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Motorcyclist, 41, Killed In Route 17 Crash
UPDATE: An Elmwood Park motorcyclist was killed Tuesday night in a collision with a suddenly-braking truck on Route 17 in Rochelle Park, authorities said.
"The maroon or red semi-trailer truck slowed down to a stop in the right lane of Route 17 South due to traffic ahead" around 8:40 p.m., Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Wednesday afternoon.
Mario Andres Uran Gaviria, 41, couldn't stop in time and hit the "bobtail" truck from behind in front of Allied Carpet, the prosecutor said.
Gaviria, previously of Montgomery Village, MD, was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, wh…