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'Extremely Difficult' Extrication Ends With Firefighters Freeing Trapped Driver Off Route 17

HEROES: Waldwick firefighters completed what authorities called an "extremely difficult operation" by freeing a driver whose sedan had crashed in a wooded area off rain-slicked Route 17.

The BMW sedan careened off southbound Route 17 at the Sheridan Avenue exit on Wednesday, April 3.

The BMW sedan careened off southbound Route 17 at the Sheridan Avenue exit on Wednesday, April 3.

 Photo Credit: WALDWICK FIRE DEPT
The Sheridan Avenue ramp from southbound Route 17 in Waldwick remained closed during the extrication, cleanup and investigation.

The Sheridan Avenue ramp from southbound Route 17 in Waldwick remained closed during the extrication, cleanup and investigation.

 Photo Credit: WALDWICK FD
Jerry DeMarco

The BMW crashed partially down an embankment at the particularly troublesome Sheridan Avenue ramp off the southbound highway around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 3.

The single-vehicle collision heavily entrapped the driver, responders said.

Waldwick's finest (Rescue 642 and Squad 633) had to contend with the elements, mud on the slope and a heavily damaged vehicle.

They safely extricated the driver, who was hospitalized with injuries that responders said didn't initially appear life-threatening.

CityWide Towing removed the vehicle.

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