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Norwood Crash Takes Out Traffic Light For 3rd Time This Year Norwood Crash Takes Out Traffic Light For 3rd Time This Year
Norwood Crash Takes Out Traffic Light For 3rd Time This Year A Norwood traffic light was toppled Wednesday during a crash for the third time since February. No serious injuries were reported in the crash after a driver ran a red light at the intersection of Tappan Road and Broadway shortly before 2 p.m., responders said. Norwood police and firefighters responded. Detours were in place. ****** ALSO SEE: A motorist who fled Ringwood police was captured after gunshots were fired on Route 287 in Mahwah before dawn Wednesday, responders said. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/mahwah/police-fire/wild-police-chase-ends-on-route-287-with-shots-fired…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Train Kept Rollin': Driver Of Car Struck At Glen Rock RR Crossing Gets Summons Train Kept Rollin': Driver Of Car Struck At Glen Rock RR Crossing Gets Summons
Train Kept Rollin': Driver Of Car Struck At Glen Rock RR Crossing Gets Summons A Glen Rock driver whose car was clipped by a commuter train will have to explain what happened to a judge, authorities said.  The 59-year-old driver wasn't injured after the last car of the Hoboken-bound Bergen Line NJ Transit train struck the front of his eastbound 2015 Honda Civic, ripping off its bumper, at the Rock Road crossing shortly after 7 a.m. Nov. 24. The train kept rolling. "The engineer was not immediately aware of the collision, as the head end of the train had already cleared the crossing," Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Police gave the driver a summons f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Bogota Bicyclist, 58, Killed In Route 3 Crash Bogota Bicyclist, 58, Killed In Route 3 Crash
Bogota Bicyclist, 58, Killed In Route 3 Crash A bicyclist was struck and killed in the middle lane of eastbound Route 3 in East Rutherford late Saturday, responders said. Tony Perez, 58, of Bogota was pronounced dead after he was struck by a vehicle shortly after 11:30 p.m., Deputy Police Chief Phillip Taormina said. "In an attempt to avoid striking Mr. Perez, the operator of the vehicle applied the brakes, swerved and was struck from behind by a second passing vehicle," Taormina said. Why Perez was peddling in the middle of the highway couldn't immediately be determined. No other injuries were reported and no charges were filed or s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Rescued Bergen Driver Loses Leg, Survives Fiery Crash On Palisades Interstate Parkway UPDATE: Rescued Bergen Driver Loses Leg, Survives Fiery Crash On Palisades Interstate Parkway
Update: Rescued Bergen Driver Loses Leg, Survives Fiery Crash On Palisades Interstate Parkway A 52-year-old Bergen County driver lost her leg but survived a fiery crash Sunday night thanks to two good Samaritans and the Palisades Interstate Parkway police. A passing NYPD captain and a security guard got the Demarest driver and her 29-year-old passenger, also of Demarest, out of the vehicle after it rolled on the northbound parkway between Exits 1 and 2 shortly before 11:30 p.m., Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Sgt. First Class Raymond Walter said. The responding PIP police officers, Sgt. Martin Clancy and Officer Elizabeth Santos, applied a tourniquet to the driver, saving her l…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Motorcyclist Pens Heartbreaking Final Facebook Post Before Crash With Horse-Trailer Motorcyclist Pens Heartbreaking Final Facebook Post Before Crash With Horse-Trailer
Motorcyclist Pens Heartbreaking Final Facebook Post Before Crash With Horse-Trailer “Four wheels move the body, Two wheels move the soul.” -- Anonymous That was Cain Delucca's last post on his Facebook page before dying after his motorcycle collided with a horse-trailer in Burlington County on Thursday night. State police said that Delucca, 30, was pronounced dead at Cooper University Hospital, where he was airlifted after the crash. State police received a report at 8:01 p.m. that a Yamaha R6 struck an empty horse-trailer being pulled by a Chevrolet Silverado truck, according to a New Jersey State Police spokesman. The collision was reported at the intersection of …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Police ID Local Pedestrian, 63, Struck, Killed Outside Fair Lawn Municipal Building UPDATE: Police ID Local Pedestrian, 63, Struck, Killed Outside Fair Lawn Municipal Building
Update: Police ID Local Pedestrian, 63, Struck, Killed Outside Fair Lawn Municipal Building A pedestrian struck and killed Wednesday morning outside the Fair Lawn municipal building lived around the corner, authorities said. Yuri Berger, 63, was crossing Fair Lawn Avenue up the street from his Edward Street home when he was struck in the crosswalk by a 2012 Honda SUV driven by a 53-year-old Fair Lawn man around 9:45 a.m., Police Sgt. Sean Macys said. The impact knocked him under a 2017 Mercedes Benz sedan that was stopped near the corner of Parmalee Avenue, Macys said. Police rushed to his aid, lifting the vehicle and administering CPR before EMS took over, the sergeant said.  …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Pedestrian, 79, Struck, Killed By Food Delivery Vehicle In Fairview Pedestrian, 79, Struck, Killed By Food Delivery Vehicle In Fairview
