Car plows through fence toward Ridgewood RR tracks

YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: The elderly driver of a Lexus sedan wound up on the wrong side of a chain link fence this afternoon after apparently mistaking the gas pedal for the brake while trying to park behind a Ridgewood medical office building.

Jerry DeMarco

04/07/2014 8:29 p.m.

Police helped escort both occupants from the active railroad line behind 505 Goffle Road.

Both appeared OK.

Ridgewood firefighters removed a portion of the fence to help recover the vehicle, which was towed by a flatbed.

STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving

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