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RESCUE: Police Heroes Free Trapped Driver Knocked Out In North Jersey Crash RESCUE: Police Heroes Free Trapped Driver Knocked Out In North Jersey Crash
Rescue: Police Heroes Free Trapped Driver Knocked Out In North Jersey Crash UPDATE: A Cliffside Park woman killed in a crash in Tenafly late last week was laid to rest Monday morning. Issa Fayrouz, 63, was knocked unconscious when her 2011 Toyota Corolla veered across the shoulder of northbound 9W, hit a rock wall, vaulted into a tree and then careened down the embankment and into a wooded area between Route 9W and the Palisades Interstate Parkway last Thursday, authorities said. Officers got Fayrouz out of the car and onto the shoulder of the PIP’s southbound lane, where paramedics from Englewood Hospital and Medical Center treated her, Tenafly Police Capt. M…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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RESCUE: Police Heroes Free Trapped Driver Knocked Out In North Jersey Crash RESCUE: Police Heroes Free Trapped Driver Knocked Out In North Jersey Crash
Rescue: Police Heroes Free Trapped Driver Knocked Out In North Jersey Crash A team of police officers rescued a trapped driver who’d been knocked unconscious Thursday when her car barreled down an embankment and into a wooded area between Route 9W and the Palisades Interstate Parkway. The 63-year-old Cliffside Park motorist’s 2011 Toyota Corolla was in a precarious position after veering across the shoulder of northbound 9W, hitting a rock wall, vaulting into a tree and then careening down the embankment shortly before 9 a.m., Tenafly Police Capt. Michael deMoncada said. Tenafly police were joined at the scene by fellow officers from Englewood Cliffs and the Palisa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HERO: Sergeant Rescues Suspects From Burning SUV After Pursuit Ends In Crash Near NJ-NY Border HERO: Sergeant Rescues Suspects From Burning SUV After Pursuit Ends In Crash Near NJ-NY Border
Hero: Sergeant Rescues Suspects From Burning SUV After Pursuit Ends In Crash Near Nj-ny Border UPDATE: A Palisades Interstate Parkway police sergeant rescued two suspects from a burning SUV after it crashed into two other vehicles and overturned during a stolen-vehicle chase Thursday afternoon, authorities said. A group of suspects who'd become the subjects of a suspicious persons report fled the Englewood Cliffs Marina in a GMC Envoy shortly before 3 p.m., PIP Police Sgt. First Class Raymond Walter said. An alert went out to surrounding departments about the SUV, which had been reported stolen out of Onondaga County, NY, he said. Englewood Cliffs police began pursuing the vehicle b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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OUT OF GAS: Driver Leaves Stolen Jag, Lights Off, In Middle Of Palisades Interstate Parkway OUT OF GAS: Driver Leaves Stolen Jag, Lights Off, In Middle Of Palisades Interstate Parkway
OUT OF GAS: Driver Leaves Stolen Jag, Lights Off, In Middle Of Palisades Interstate Parkway A driver who police said was under the influence of drugs and alcohol was captured after he left a stolen Jaguar in the fast lane of the Palisades Interstate Parkway at night with its lights off when it ran out of gas. A PIP officer found the vehicle in the northbound lane in Alpine around 9:30 p.m. Monday – about the same time that several other drivers called to report seeing a man walking north on the Parkway nearby, Sgt. First Class Raymond Walter said. Officer found 44-year-old Steven Santana of Miami, FL walking on Route 9W and took him into custody. “It was confirmed that he had tak…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Nutley Driver Rams Clifton Police Cruiser During Chase From Route 3 Into Newark Nutley Driver Rams Clifton Police Cruiser During Chase From Route 3 Into Newark
Nutley Driver Rams Clifton Police Cruiser During Chase From Route 3 Into Newark A Nutley driver intentionally rammed a Clifton police car in Newark, ending a high-speed chase that began after he was originally stopped on Route 3, authorities said. An officer stopped a Honda Accord driven by Joshua Ortiz, 26, on the eastbound highway shortly after 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Detective Sgt. Robert Anderson said. Ortiz was asked to exit the vehicle after rolling down his window and providing documents, but he hit the gas instead and took off onto southbound Route 21, Anderson said. Police chased him into Newark and through various city streets before Ortiz stopped the Accord ne…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bicyclist, 67, Seriously Injured On Route 9W Bicyclist, 67, Seriously Injured On Route 9W
Bicyclist, 67, Seriously Injured On Route 9W A 67-year-old bicyclist was hospitalized after being struck by a vehicle Sunday on Route 9W in Alpine. AirMed One flew the victim to Hackensack University Medical Center following the crash just after 1:30 p.m., responders said. He sustained a traumatic head injury, they said. 

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by Jerry DeMarco