truck and talking to crew members in a construction vest on the set. He's filming alongside Halle Barre. "Our Man from Jersey" follows a construction worker who is "thrust into the world of super spies and secret agents when his high school ex-girlfriend Roxanne recruits him on a high-stakes US intelligence mission," the show's IMDB description says. Click…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
UPDATE: Driver, 78, Killed When Backhoe Veers Into Path Of His Pickup In Paramus UPDATE: Driver, 78, Killed When Backhoe Veers Into Path Of His Pickup In Paramus
Update: Driver, 78, Killed When Backhoe Veers Into Path Of His Pickup In Paramus A 78-year-old motorist from Englewood was killed when his pickup truck collided with an oncoming backhoe that had swerved into his path in Paramus, authorities confirmed. The victim was headed north on Forest Avenue in a 2020 Ford Ranger when the crash occurred near Filippe Court around 5 a.m. Saturday, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. The Suez Water backhoe driver, 40, from Elmwood Park, told police he'd swerved to avoid a deer who darted across the road, Ehrenberg said. Responding officers removed the unresponsive victim from the Ford and conducted CPR, among other life-saving measur…

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by Jerry DeMarco