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Beginning Driver, 16, Rolls SUV In Glen Rock Pinball Crash Beginning Driver, 16, Rolls SUV In Glen Rock Pinball Crash
Beginning Driver, 16, Rolls SUV In Glen Rock Pinball Crash A 16-year-old driver with her learner’s permit was hospitalized after a pinball crash in Glen Rock flipped their SUV, authorities said. Her father told police she was out practicing with him when she made a right too wide off Maple Avenue and their Honda CR-V struck a vehicle stopped at the stop sign on Rodney Street shortly before noon Saturday, Dec. 16, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. At that point, “she panicked, overcompensated, lost control of the vehicle, hit a tree and the vehicle rolled over,” the chief said the dad reported. He and the other driver were fine, but a Glen Rock EMS…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Tractor-Trailer Rams Sedan Off Route 208 Tractor-Trailer Rams Sedan Off Route 208
Tractor-Trailer Rams Sedan Off Route 208 Two people were hospitalized Friday night after a tractor-trailer exiting Route 208 in Glen Rock struck a sedan. Witnesses claimed the driver of the rig ignored a stop sign exiting the southbound highway at Harristown Road and struck the Honda Civic around 6:45 p.m. Nov. 3. Glen Rock EMS reported three injuries at the scene, with two victims taken by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center. There was no immediate word on their conditions. The Civic was removed by a flatbed tow truck. Fair Lawn police assisted with traffic control. Glen Rock police are investigating the cause o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fleeing Driver Crashes At Route 208 Entrance: Passaic County Sheriff Fleeing Driver Crashes At Route 208 Entrance: Passaic County Sheriff
Fleeing Driver Crashes At Route 208 Entrance: Passaic County Sheriff A reckless driver led Passaic County sheriff's officers on a pursuit that ended in a crash at a Route 208 on-ramp. Officers spotted the Audi sedan with New York plates being driven recklessly "without regard to any other vehicles or pedestrian on or near the road" in the area of Route 20 and Maple Avenue in Paterson shortly before 11 p.m. Sunday, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik said. Officers pursued the sedan less than a mile to the entrance to northbound Route 208 in Fair Lawn, where it crashed, the sheriff said. The seized the driver, Tylee Leon Blunt, 22, of the Bronx, he said.…

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Route 208 Closed By Downed Power Lines, Cluster Of Brush Fires Doused Route 208 Closed By Downed Power Lines, Cluster Of Brush Fires Doused
Route 208 Closed By Downed Power Lines, Cluster Of Brush Fires Doused Power lines that fell across Route 208 closed the highway in both directions and ignited several small noontime brush fires. Massive jams stretched beyond eyesight in each direction as police detoured traffic at De Boer Drive in Glen Rock, where the wires fell around 11:30 a.m. Saturday, and Rea Avenue in Hawthorne. NJ Transit also temporarily stopped trains that were running nearby, responders said. Firefighters doused the blazes. Responders included police and firefighters from Glen Rock, Fair Lawn and Hawthorne as well as Glen Rock EMS, Ridgewood Emergency Services, NJDOT and a crew f…

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Hydrant Knocked Down In Head-On Glen Rock Crash Hydrant Knocked Down In Head-On Glen Rock Crash
Hydrant Knocked Down In Head-On Glen Rock Crash At least one victim was hospitalized following a Saturday afternoon head-on crash on a busy Glen Rock street. A fire hydrant was knocked off its foundation when two sedans collided at the intersection of Berkeley Place and Rock Road. Several injuries were reported and a related summons issued, police said, adding that none of the injuries appeared life-threatening. Fire hydrant knocked from its base in Glen Rock.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Glen Rock EMS took one of the injured to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. Both vehicles were towed. Firefighters cleaned up a large fuel spill…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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VIDEO: Responders Rescue Driver From Fiery Wreckage Of Head-On Glen Rock Crash VIDEO: Responders Rescue Driver From Fiery Wreckage Of Head-On Glen Rock Crash
Video: Responders Rescue Driver From Fiery Wreckage Of Head-On Glen Rock Crash A group of Glen Rock police officers snuffed flames in the engine of a truck that had just collided head-on overnight with a sedan, protecting the trapped driver of the smaller car until firefighters could arrive, video shows. Criminal charges apparently were pending after a Chevy Trailblazer and four-door Nissan collided near the corner of Lincoln Avenue and Rock Road just after 4 a.m., responders said. The driver got out of the Trailblazer, which burst into flames, they said. The other driver was seriously injured and had to be extricated. "He was feet away from the fire, which was gro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Responders Rescue Driver From Fiery Wreckage Of Head-On Glen Rock Crash Responders Rescue Driver From Fiery Wreckage Of Head-On Glen Rock Crash
Responders Rescue Driver From Fiery Wreckage Of Head-On Glen Rock Crash WATCH THIS: A group of Glen Rock police officers fought flames in the engine of a truck that had just collided head-on overnight with a sedan, protecting the trapped driver of the smaller car until firefighters could arrive, video shows. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/fairlawn/police-fire/video-responders-rescue-driver-from-fiery-wreckage-of-head-on-glen-rock-crash/771947/ ****** Glen Rock firefighters and police pulled a driver from the fiery wreckage of an overnight head-on crash. Criminal charges apparently were pending after a Chevy Trailblazer and four-door Nissan collided near t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Man In Ridgewood Trailer Seriously Injured When SUV Slams Into It Man In Ridgewood Trailer Seriously Injured When SUV Slams Into It
Man In Ridgewood Trailer Seriously Injured When SUV Slams Into It A man was seriously injured after an SUV slammed into a parked utility trailer he was in Wednesday afternoon in Ridgewood. Tow trucks removed the Toyota SUV and the trailer, which had been parked on Prospect Street when it was struck. The victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center by Glen Rock EMS. Ridgewood police and firefighters and Glen Rock police also responded. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this account. ****** ALSO SEE: No one was injured after an out-of-control landscaping dump truck careened down an embankment and into a children’s backyard playset in Ridgewood o…

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by Jerry DeMarco