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Driver, 21, Killed In Predawn Closter Crash
A Closter driver died in a predawn crash despite furious efforts to save him, authorities said.
The victim, 21, failed to negotiate a turn when his 2018 Mercedes GLE hit a tree and telephone pole before coming to rest on its side on Piermont Road near Alpine Drive at 4:46 a.m. Wednesday, Closter Police Chief John McTigue said.
Closter police, assisted by their colleagues from Norwood and Haworth, lifted the car and freed the driver, who was pinned beneath the vehicle, the chief said.
They began CPR and summoned a medical chopper that was then cancelled because of the foggy weather.
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SEE Anything? Driver Flees After Hitting Bicyclist, 68, In Harrington Park
A driver sped off after hitting a 68-year-old bicyclist Monday afternoon in Harrington Park, authorities said.
The victim, from Hawthorne, was headed south on Livingstone Street at Closter Road -- between Norwood and Closter -- when he was struck shortly after 1 p.m., Police Chief Albert Maalouf said.
The Harrington Park Volunteer Ambulance Corps took him to Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center in Westwood, the chief said.
Harrington Park police, meanwhile, were searching for the gray Hyundai Genesis, which fled south on Livingston Street, Malouf said.
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Firefighters Douse Norwood House Blaze
Flames blew through the roof of a Norwood home Saturday night.
Several companies converged on the fully-involved, 2 ½-story, wood frame house on Eton Terrace around 8:30 p.m.
No serious injuries were reported in the two-alarm blaze. A possible cause wasn't initially disclosed.
Mutual aid companies included firefighters from Closter, Hackensack, Harrington Park, Northvale and Old Tappan, as well as colleagues from Tappan, NY, who provided coverage.
Borough police, Norwood EMS, the Harrington Park Volunteer Ambulance Corps and an EMS supervisor from Englewood Hospital and Medical Center al…
