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Harrison Avenue, Lodi, NJ

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Occupant In SUV Crash Off Route 46 Gravely Injured, Responders Say Occupant In SUV Crash Off Route 46 Gravely Injured, Responders Say
Occupant In SUV Crash Off Route 46 Gravely Injured, Responders Say Responders feared the worst for an occupant of an SUV that struck a townhouse Saturday morning in Lodi. The man went into cardiac arrest after the Honda Sante Fe crashed on Harrison Avenue, just off eastbound Route 46 near the Garfield border, shortly after 10:30 a.m. July 8. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. A female occupant apparently wasn't injured. Police and firefighters from Lodi and Garfield were joined by ALS and BLS units and the Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Investigations unit. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS CRASH SCENE: Harrison Avenue off R…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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CAUGHT IN THE ACT: Lodi Woman Comes Home Early, Tangles With BF's Sidepiece CAUGHT IN THE ACT: Lodi Woman Comes Home Early, Tangles With BF's Sidepiece
Caught IN THE ACT: Lodi Woman Comes Home Early, Tangles With BF's Sidepiece Someone came home earlier than expected, leading to a confrontation between two women in a Lodi apartment, authorities said. The tenant found her boyfriend with a bedmate at Charles Street and Harrison Avenue shortly after 8 a.m. Thursday, responders said. They got into it, leaving the tenant with a slight injury and the sidepiece gone. Lodi Police Sgt. Dominic Miller confirmed that "a random incident turned physical" but said there wasn't much more to it. The two tangled, with the victim sustaining a superficial cut and the visitor fleeing, he said. There wasn't a stabbing, as some …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Speeding Driver Charged With Killing Lodi Husband, Wife In Crash Outside Their Home UPDATE: Speeding Driver Charged With Killing Lodi Husband, Wife In Crash Outside Their Home
Update: Speeding Driver Charged With Killing Lodi Husband, Wife In Crash Outside Their Home A Nutley man was jailed Wednesday in the deaths of a retired Albanian police chief and a Garfield Walmart manager in an early-morning crash outside the immigrant couple’s Lodi home last month. Donald Kumar Davis, 29, was charged with two counts of vehicular homicide – also known as death by auto. Davis was driving a 2015 Dodge Charger that slammed into a 2005 Toyota Corolla that was emerging from the driveway of a Harrison Avenue garden apartment complex and pushed it nearly 20 feet shortly before 7 a.m. June 29, authorities said. The Corolla was found on its side near 481 Harrison Avenue…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Speeding Driver Charged With Killing Lodi Husband, Wife In Crash Outside Their Home UPDATE: Speeding Driver Charged With Killing Lodi Husband, Wife In Crash Outside Their Home
Update: Speeding Driver Charged With Killing Lodi Husband, Wife In Crash Outside Their Home UPDATE: A Nutley man was jailed Wednesday in the deaths of a retired Albanian police chief and a Garfield Walmart manager in an early-morning crash outside the immigrant couple’s Lodi home last month. Donald Kumar Davis, 29, was charged with two counts of vehicular homicide – also known as death by auto. Davis was driving a 2015 Dodge Charger that slammed into a 2005 Toyota Corolla that was emerging from the driveway of a Harrison Avenue garden apartment complex and pushed it nearly 20 feet shortly before 7 a.m. June 29, authorities said. The Corolla was found on its side near 481 Harriso…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Pickup Slams Into Utility Pole Near Route 46 Entrance In Lodi Pickup Slams Into Utility Pole Near Route 46 Entrance In Lodi
Pickup Slams Into Utility Pole Near Route 46 Entrance In Lodi A two-vehicle crash Monday morning sent a pickup truck head-on into a utility pole near eastbound Route 46 in Lodi, authorities said. The pickup continued on after the initial crash at Harrison Avenue and Outwater Lane before ramming the pole near the Saddle Brook border, Lt. Robert Salerno said. Injuries were minor and police were investigating, Salerno said. Meanwhile, Outwater Lane remained closed between Westminster Pl to the Route 46 ramp while the wreckage was removed and PSE&G repaired the pole.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
PHOTO GALLERY: Fire Tears Through Lodi Condo Complex PHOTO GALLERY: Fire Tears Through Lodi Condo Complex
Photo Gallery: Fire Tears Through Lodi Condo Complex LODI, N.J. -- Flames tore through a Lodi condominium complex Sunday evening, sending a firefighter to the hospital with a foot injury and collapsing the roof. The three-alarm Harrison Avenue fire -- off Outwater Lane near the Garfield border -- quickly blew through the second-floor cockloft toward the roof. The firefighter who required treatment was OK after his foot went through a floor, responders said. Because the complex borders both towns, Lodi and Garfield firefighters were dually dispatched. Assistance on-scene came from Saddle Brook, Wallington, and Rochelle Park, while Carlstadt,…

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by Jerry DeMarco