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Sedan Slams Into Fair Lawn Garden Apartment, Driver Flees On Foot, Found Three Towns Away

It was literally a hit-and-run.

The Toyota Camry was headed south on Route 208 when it careened off the highway, uprooted a sign and struck a building on Virginia Drive in the Blue Ridge Manor Condos in Fair Lawn around 11 p.m. Aug. 26.

The Toyota Camry was headed south on Route 208 when it careened off the highway, uprooted a sign and struck a building on Virginia Drive in the Blue Ridge Manor Condos in Fair Lawn around 11 p.m. Aug. 26.

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A large contingent of emergency responders rushed to the Blue Ridge Manor Condos in Fair Lawn following the hit-and-run crash around 11 p.m. Saturday Aug. 26.

A large contingent of emergency responders rushed to the Blue Ridge Manor Condos in Fair Lawn following the hit-and-run crash around 11 p.m. Saturday Aug. 26.

Photo Credit: Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE
Police temporarily evacuated the building until the sedan could be removed and what appeared to be significant damage to the residences could be assessed.

Police temporarily evacuated the building until the sedan could be removed and what appeared to be significant damage to the residences could be assessed.

Photo Credit: Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE
The Toyota Camry was headed south on Route 208 when it careened off the highway, uprooted a sign and struck a building on Virginia Drive in the Blue Ridge Manor Condos in Fair Lawn around 11 p.m. Aug. 26.

The Toyota Camry was headed south on Route 208 when it careened off the highway, uprooted a sign and struck a building on Virginia Drive in the Blue Ridge Manor Condos in Fair Lawn around 11 p.m. Aug. 26.

Photo Credit: Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE

A driver whose sedan slammed into a garden apartment complex in Fair Lawn late Saturday fled the scene on foot and was later seized in Waldwick, responders said.

The Toyota Camry was headed south on Route 208 when the driver apparently tried to avoid another vehicle that had crashed around 11 p.m. Aug. 26, witnesses said.

The Toyota careened off the highway, uprooted a sign and struck a building on Virginia Drive at the Blue Ridge Manor Condos.

The driver then took off on foot, witnesses said.

Police temporarily evacuated the building until the sedan could be removed and what appeared to be significant damage to the residences could be assessed.

A technician from PSE&G's Gas Division was on scene inspecting natural gas lines in the basement.

No injuries to residents were reported.

Fair Lawn firefighters and Heavy Rescue members also responded, along with a standby ambulance from The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood.

A Bergen County Sheriff's K-9 Unit responded to assist in the search for the driver.

More details on the arrest were expected early Sunday.

Paramus police assisted with traffic and crowd control.

K-9 units from the Bergen County Sheriff's Office were also dispatched to assist.

It was around 1 a.m. when Belfi's Towing removed the vehicle, which the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification was going to examine for evidence.

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Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account.

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