Your help needed in Ridgewood hit-and-run

UPDATE: The owner of a Jeep that knocked down a utility police on East Ridgewood Avenue this morning and took off told police today that someone else was behind the wheel.

Jerry DeMarco

08/16/2011 5:54 p.m.

The struck pole

Police knew there would be serious damage, based on the condition of the pole, which was toppled straight across the roadway.

PSE&G has already replaced the pole. Needless to say, traffic has been snarled as a result, given the importance of East Ridgewood Avenue as a major thoroughfare.

Police were called a little after 3 a.m. to 535 East Ridgewood Avenue, where the pole was struck.

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