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Commuter Bus Topples Traffic Light At Border of Hackensack, Hasbrouck Heights Commuter Bus Topples Traffic Light At Border of Hackensack, Hasbrouck Heights
Commuter Bus Topples Traffic Light At Border of Hackensack, Hasbrouck Heights No injuries were reported when a commuter bus downed a traffic light Monday afternoon at a busy intersection at the border of Hackensack and Hasbrouck Heights. Somehow the NJ TRANSIT bus being leased by Coach USA was the only vehicle damaged in the collision across from the 7-Eleven on South Summit Avenue off the corner of West Pleasantview Avenue around 2 p.m. Southbound South Summit Avenue into Boulevard remained closed for cleanup, repairs and an investigation of the accident's cause. No one was reported injury in the Monday afternoon crash Dec. 5 at the Hackensack/Hasbrouck Heights…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Four Hospitalized In Hackensack Bus Crash Four Hospitalized In Hackensack Bus Crash
Four Hospitalized In Hackensack Bus Crash Four passengers were hospitalized and seven refused medical attention following a commuter bus crash in Hackensack, authorities said. The NJ TRANSIT bus had just picked up passengers and was headed north on South Summit Avenue when it collided near West Pleasantview Avenue with a Toyota Prius driven in the same direction by a 22-year-old Hasbrouck Heights man around 7:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 23, said Police Capt. Michael Antista, the officer in charge of the department. The Prius driver wasn't injured, no significant traffic delays were reported and the scene was quickly cleared, the captain …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hackensack Driving School Instructor Fights Off Carjacker Hackensack Driving School Instructor Fights Off Carjacker
Hackensack Driving School Instructor Fights Off Carjacker HERO: A Hackensack driving school instructor fought off a violent carjacker as he tried to drag another tutor from her vehicle, authorities said. Adult students were taking lessons in the Stop & Shop parking lot on West Pleasantview Avenue when Isiah T. Pringle, 31, of Albany approached one of the vehicles, Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Pringle opened the door and tried to pull out the driver, who was seat-belted in, he said. Another driving instructor intervened and was punched by Pringle as he shouted at the woman to drive away, the captain said. “Pringle then grabbed a broomstick that…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hackensack School Driving Instructor Beaten While Rescuing Colleague From Violent Carjacker Hackensack School Driving Instructor Beaten While Rescuing Colleague From Violent Carjacker
Hackensack School Driving Instructor Beaten While Rescuing Colleague From Violent Carjacker HERO: A violent carjacker was trying to drag a Hackensack driving school instructor out of a vehicle when a colleague came to her rescue, authorities said. Adult students were taking lessons in the Stop & Shop parking lot on West Pleasantview Avenue when Isiah T. Pringle, 31, of Albany approached one of the vehicles, Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Pringle opened the door and tried to pull out the driver, who was seat-belted in, he said. Another driving instructor intervened and was punched by Pringle as he shouted at the woman to drive away, the captain said. “Pringle then grabbed a brooms…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Hackensack Man Slams Windshield With Sledgehammer, Flees Police: Hackensack Man Slams Windshield With Sledgehammer, Flees
Police: Hackensack Man Slams Windshield With Sledgehammer, Flees A Hackensack man smashed a car windshield with a sledgehammer in the parking lot of a local supermarket, then led police on a brief chase Thursday afternoon before being caught in Ridgefield Park, authorities said. Responding Hackensack officers tried to stop Gary Jones, who sped off in an older-model BMW after damaging a vehicle at the West Pleasantview Avenue Stop & Shop across from his home around 2:45 p.m., Capt. Francesco Aquila said. The officers chased Jones onto Route 80 before terminating the pursuit due to safety concerns. After hearing the alert, Bogota police and Bergen Cou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: BMW Slams Into Hackensack Contracting Company, Damaging Building, Custom Cycles UPDATE: BMW Slams Into Hackensack Contracting Company, Damaging Building, Custom Cycles
Update: BMW Slams Into Hackensack Contracting Company, Damaging Building, Custom Cycles A BMW slammed through the front of a Hackensack topsoil company around noontime Wednesday, severely damaging the building -- and damaging three custom motorcycles parked behind the window and garage bay. The 61-year-old driver from Lodi told police her brakes failed at a stop sign, sending her 2012 328i into the West Plesantview building of Breen Topsoil at 11:50 a.m., Capt. Nicole Foley said. She wasn't injured, the captain said. The crash, however, damaged a support beam, the garage bay doors, the entry door, and the building’s façade, along with the cycles, Foley said. Firefighters te…

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by Cecilia Levine & Jerry DeMarco