Out-Of-Control SUV Barrels Through Saddle Brook Playground, Just Misses Kids, Slams Into School Out-Of-Control SUV Barrels Through Saddle Brook Playground, Just Misses Kids, Slams Into School
Out-Of-Control SUV Barrels Through Saddle Brook Playground, Just Misses Kids, Slams Into School A group of Saddle Brook pre-schoolers were enjoying a late morning outside when out-of-control SUV crashed through their playground fence barely 50 feet away. The large Chevrolet Suburban, driven by an off-duty Saddle Brook police officer, then hit a tree and slammed into the Washington School building. “The terror on those children’s faces I can never put into words,” one parent said. “Any of us could [have] been planning a funeral right now,” said another. Officer Matthew Benus, 52, suffered a medical episode and passed out before Thursday's crash at Market and West streets around 11 a…
FREAK ACCIDENT: Driver Airlifted From Route 287 After Flying Tire Crash FREAK ACCIDENT: Driver Airlifted From Route 287 After Flying Tire Crash
Freak Accident: Driver Airlifted From Route 287 After Flying Tire Crash SEE ANYTHING? A seriously-injured Rockland County driver was flown out by medical chopper and his 2-year-old daughter was also hospitalized following a freak accident Thursday morning on Route 287, said NJ State Police, who were seeking witnesses. A wheel became dislodged from a northbound vehicle, bounded over the median and crashed into a southbound Ford Fusion in the area of Exit 58 just south of Skyline Drive in Oakland shortly before 8:30 a.m., Trooper Charles Marchan said. The Ford then struck the center and right barriers before careening into the woods off the highway, he said. So…
Worker Seriously Injured In 30-Foot Hackensack Fall Worker Seriously Injured In 30-Foot Hackensack Fall
Worker Seriously Injured In 30-Foot Hackensack Fall A worker from Clifton was seriously injured Monday when he fell 30 feet through the roof of a Hackensack plant that had been severely damaged by fire last fall, authorities said. The 49-year-old laborer was working on repairs on a rusted steel roof at Newman’s Fish Foods when he fell onto the concrete floor below shortly after 9 a.m., Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. He was unconscious but breathing when an ambulance took him to Hackensack University Medical Center, DeWitt said. City police and firefighters responded along with HUMC paramedics, the captain said. OSHA will be investigat…
Bergen Girl, 7, Accidentally Run Over By Family Member's SUV Bergen Girl, 7, Accidentally Run Over By Family Member's SUV
Bergen Girl, 7, Accidentally Run Over By Family Member's SUV A 7-year-old Leonia girl was hospitalized with serious injuries after she was run over by an SUV driven by a relative in what authorities said was a tragic accident. It was dark and raining steadily when the driver dropped off four passengers in a parking lot near the corner of Grand Avenue and Fort Lee Road shortly before 8:30 p.m. Monday, according to a borough police report. The girl inadvertently moved into the path of the Ford Explorer as it exited the lot and was run over by a front tire, it says. She was rushed to Hackensack University Medical Center with chest injuries that weren’t…
Garbage Truck Destroys Ridgewood Apartment Balcony Garbage Truck Destroys Ridgewood Apartment Balcony
Garbage Truck Destroys Ridgewood Apartment Balcony A garbage truck wiped out the balcony of a Ridgewood apartment Friday morning. No one was injured when the truck slammed into the terrace of the Heights Road unit off West Ridgewood Avenue around 9 a.m. A village inspector was summoned as firefighters removed the balcony's metal fencing and cleared the debris. There was no immediate word on whether any summonses were issued or considered. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account. 35 Heights Road, RidgewoodBoyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE
NJ Man, 21, Dies After Falling From Overpass Onto Garden State Parkway, Struck By SUV NJ Man, 21, Dies After Falling From Overpass Onto Garden State Parkway, Struck By SUV
NJ Man, 21, Dies After Falling From Overpass Onto Garden State Parkway, Struck By SUV A 21-year-old Union County man died when he fell from an overpass onto the Garden State Parkway and was struck by a car Thursday, authorities said. Joshua Goldberg, of Scotch Plains, was walking on the Oak Tree Road overpass in Woodbridge when he fell over, landing on the roadway near milepost 132.1 around 5:25 p.m., New Jersey State Police told NJ.com. Goldberg landed on a southbound SUV, the 45-year-old driver of which was able to pull over and remain at the scene,  NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan said. The SUV driver, of Parlin, suffered minor injuries while Goldberg died at the scene…
