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Ice Cream Truck Tumbles Down Palisades, Good Samaritans Help Rescue Driver Ice Cream Truck Tumbles Down Palisades, Good Samaritans Help Rescue Driver
Ice Cream Truck Tumbles Down Palisades, Good Samaritans Help Rescue Driver HEROES: A group of good Samaritans rushed to a driver's aid Thursday after his ice cream truck tumbled partly down the Palisades above the Hudson River in Fort Lee. Chris Fuschini said he was enjoying a day at Ross Dock just north of the George Washington Bridge when the Jersey Shore-based "Lexylicious" ice cream sandwich truck tipped off Henry Hudson Drive shortly after 4 p.m. The 2014 Ford truck had fallen about 20 feet into the trees before landing on its left side, Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. Fuschini said he was joined by Hackensack Sp…

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Trash-Hauling Roll-Off Truck Tips, Closes Road Near GWB Through Morning Rush Trash-Hauling Roll-Off Truck Tips, Closes Road Near GWB Through Morning Rush
Trash-Hauling Roll-Off Truck Tips, Closes Road Near GWB Through Morning Rush A trash-hauling roll-off truck tipped overnight in Fort Lee, closing a key road near the George Washington Bridge for nearly five hours. Borough firefighters cut out the windshield to free the driver following the crash on the "S" turn from Fletcher Avenue shortly before 4:30 a.m. He was taken by members of the Fort Lee Volunteer Ambulance Corps to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that responders said weren't considered life-threatening. Borough police also responded.  The roll-off truck on its side at the "S" turn at Lemoine and Fletcher avenues.Greg Makroulakis AB…

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UPDATE: No Injuries In Gas Explosion, Fire In Englewood UPDATE: No Injuries In Gas Explosion, Fire In Englewood
Update: No Injuries In Gas Explosion, Fire In Englewood VIDEO: An explosion leveled an industrial building Wednesday morning in Englewood. "Thank God there's no fatalities, no injuries," Mayor Michael Wildes said. "Looks like a gas explosion." "The rear of the building was blown out and pretty much collapsed," Fire Chief Erik Enerson said. "No one was in the structure at the time." The explosion occurred in the mostly vacant low-slung building on Bancker Street just after 8:30 a.m.  A subsequent fire quickly went to three and then four alarms as authorities evacuated surrounding properties. "I heard the explosion, witnessed the ball of fire,…

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by Jerry DeMarco