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SUV Crash Leaves Bergen Home Uninhabitable SUV Crash Leaves Bergen Home Uninhabitable
SUV Crash Leaves Bergen Home Uninhabitable A Northvale home was deemed uninhabitable after an SUV plowed into it, authorities said. The Ford Flex barreled up the West Avenue driveway, through bushes and into the house at 12:40 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, Northvale Police Chief Howard J. Ostrow said. Both the driver, 68, from Closter, and her 67-year-old boyfriend from Northvale refused further medical attention after being evaluated by Englewood Hospital and Medical Center EMS, the chief said. Northvale firefighters assisted police at the scene, Ostrow said. The vehicle was towed and a building official said the residence wasn't safe …

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Northvale Firefighters Free Two 22-Year-Olds Trapped By Live Wires In Utility Pole Crash Northvale Firefighters Free Two 22-Year-Olds Trapped By Live Wires In Utility Pole Crash
Northvale Firefighters Free Two 22-Year-Olds Trapped By Live Wires In Utility Pole Crash Northvale firefighters extricated two 22-year-old men from the area who avoided serious injury when their sedan slammed into a utility pole, shattering it and strewing live wires across the vehicle. The 2019 Acura was headed east on Paris Avenue near the Rockleigh border when it left the roadway and slammed into the pole around 10 p.m. Sunday, Police Chief Howard J. Ostrow said. Firefighters got the Westwood driver and his male Old Tappan passenger out safely, Ostrow said. An Orange & Rockland Utilities crew cleared the lines and pole, pieces of which had fallen in a driveway, the chie…

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by Jerry DeMarco