Pedestrian, 79, Struck, Killed By Food Delivery Vehicle In Fairview A 79-year-old Fairview resident was struck and killed by a food delivery driver's vehicle as she crossed a busy street Friday night. The victim was crossing Bergen Boulevard at Kamena Street when she was struck by the southbound vehicle shortly after 7:30 p.m., Police Chief Martin Kahn said. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Investigations Unit joined Fairview police, the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office and the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification, which collected evidence. The driver was brought to police headquarters, where he was interviewed by d…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
ALERT: Crash Closes Route 4 ALERT: Crash Closes Route 4
ALERT: Crash Closes Route 4 A multi-vehicle crash Friday morning closed eastbound Route 4 in Englewood. Traffic was jammed for miles after two trucks and an SUV collided around 10 a.m. in front of the Vivian. There was no immediate word on injuries. Englewood firefighters responded along with city police, Bergen County sheriff's officers and EMS that included an ambulance from Englewood Hospital and Medical Center.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
SUV Hits Utility Pole, Rolls In Glen Rock SUV Hits Utility Pole, Rolls In Glen Rock
SUV Hits Utility Pole, Rolls In Glen Rock A driver escaped serious injury after her SUV overturned Wednesday morning in Glen Rock. The 28-year-old Union City driver, who was headed to work at a local doctor’s office, was checked out after her 2020 Toyota Rav 4 sideswiped a utility pole and overturned on Prospect Street near Cornwall Road just after 9:30 a.m. She got out on her own before police arrived and refused medical attention, responders said. "A witness that was driving behind the vehicle reported that it was traveling at the speed limit and not driving erratically before the crash," Sgt. Michael Trover said. The vehicle …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Man Who Got Out Of Car, 22, Killed In Gruesome Route 4 Crash UPDATE: Man Who Got Out Of Car, 22, Killed In Gruesome Route 4 Crash
Update: Man Who Got Out Of Car, 22, Killed In Gruesome Route 4 Crash It wasn't a scene for the faint of heart: A man who got out of a sedan after it was rear-ended on Route 4 in Teaneck over the weekend was struck and killed in a chain-reaction crash that sent a van careening into a house and bursting into flames. It began when the Toyota Sienna was rear-ended by a Honda Accord on westbound Route 4 off North Wilson Avenue shortly after 5 a.m. Sunday. The van rolled across a lawn and slammed into a brick wall of the North Wilson Avenue home, landing right side up and bursting into flames, authorities said. The van driver and a passenger got out OK, Bergen C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Man Riding Electric Scooter On NJ Turnpike Killed By SUV Man Riding Electric Scooter On NJ Turnpike Killed By SUV
Man Riding Electric Scooter On NJ Turnpike Killed By SUV A National Park man riding an electric scooter was killed in an overnight crash on the NJ Turnpike, authorities said. Alexander Dziewa, 27, was heading westbound on a TailG scooter in the left lane when he was struck by a Buick Rendezvous SUV around 2:25 a.m. in Kearny, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Lawrence Peele said. Dziewa -- whose Facebook page says he is a Garfield native -- was pronounced dead at the scene, near mile marker 109.4, Peele said. The area was closed for three hours for investigation. Circumstances surrounding the crash are still under investigation.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Driver Who Thought He Hit Animal On PIP Struck, Killed When He Gets Out To Check Driver Who Thought He Hit Animal On PIP Struck, Killed When He Gets Out To Check
Driver Who Thought He Hit Animal On PIP Struck, Killed When He Gets Out To Check A driver who thought he'd struck a small animal with his minivan on the Palisades Interstate Parkway was struck and killed after he got out to check, authorities said. Passengers told responding officers that the Brooklyn driver stopped his 2014 Toyota Sienna on the northbound side right before the New York state border in Alpine shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday, PIP Police Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. He was standing in the roadway when a northbound 2018 Cadillac CT6 hit him, Walter said. Parkway police administered CPR before Hatzolah EMS took the victim to Nyack Hospital, wher…

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by Jerry DeMarco