Truck crosses double-yellow line, hits pole in Ridgewood after driver has medical emergency

PHOTO: A driver who experienced a medical emergency last night lost control of his Dodge Durango, which crossed the double yellow line and rolled into a utility pole on the other side of the street.

Jerry DeMarco

05/23/2015 2:04 p.m.

Responders to the intersection of Godwin and Ackerman avenues shortly after 10 p.m. included Ridgewood police and EMS and a paramedic unit from The Valley Hospital, where the victim was taken.

A plainclothes officer drove the Dodge Durango to the victim’s home. Neither the vehicle nor the pole sustained significant damage.

STORY / PHOTO: Boyd A. Loving

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