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Authorities: Passaic Driver Shoots At Officer, Injures Two Hudson Women In Crash Authorities: Passaic Driver Shoots At Officer, Injures Two Hudson Women In Crash
Authorities: Passaic Driver Shoots At Officer, Injures Two Hudson Women In Crash Authorities filed attempted murder charges against a Passaic man who they said shot at an off-duty police officer from a moving car, then crashed into another vehicle – injuring two Hudson County women – before trying to flee. Joe Vega, 24, also was hit with a host of illegal weapons and ammunition charges, as well as with leaving the scene of a crash involving serious injury following Monday’s incident. The off-duty officer wasn’t injured, but the women – one 35 from Union City, the other 36 from North Bergen – had to be hospitalized, authorities said. Vega fired at the officer’s car on M…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Hackensack Firefighters Free Driver In Crash Hackensack Firefighters Free Driver In Crash
Hackensack Firefighters Free Driver In Crash Hackensack firefighters extricated an SUV driver in a two-vehicle crash Monday that sent a sedan into a fire hydrant. The freed driver was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that responders said didn't appear life-threatening in the crash at Prospect Avenue and Clinton Place around 1 p.m. The vehicles had to be towed. The hydrant also required repair. City police were investigating.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Man Killed When Car Strikes Parked Truck In Linden Man Killed When Car Strikes Parked Truck In Linden
Man Killed When Car Strikes Parked Truck In Linden A 41-year-old Elizabeth man died early Wednesday in a vehicle crash in Linden, police said.  The man, who was identified as the passenger, was killed when the 2002 Lexus sedan he was traveling in struck a parked tractor trailer on the eastbound side of  the 1100 block of West St. Georges Avenue, police said. At approx 1am this morning a vehicle struck a tractor trailer parked on the 1100 block of W. St. George Ave. Sadly, we... Posted by Linden Police Department on Wednesday, October 23, 2019 The driver, a 40-year-old from Elizabeth, was injured in the crash and taken to University Hos…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Orange Police Captain In Critical Condition After Crash Orange Police Captain In Critical Condition After Crash
Orange Police Captain In Critical Condition After Crash Officials in Orange cancelled the township council meeting Monday night out of respect for Capt. William Boggier, who suffered serious injuries in a vehicle crash earlier in the day.  A city spokesman said Tuesday morning that Boggier was in the ICU at University Hospital in Newark. He was in critical condition.  Woodbridge police confirmed the crash occurred as Boggier was riding his motorcycle in a funeral procession there. All other questions were referred to the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office, which is handling the investigation into the crash.  A prosecutor's spok…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Six Hospitalized, One Extricated In Three-Vehicle Norwood Crash Six Hospitalized, One Extricated In Three-Vehicle Norwood Crash
Six Hospitalized, One Extricated In Three-Vehicle Norwood Crash UPDATE: Six people were hospitalized following a three-vehicle crash Saturday night in Norwood. Firefighters extricated one of the victims in the Livingston Street crash, which occurred just before 7 p.m. The four most seriously injured were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. Two others were taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center and HUMC at Pascack Valley in Westwood. Airbags deployed and all were wearing seat belts, responders said. Responding were Norwood EMS, police and firefighters, the Closter Volunteer Ambulance and Rescue Corps and firefighters and an ambulance…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Lyndhurst Teen Injured, Passenger Dead In Early Morning Crash Prosecutor: Lyndhurst Teen Injured, Passenger Dead In Early Morning Crash
Prosecutor: Lyndhurst Teen Injured, Passenger Dead In Early Morning Crash LYNDHURST, N.J. -- A 20-year-old from Moorestown was killed as a result of a motor vehicle accident involving a car driven by a Lyndhurst teen early Saturday morning, authorities said. The accident occurred at 2:39 a.m., when Jose R. Rivera, 19 of Lyndhurst, drove his 2006 Audi AA8 off the side of the Ocean Township roadway, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said in a release. The passenger, Dane M. Fante, 20 of Moorestown, was taken to Monmouth Medical Center and pronounced dead at 3:24 a.m., the prosecutor said. Rivera was transported to Jersey Shore University Medica…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Four-Vehicle Pileup In Fair Lawn Smashes Sedan Four-Vehicle Pileup In Fair Lawn Smashes Sedan
Four-Vehicle Pileup In Fair Lawn Smashes Sedan FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- A four-vehicle chain-reaction crash Thursday morning in Fair Lawn took the greatest toll on a sedan that had to be towed. No injuries were reported in the Saddle River Road pileup near Naugle Drive. Glen Rock police provided traffic control assistance. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this report.

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by Jerry DeMarco