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Police & Fire
Pinned Pickup Driver Freed In Route 4 Rollover
Paramus firefighters extricated the driver of a pickup truck following a rollover crash on Route 4 in front of Wendy's early Tuesday. The crash left the truck on its side, the driver pinned and the eastbound highway closed near Paramus Road shortly after 7 a.m. Nov. 14. Traffic on the westbound side thickened with rubberneckers. A Paramus EMS ambulance took the driver to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that didn't appear life-threatening after members of the borough Heavy Rescue Squad got him out. The crash left the truck on its side, the driver pinned and the eas…
Business
Ford Recall 870K Pick-Up Trucks Due To Unexpected Parking Brake Activation Concerns
Hundreds of thousands of Ford pick-up trucks are being recalled due to the possibility an electric parking brake that could unexpectedly be activated due to a potential wiring issue. Approximately 870,000 Ford F-150 trucks produced between 2021 and 2023 are subject to the recall, according to a new filing with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). According to officials, the pick-ups included in the recall involve trucks that have a single exhaust system and faulty wiring that could be damaged and force the emergency parking brake to turn on. “Initial investigation de…
Police & Fire
SEE
Anything
? Pickup Driver Sought In Hit-And-Run Death Of Hawthorne Pedestrian, 83
UPDATE: Authorities on Thursday released a photo of the hit-and-run pickup truck that they said struck and killed an 83-year-old longtime Hawthorne resident as he crossed a local street near his home. They're hoping someone recognizes it. Joseph Bender was struck at the corner of Wagaraw Road and Passaic Avenue at 8:46 p.m. Wednesday, June 28, they said. The U.S. Marine Corps veteran was pronounced dead a short time later at St. Joseph's University Medical Center, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Hawthorne Police Chief James W. Knepper said in a joint release. Police issue…
News
Pickup Rams Pickup On Hackensack Street
It isn't every day (or night) that you see the same vehicle hit another. Hackensack police were investigating an overnight crash in which one Ford F-150 pickup truck slammed into another and landed on its side with its front axle split. The driver climbed out a rear window following the crash on Clay Street, just off Railroad Place, shortly after 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 15, responders said. He was treated at the scene by members of the Hackensack Volunteer Ambulance Corps and Hackensack University Medical Center ALS, they said. City firefighters responded along with police, who were…
Sports
Sudden Death Of Teen Athlete Rocks New Jersey Community
A 14-year-old boy struck and killed by a pickup truck Tuesday, Dec. 20 in Somerset County had dreams of becoming a police officer, loved ones said. George Watkins was struck by a Ford F-150 around 6:30 p.m. while crossing North Main Street near the Marketplace Mall, NJ Advance Media says. No charges were filed against the 40-year-old driver. George was a freshman wrestler, basketball player and baseball player for Manville High School, and had a passion for skateboarding, love ones said on a GoFundMe page. "George was always full of energy and never without a smile," his coaches said. "His…
News
Franklin Lakes Home Burglarized, Range Rover Stolen In Statewide Teen Crime Spree
Another beneficiary of New Jersey’s bail reform law broke into a million-dollar Franklin Lakes home and drove off in the owner’s car during a months-long crime spree from one end of the state to the other, authorities charged. Records show Tamir Pitts, 18, has been arrested numerous times over the past several months only to be released almost immediately from county jails or station houses in New Jersey under the state’s 2017 Bail Reform and Speedy Trial Act. Then he’s arrested again. It was mid-July, authorities said, when Pitts was charged with stealing and then abandoning a BMW a…
Police & Fire
Authorities ID 2 Passengers Killed In NJ Turnpike Bus Accident
Authorities have identified the two people killed in the double-decker Megabus overturn on the NJ Turnpike Tuesday, Aug. 9, authorities said. Cheryl Johnson, 59, of Bronx, N.Y., was pronounced dead at the scene, while Cecilia Kiyanitza, 66, of Woodbury, N.J. was airlifted to an area hospital where she was later pronounced dead. The bus, carrying about 20 passengers, was heading south when it collided with a pickup truck on the outer roadway at milepost 93.1 in Woodbridge, New Jersey State Police said. The driver of the bus, a 56-year-old male of Westville, N.J., sustained serious injurie…
Police & Fire
Second Passenger Dies After Double-Decker Megabus Overturns On NJ Turnpike (
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UPDATED: A second passenger has died after a double-decker Megabus overturned on the NJ Turnpike Tuesday, Aug. 9, authorities said. Three others were seriously hurt. The bus, carrying about 20 passengers, was heading south when it collided with a pickup truck on the outer roadway at milepost 93.1 in Woodbridge, New Jersey State Police said. Cheryl Johnson, 59, of Bronx, N.Y. sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead on scene. Cecilia Kiyanitza, 66, of Woodbury, N.J. was airlifted to an area hospital where she was later pronounced dead. The driver of the bus, a 56-year-old male…
