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CLOSE CALL: Stolen Car Rams Englewood Police Cruiser CLOSE CALL: Stolen Car Rams Englewood Police Cruiser
Close CALL: Stolen Car Rams Englewood Police Cruiser An Englewood officer escaped serious injury when a police cruiser was rammed by a driver in a stolen car, authorities said. Several occupants were in the 2019 Honda Pilot when a license plate reader flagged the vehicle – which had been reported stolen out of Elizabeth earlier that day -- shortly after 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 13, Deputy Police Chief Matthew de la Rosa said. Officers tried to stop the SUV on South Dean Street, but it sped off, the deputy chief said. The pursuit headed south on Broad Avenue, where the Pilot slammed into a cruiser, sending it spinning out, he said. The po…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fort Lee Driver, 93, Hospitalized In Englewood Crash Fort Lee Driver, 93, Hospitalized In Englewood Crash
Fort Lee Driver, 93, Hospitalized In Englewood Crash A 93-year-old driver from Fort Lee was hospitalized after a Wednesday crash in Englewood, authorities said. The woman was turning right from eastbound Van Nostrand Avenue onto southbound Broad Avenue when her 2007 Lexus collided with a 2002 Dodge Durango driven by a 35-year-old Belleville resident shortly before 3:30 p.m., Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. The Lexus then slammed into a utility pole, he said. The Fort Lee driver was taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center with hand injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening, Halstead said. The Durango driver wasn’t i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Englewood PD: Pedestrian Struck, Seriously Injured, Hit-Run Driver Returns Englewood PD: Pedestrian Struck, Seriously Injured, Hit-Run Driver Returns
Englewood PD: Pedestrian Struck, Seriously Injured, Hit-Run Driver Returns A 50-year-old Englewood woman was hospitalized with serious injuries after being struck by an SUV whose driver initially took off but then returned, police said. The 2019 Buick Enclave's driver, also 50, said she was headed south on Broad Avenue at the intersection of Meadowbrook Road around 5:40 p.m. when "she heard a thud," Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. "She said she noticed the victim in the street and panicked," then kept going, the deputy chief said. "She returned some time later, realizing, according to her, that she had struck the pedestrian," he said. Responders foun…

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by Jerry DeMarco