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Speeding Driver Captured After Ramming Civilian Vehicle, Palisades Interstate Parkway PD Car Speeding Driver Captured After Ramming Civilian Vehicle, Palisades Interstate Parkway PD Car
Speeding Driver Captured After Ramming Civilian Vehicle, Palisades Interstate Parkway PD Car A speeding Brooklyn driver under the influence of drugs and alcohol knocked another car onto a median on the Palisades Interstate Parkway, then rammed his sedan into a pursuing police vehicle on Route 9W Alpine Monday night, authorities said. Richard Simpson, 24, was driving a Hyundai with Delaware license plates that blew by a PIP officer on the northbound parkway shortly after 9 p.m., Sgt. First Class Raymond Walter said. Simpson then made an unsafe change into the fast lane, where his car hit a white Honda, knocking it onto the grass median, before the Hyundai continued at more than 100 …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
SUV Plows Into Entrance Of Old Tappan Mixed-Use Building SUV Plows Into Entrance Of Old Tappan Mixed-Use Building
SUV Plows Into Entrance Of Old Tappan Mixed-Use Building A small SUV plowed into an Old Tappan mixed-use building on Friday. The older-model Hyundai continued through a handicapped parking space, mounted a small curb and hit the façade of the Old Tappan Road building between two columns at the entrance. There was no immediate word on the condition of the driver, who responders said was hospitalized. The building didn’t appear structurally compromised. The SUV, which sustained substantial damage, had to be towed. The two-story mini strip mall contains an insurance firm, an investment company, a pizza restaurant, a Chabad teaching center, an acu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Authorities: Boy, 16, Was Driving SUV That Killed Motorcyclist In Clifton Authorities: Boy, 16, Was Driving SUV That Killed Motorcyclist In Clifton
Authorities: Boy, 16, Was Driving SUV That Killed Motorcyclist In Clifton An SUV that struck and killed a 25-year-old motorcyclist in Clifton Friday night was driven by a 16-year-old boy, said authorities who took the teen into custody. The boy was driving a 2013 Hyundai Tuscon that slammed into the 2006 Suzuki at the intersection of Paulison and Union avenues around 9 p.m. Friday, ejecting Nadeem Asfour of Paterson, authorities said. Asfour was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, they said. The juvenile, who wasn’t injured, remained held in the Essex County Juvenile Detention Center in Newark after being served with a delinquency complai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Hackensack Police Search For Hit-Run SUV That Struck Wanted Offender, 17 Hackensack Police Search For Hit-Run SUV That Struck Wanted Offender, 17
Hackensack Police Search For Hit-Run SUV That Struck Wanted Offender, 17 A 17-year-old repeat offender from Hackensack who at first hid under a car and then tried to run from police was struck by an SUV whose driver kept going Tuesday afternoon. Police were looking for a newer-model dark-colored (possibly brown or pewter) Hyundai Santa Fe that lost its driver's side mirror, Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. The juvenile, who wasn't seriously injured, was wanted for an Oct. 26 armed robbery with a handgun and for failing to appear in the Family Division of Superior Court on previous complaints, among other offenses, DeWitt said. Aware that he may be the area, several ci…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Retired NY Giant Stars In Auto Business Together Sued Over Missing Vehicles, Sketchy Sales Retired NY Giant Stars In Auto Business Together Sued Over Missing Vehicles, Sketchy Sales
Retired NY Giant Stars In Auto Business Together Sued Over Missing Vehicles, Sketchy Sales A national car dealership group that includes former New York Giants linebackers Jessie Armstead and Antonio Pearce is a "house of cards" that sold more than $10.5 million worth of vehicle without paying the financers and can't account for nearly 100 others, a lawsuit filed by Hyundai and Nissan charges. Armstead, Pearce and retail veteran Michael Saporito own several dealerships in New Jersey, Michigan and Pennsylvania, including Englewood Cliffs Cadillac on Sylvan Avenue. The lawsuit calls the group insolvent and accuses it of defaulting on loan agreements, Automotive News repor…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Probe Into Four Deaths Prompts Massive Kia Recall Probe Into Four Deaths Prompts Massive Kia Recall
Probe Into Four Deaths Prompts Massive Kia Recall More than 500,000 Kias are being recalled after a glitch was discovered that may prevent airbags from deploying, as investigators continue their probe into four deaths that may have been related to the vehicles. The recall of 507,000 Kias comes after the announcement by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that it was investigating why airbags had failed to deploy in Kias and Hyundais that led to the deaths of four people and left six with injuries in a pair of separate incidents throughout the country. The Kia recall comes after a previous recall expansion by Hyundai - an aff…

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by Zak Failla