The airbags in his older-model Volkswagen Jetta deployed in the crash at Harristown Road off the northbound highway in Glen Rock shortly after 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31.
Members of the Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Corps took him to St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson.
Police, meanwhile, doused a small engine fire with an extinguisher.
Citywide Towing removed the wreck.
Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this story.
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