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Fairview PD: Teaneck Grandmother, 71, Deliberately Drives Off Road In Attempted Murder-Suicide Fairview PD: Teaneck Grandmother, 71, Deliberately Drives Off Road In Attempted Murder-Suicide
Fairview PD: Teaneck Grandmother, 71, Deliberately Drives Off Road In Attempted Murder-Suicide A video shows the path an SUV took when a Teaneck grandmother drove it off the road in what Fairview police said was an attempt to kill herself and her passenger. Judith McLead, 71, was arguing with a passenger, who said she threatened to kill them both before driving off southbound Bergen Boulevard just before 5 p.m. Saturday, Police Chief Martin Kahn said. The vehicle would have careened down a steep embankment to Fairview Avenue -- 250 or so feet below -- if it hadn’t hit the tree, Kahn said. "She said she was going to kill me and drove off. She tried to kill us both," the female passe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Four Kids, One Adult Hospitalized After SUV Is Broadsided In Ridgefield Four Kids, One Adult Hospitalized After SUV Is Broadsided In Ridgefield
Four Kids, One Adult Hospitalized After SUV Is Broadsided In Ridgefield Four children and an adult were hospitalized with minor injuries after their SUV was broadsided and knocked over Wednesday afternoon in Ridgefield. Witnesses helped get some of the children out through the windows after the Honda Pilot pulled out from Art Lane onto Bergen Boulevard and was struck by a Ford Fusion at 12:48 p.m., Deputy Police Chief Robert Meurer said. Police, Ridgefield Rescue and several ambulances responded. All five SUV occupants were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with various bumps and bruises, Meurer said.

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by Jerry DeMarco