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Firefighters Extricate Passenger In Multi-Vehicle Hawthorne Crash Firefighters Extricate Passenger In Multi-Vehicle Hawthorne Crash
Firefighters Extricate Passenger In Multi-Vehicle Hawthorne Crash Hawthorne firefighters extricated a passenger following a three-vehicle crash Monday afternoon. The woman was taken to the hospital by ambulance with injuries that weren't considered serious after members of Hawthorne Rescue Co. 5 got her out of a KIA SUV that was rammed by a Jeep Grand Cherokee at the corner of Utter and Lincoln avenues. No other injuries were reported. A Mercedes sedan also was damaged. The Cherokee got the worst of it.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Borough police were investigating. Glen Rock police assisted. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Jeep Slams Into Pickup Truck In Hawthorne Jeep Slams Into Pickup Truck In Hawthorne
Jeep Slams Into Pickup Truck In Hawthorne No injuries were reported after a Jeep slammed into a pickup truck in Hawthorne. Saturday's crash at Utter and 9th avenues temporarily closed Utter between 8th and 10th avenues. A tow truck was needed to remove the Jeep. Hawthorne police responded. There was no immediate word on possible summonses. Michael Jannielli took the photo and contributed to this report.

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Prosecutor Investigating Snow Remover's Plunge Through Route 208 Bridge Prosecutor Investigating Snow Remover's Plunge Through Route 208 Bridge
Prosecutor Investigating Snow Remover's Plunge Through Route 208 Bridge UPDATE: Authorities were investigating why a snow removal machine plunged through a pedestrian bridge, smashing into a van and seriously injuring its two occupants on Route 208 below. Both van occupants -- Patrick O'Dell, 64, and John DesLauriers, 22, both of Hawthorne -- remained at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson on Tuesday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Hawthorne Police Chief Richard McAuliffe said.The operator of the 4,100-pound Bobcat S100, 42-year-old Don Turner Jr., also of Hawthorne, was released after being treated following the incident. The nor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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PHOTOS: Snow Remover Falls Through Route 208 Bridge, Hits Van Below, Three Hospitalized PHOTOS: Snow Remover Falls Through Route 208 Bridge, Hits Van Below, Three Hospitalized
Photos: Snow Remover Falls Through Route 208 Bridge, Hits Van Below, Three Hospitalized A Bobcat removing snow from a pedestrian bridge on Route 208 in Hawthorne fell through the span and landed on a van on the northbound highway, seriously injuring three people late Monday morning, authorities confirmed. Both van occupants and the driver of the 4,100-pound Bobcat S100 were hospitalized.  ****** UPDATE: Authorities were investigating why a snow removal machine plunged through a pedestrian bridge, smashing into a van and seriously injuring its two occupants on Route 208 below. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/southpassaic/police-fire/prosecutor-investigating-snow-removers-p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hawthorne Police Stop: Pound+ Of Heroin, Half-Pound Pot, $1,310 Drug Money, 2 Arrests Hawthorne Police Stop: Pound+ Of Heroin, Half-Pound Pot, $1,310 Drug Money, 2 Arrests
Hawthorne Police Stop: Pound+ Of Heroin, Half-Pound Pot, $1,310 Drug Money, 2 Arrests Sometimes all it takes for a police officer who’s just stopped a car to spot is a driver with track marks on his arm and a passenger with rubber bands commonly used to package heroin on his wrist – which is what Hawthorne authorities said led to the discovery of more than a pound of heroin, more than a half-pound of pot, $1,310 in suspected proceeds and an assortment of drug-packaging material. Two upstate New York men were taken into custody after borough police stopped their 2014 Ford Fusion on northbound Route 208 near Utter Avenue just before 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. Both gave conflicting s…

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by Jerry DeMarco