News
Video
: Driver Charged In Wild NJ Road-Rage Crash Caught On Dashcam
A driver who survived a horrific crash on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Alpine following a miles-long viral-video encounter has been charged, authorities confirmed. Michael Brabham, 27, of Stony Point, NY told authorities that the Jan. 24 crash on the northbound parkway in Alpine was "caused by having a road rage incident with another vehicle," PIP Detective Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said Friday, Feb. 4. YouTube user Racerwong.Shooterwong posted a dashcam video of Brabham's 2012 Honda Accord tailgating a Ford F-150 in the left lane before suddenly veering across the right l…
News
4-Car Glen Rock Pileup Sends Driver To Hospital
A driver was hospitalized following a chain-reaction crash Saturday morning in Glen Rock. The four-vehicle crash sent an SUV into a utility pole in the 700 block of Ackerman Avenue shortly before 8:30 a.m. Glen Rock police and EMS responded, along with a paramedic team from the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. The extent of the driver's injuries wasn't immediately known. City Wide towing removed multiple vehicles. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account. The SUV got the worst of it in a multi-vehicle crash Saturday morning in Glen Rock.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VO…
News
Montvale Crash Sends Driver To Hospital
A crash in Montvale sent a Bloomfield driver to the hospital, authorities said. The victim from Bloomfield apparently made a left in his Mitsubishi in front of a Ford F-150 at West Grand Avenue and Rolling Ridge Road shortly after 6 p.m. Monday, Police Chief Joseph Sanfilippo said. The Mitsubishi driver was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with an eye injury, the chief said. No summonses or charges were immediately filed. An investigation was continuing.
Police & Fire
Paterson Pickup Driver Killed In Turnpike Crash
A 57-year-old driver was killed in an overnight crash on the New Jersey Turnpike in Essex County Saturday, authorities said. Paterson's Norman L. Young was heading north in a Ford F-150, when the vehicle ran off the right side of the roadway around 3:30 a.m. at milepost 104.7 in Newark, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Lawrence Peele said. The pickup struck the guardrail, crossed the roadway and struck the left concrete barrier Young was pronounced dead at the scene. The left two lanes of the inner roadway were closed for approximately three hours. Cause of the crash remains …
Police & Fire
Police: Clifton Man, 22, Pepper Sprays Driver In Jersey City Road Rage Incident
A Passaic County man riding as a passenger in a Bergen County woman's car was arrested after he pepper sprayed another driver in what authorities are calling a road rage incident Tuesday morning in Jersey City, authorities said. Gianni Perez was behind the wheel of a Honda Accord with Clifton's Kevin Ortiz, 22, in the passenger seat when a 28-year-old Bergen County woman operating a Ford F-150 accidentally threw something at their car and then cut them off near Utica Street around 7:45 a.m., according to a police report. Perez, 22, and Oritz told police that the other driver then stopped sh…
Police & Fire
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: Rochelle Park Detectives Nab Accused Porch Pirates, Recover 32 Packages From Pickup
Spotting what had become a notorious white pickup truck, a Hackensack special police officer helped Rochelle Park detectives nab three accused porch pirates who they said snatched packages from residents in several Bergen County towns. They also found 32 stolen packages in the bed and cab of the 2015 Ford F-150. Rochelle Park Dispatcher Mike Columbini, who is also a Special Police Officer 2 in Hackensack, alerted Detective Sgt. James DePreta to the vehicle, which parked on a Hackensack street. He noticed its distinct window vent guards, tinted windows and a sticker on the front A-pillar t…
Police & Fire
ON THE
Lookout
: Porch Pirates Swipe Packages In Several Bergen County Towns
Police in several Bergen County towns were looking for a white pickup truck that victims in at least six towns say was involved in pirating packages from their porches. A Hasbrouck Heights resident said a thief stole a large box containing a chair that she and her husband bought for their children (see photos below). “It’s not even about the chair but more of a violation,” she said. Residents say the same new, white Ford F-150 was at the scene of similar thefts in Hackensack, Lyndhurst, Maywood and Rochelle Park, as well as in Nutley (the truck can be seen in the video above). The packag…
Police & Fire
Elmwood Park Fatal: Passaic Woman, 27, Killed Crossing Route 46
A 27-year-old Passaic woman was struck and killed by a pickup truck Thursday night as she tried to cross Route 46 in Elmwood Park. No summonses were issued to the driver of the Ford F-150, which struck the victim as she crossed the highway on the eastbound side near the 7-Eleven at 8:20 p.m., Police Chief Michael Foligno said. She was pronounced dead at the scene, the chief said. Several people over the years have been struck and killed trying to make their way to or from the convenience store. The road was expected to be closed for the investigation until somewhere between 4:30-6:30 a…
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