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Thomas J. Dowling

Firefighters Free Driver After Sedan Slams Into Tree Entering Route 17 Firefighters Free Driver After Sedan Slams Into Tree Entering Route 17
Firefighters Free Driver After Sedan Slams Into Tree Entering Route 17 Waldwick firefighters freed a driver from Garfield whose car slammed into a tree as he pulled onto Route 17. The 23-year-old driver "appears to have over-compensated" while turning the steering wheel of his 2003 Honda Accord coming off East Prospect Street beneath the pedestrian overpass on the highway's northbound side, Lt. Thomas J. Dowling said. Members of the Waldwick Volunteer Ambulance Corps and paramedics from The Valley Hospital took him to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening following the 2:30 p.m. crash on Saturday, Dowling …