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Hollywood Avenue, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ
Police & Fire
Driver Hospitalized After SUV Narrowly Misses Bus Shelter, Slams Into Tree On Route 17
A driver was hospitalized with chest pains following a pre-dawn single-vehicle crash Friday on rain-soaked Route 17. The SUV narrowly missed taking out a bus shelter but ran over a sign and then slammed into a tree on the highway's southbound side just past Hollywood Avenue in Ho-Ho-Kus shortly before 6:30 a.m. Oct. 20. The driver was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. The wreckage was removed on a Citywide Towing flatbed. Citywide Towing removed the severely damaged SUV on a flatbed.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Ho-Ho-Kus police, firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Corps a…
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SUV Mounts Route 17 Guardrail
Ho-Ho-Kus firefighters wedged wooden blocks behind a back tire of an SUV that had mounted a Route 17 guardrail Friday afternoon. A young female driver got out OK and didn't appear injured -- leaving the car tipped in a precarious position -- following the single-vehicle crash on the southbound highway near Hollywood Avenue on Friday afternoon, Feb. 24. The right lane was temporarily closed while the Honda CR-V was righted and removed. Ho-Ho-Kus police were investigating.
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Nasty Crash Near Route 17 Sends Two To Hospital
Two people were hospitalized following a crash at a busy Ho-Ho-Kus intersection. The collision at the five corners at Sheridan and Hollywood avenues near Gilbert Road around 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 30 severely damaged an SUV and a wagon. Both victims were taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with injuries that weren't immediately considered life-threatening. Ho-Ho-Kus firefighters killed power to the vehicles and cleaned up a fuel spill. Ho-Ho-Kus police and EMS also responded, as did a paramedic team from Valley. Waldwick police assisted with traffic control. Boyd A. Loving took the p…
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Woman Reported Running On Route 17 Struck, Southbound Highway Closed
UPDATE: A woman was clinging to life Saturday after being struck on southbound Route 17 in Ho-Ho-Kus the night before. Several readers told Daily Voice they'd spotted the 27-year-old woman walking along the highway divider as far south as Route 4 in both Paramus and Fair Lawn sometime before the fateful crash around 6 p.m. Nov. 18. "It absolutely scared the living hell out of me to see a lady running in the middle of the highway divider," one said. "There is no reason she have been running near the highway -- let alone on the highway." Reports that the woman had died Friday night were wro…
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Car Carrier Fire Closes Route 17 Stretch
A car carrier caught fire, temporarily closing northbound Route 17 before dawn Monday. Ho-Ho-Kus firefighters responding to the call on the highway at Hollywood Avenue just after 4:30 a.m. quickly doused the blaze . The fire appeared to have originated in the rear axle and extended to the lift equipment and at least two vehicles on board, they said. Members of Engine 733 quickly knocked the fire down with assistance from their Engine 731 colleagues. They were on scene for just under an hour, flowing roughly 1,000 gallons of water. The northbound highway remained closed until nearly 9 a.m…
Police & Fire
Car Hits Tree, Bursts Into Flames Off Route 17
A car caught fire after slamming into a tree Thursday morning in Ho-Ho-Kus. The driver of the Nissan Altima was hospitalized with what authorities said were minor injuries following the 8 a.m. crash on Hollywood Avenue off northbound Route 17. Ho-Ho-Kus firefighters quickly KO'd the blaze. Borough police and the Ho-Ho-Kus Volunteer Ambulance Corps also responded. Ho-Ho-Kus firefighters doused the blaze on Hollywood Avenue off Route 17.Ho-Ho-Kus FD
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Don’t Look If You Love Lamborghinis: Sports Car Burns Up In Ho-Ho-Kus
Ho-Ho-Kus firefighters were returning from another call when they spotted a flaming Lamborghini Superleggera. Members of Engine 733 quickly doused the blaze at the corner of Hollywood Avenue and Dogwood Lane, but the internationally-lauded sports car -- which can cost upwards of $225,000 or more -- was a total loss. Cars catch fire for a variety of reasons, including manufacturing defects, poor maintenance and the addition of after-market parts to soup up the exhaust system. Experts note that a number of incidents have been reported when unburnt fuel entered the exhaust line and ignited o…
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Ho-Ho-Kus Hit-Run Tractor-Trailer Destroys Traffic Light
HO-HO-KUS, N.J. -- Authorities were searching Wednesday morning for a tractor-trailer that destroyed a traffic light at a busy Ho-Ho-Kus intersection. A uniformed officer directed traffic while awaiting a Bergen County Road Department repair crew at the corner of Hollywood Avenue and North Franklin Turnpike. Southbound traffic on North Franklin Turnpike from the Waldwick area was being diverted. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this article.
Police & Fire
Ho-Ho-Kus Crash Sends Two To Hospital
HO-HO-KUS, N.J. -- Two victims were hospitalized with injuries that didn't appear life-threatening after a crash late Friday afternoon in Ho-Ho-Kus. Both were taken to The Valley Hospital after the collision at Hollywood Avenue and North Franklin Turnpike. Police, firefighters and EMS responded to tend to the victims, handle traffic and clean-up a crash-related spill. A flatbed tow truck removed both vehicles. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this article.
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