New Jersey Paraplegic, 22, Answers TikTok's Most Intimate Questions About Being Paralyzed New Jersey Paraplegic, 22, Answers TikTok's Most Intimate Questions About Being Paralyzed
New Jersey Paraplegic, 22, Answers TikTok's Most Intimate Questions About Being Paralyzed Place your hand on a flat surface. Tuck all of your fingers except for your ring finger under your palm. Now, try to lift your ring finger. That's how Bergen County native Jessica Tawil explains what being paralyzed feels like to her 1.3 million TikTok followers. The 22-year-old college student began using the video-sharing app last November, nearly six years after the West Milford accident that left her wheelchair-bound, to provide an inside look at life as a paraplegic. She says sharing videos about the accident and her new life has been therapeutic and eye-opening -- for herself and o…
Woodcliff Lake Contractor Hospitalized With Facial Burns After Touching 480-Volt Line Woodcliff Lake Contractor Hospitalized With Facial Burns After Touching 480-Volt Line
Woodcliff Lake Contractor Hospitalized With Facial Burns After Touching 480-Volt Line An electrical contractor was hospitalized with burns on his face Tuesday after he contacted a live main line at an office building in Woodcliff Lake. The 50-year-old contractor was working on a service panel when he touched a 480-volt line at 100 Tice Boulevard around 10:30 a.m., Detective Sgt. Chad Malloy said. He walked to the ambulance on his own and was brought to Westchester Medical Center Trauma and Burn Center in Valhalla, the sergeant said.
SUV Rolls Into Hackensack Auto Shop In Cut-Off Crash, Customer Hit By Flying Glass SUV Rolls Into Hackensack Auto Shop In Cut-Off Crash, Customer Hit By Flying Glass
SUV Rolls Into Hackensack Auto Shop In Cut-Off Crash, Customer Hit By Flying Glass An SUV slammed into the front of an auto shop in Hackensack after the driver cut off another motorist, authorities said. The 67-year-old Honda Pilot driver made a right turn from University Plaza onto River Street, cutting off a 2008 Nissan Altima that was headed south from Hackensack Avenue, around 9 a.m. Tuesday, Capt. Nicole Foley said. The Altima, driven by a 76-year-old River Edge man, clipped the rear bumper of the Pilot, Foley said. The Pilot driver apparently panicked and hit the gas, sending her vehicle off the road and onto its side into the front window of the Firestone dealers…
Passaic Driver, 66, Trapped After High Winds Topple Tree Passaic Driver, 66, Trapped After High Winds Topple Tree
Passaic Driver, 66, Trapped After High Winds Topple Tree A Passaic driver was hospitalized after what became an extended operation after Monday's high winds knocked a huge tree onto his car. The 66-year-old wagon driver was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center after the mishap at Passaic Avenue and Boulevard shortly after 10 a.m. Electric saws, a wood chipper and other equipment were summoned as firefighters extricated him. Passaic Avenue was closed between Boulevard and Lafayette Avenue throughout the job. Crushed.Rashon Matto
NEAR MISS: Limb Of Tree Swing Breaks, Falls On Glen Rock Girl, 11 NEAR MISS: Limb Of Tree Swing Breaks, Falls On Glen Rock Girl, 11
Near Miss: Limb Of Tree Swing Breaks, Falls On Glen Rock Girl, 11 An 11-year-old Glen Rock girl enjoying a tree swing escaped serious injury when the limb broke and fell on her. The girl was playing in her Harristown Road backyard late Friday afternoon when the limb snapped and fell on her, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Responding officers and EMTs administered first aid before the Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the girl, conscious and alert, to The Valley Hospital. “She had cuts, bumps, bruises and some stitches, but no broken bones,” Ackermann said. “The little girl’s guardian angel was watching out for her.” Her grandmother called the y…
ATV Operator, 31, Killed In Central Jersey Crash ATV Operator, 31, Killed In Central Jersey Crash
ATV Operator, 31, Killed In Central Jersey Crash A 31-year-old man was killed when he fell off an all-terrain vehicle in North Brunswick over the weekend, authorities said. Police officers responding to a 9-1-1 call found Charlie Madera lying on Corporate Road with severe injuries around 10 p.m. Saturday, North Brunswick police said. Madera, of North Brunswick, was pronounced dead at the scene despite attempts by emergency workers to save his life, police said. Madera's ATV landed in nearby brush, they said. North Brunswick police continue to investigate the cause of the crash, they said. Additional photos of Madera, and details about …