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Man Struck, Killed By Freight Train In Northwest Bergen County Man Struck, Killed By Freight Train In Northwest Bergen County
Man Struck, Killed By Freight Train In Northwest Bergen County A man was struck and killed by a freight train in Midland Park late Wednesday, multiple sources confirmed. The 19-year-old Wyckoff man was struck by a New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway train along the Newtown Road portion of the tracks near the Wyckoff border at 11:08 p.m., a railroad spokesperson at the company's Cooperstown, NY headquarters said. He was later pronounced dead at St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson, responders said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Police: Drugged Bergen Dad's Car Stalls On RR Tracks With Boy, $110,000 Cash Inside Police: Drugged Bergen Dad's Car Stalls On RR Tracks With Boy, $110,000 Cash Inside
Police: Drugged Bergen Dad's Car Stalls On RR Tracks With Boy, $110,000 Cash Inside Elmwood Park police who rescued a local driver and his young son after their car got stuck on railroad tracks found the man under the influence of drugs and $110,000 in cash in a bag, authorities said. Officers responding to the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway freight line found Asad Ali with his 11-year-old son in a Toyota Corolla with no license plates shortly before 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Ali, who was disoriented and appeared impaired by drugs, said his credentials were in a backpack in the trunk, so the officers let him retrieve it, Foligno said…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Section Of Century-Old Railroad Bridge Collapses In Ridgefield Park Section Of Century-Old Railroad Bridge Collapses In Ridgefield Park
Section Of Century-Old Railroad Bridge Collapses In Ridgefield Park No one was hurt when a stretch of a 100-year-old railroad bridge collapsed in Ridgefield Park on Saturday. The rear car of a New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway train crossing the 405-foot bridge where Overpeck Creek meets the Hackensack River tumbled down in the collapse just before 8:30 a.m. No one was inside, responders said. Work had begun just last week to replace the roadbed approaching the bridge from the NYS&W yard.

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by Jerry DeMarco