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Pickup Crashes Through Route 17 Guardrail, Down Embankment Pickup Crashes Through Route 17 Guardrail, Down Embankment
Pickup Crashes Through Route 17 Guardrail, Down Embankment A driver and passenger escaped serious injury when their pickup truck crashed through a Route 17 guardrail and landed on its side down an embankment, responders said. It was just past the bus stop at the Sheridan Avenue exit on the southbound highway in Waldwick just past 2 a.m. Wednesday when the Chevy Silverado barreled through the rail and landed on its driver's side. Waldwick firefighters stabilized the truck, then used a ladder to get the two occupants out. Waldwick firefighters cut a section of guardrail away so the pickup could be removed following the crash off southbound Route…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Route 17 Crash: Waldwick Police Revive Overdosed Midnight Driver Route 17 Crash: Waldwick Police Revive Overdosed Midnight Driver
Route 17 Crash: Waldwick Police Revive Overdosed Midnight Driver HEROES: An unconscious 28-year-old driver from East Rutherford was revived by Waldwick police after overdosing and crashing his car into a median on Route 17, authorities said. It was moments after midnight when the crash occurred near Sheridan Avenue early Wednesday, March 22, Police Lt. Troy Seifert said. Sgt. Michael Sinclair and Officers Tom Zachmann and Anthony LoPrinzi had to break a window to get to the unresponsive driver and pull him out, Seifert said. He regained consciousness after they administered Narcan, then was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood by the Waldwick Volun…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Sedan Crashes Off Route 17 UPDATE: Sedan Crashes Off Route 17
Update: Sedan Crashes Off Route 17 A sedan flew over a guardrail on Route 17, sending its driver to the hospital. The 2013 BMW ended up in a wooded area just past a bus shelter on the southbound side near Sheridan Avenue in Waldwick shortly after 10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, Police Lt. Troy Seifert said. Waldwick firefighters freed the 48-year-old driver from Newark, who suffered a suspected head injury, the lieutenant said. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center by members of the Waldwick Volunteer Ambulance Corps. The BMW ended up in a wooded area on the other side of the guardrail on southbound Route 17 in…

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Glen Rock Motorcyclist Hospitalized In Waldwick Crash Glen Rock Motorcyclist Hospitalized In Waldwick Crash
Glen Rock Motorcyclist Hospitalized In Waldwick Crash A 62-year-old motorcyclist from Glen Rock was hospitalized after crashing in Waldwick over the New Year's weekend, authorities said. There were no witnesses to the single-vehicle crash on Sheridan Avenue near Route 17 around 1 p.m. New Year's Day, Police Lt. Troy E. Seifert said. Members of the Waldwick Volunteer Ambulance Corps and paramedics from the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood treated the rider before he was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, the lieutenant said. There was no update on his condition. ****** ALSO SEE: A motorcyclist from Bergenfield survived being thrown o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Jeep Topples Traffic Light In Waldwick Jeep Topples Traffic Light In Waldwick
Jeep Topples Traffic Light In Waldwick A 17-year-old driver escaped injury when her Jeep knocked down a traffic light and damaged a junction box in Waldwick, authorities said. The borough driver's vehicle came to rest in a wooded area off the corner of Sheridan Avenue and East Prospect Street at 9:50 p.m. Sunday, March 6, Police Chief Mark F. Messner said. Waldwick firefighters tended to a smoke condition in the engine, the DPW blocked off the area and the state Department of Transportation was notified, the chief said. The vehicle was towed and no summonses were issued, he said. Just off Sheridan Avenue and East Prospect …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Motorcyclist Injured In Route 17 Crash Motorcyclist Injured In Route 17 Crash
Motorcyclist Injured In Route 17 Crash A New York motorcyclist survived an overnight crash on Route 17 in Waldwick, authorities said. The 52-year-old Orange County resident from Middletown victim lost control of the motorcycle on the northbound highway just north of Sheridan Avenue shortly before 2 a.m., Police Chief Mark Messner said. “No other vehicles were involved and at that time and the conditions were clear and dry,” Messner said. The rider “was alert and conscious the entire time but did suffer lacerations to his leg and knee and a fair amount of road rash,” the chief said. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Waldwick Police Revive OD'd Van Driver At Intersection Waldwick Police Revive OD'd Van Driver At Intersection
Waldwick Police Revive OD'd Van Driver At Intersection A trio of Waldwick police officers revived a heroin-carrying driver who passed out from an overdose behind the wheel of a van stopped at an intersection, authorities said Saturday. Sgt. David Passaretti and Officers Dylan Ritondale and Michael Sinclair began CPR after finding the 30-year-old driver on the ground next to the van, which was stopped at Sheridan Avenue and East Prospect Street, just before 2 p.m. Friday, Lt. Thomas J. Dowling said. He was unresponsive, with a faint pulse, the lieutenant said. Once the officers revived him, the driver was taken to The Valley Hospital, Dowling s…

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by Jerry DeMarco