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Motorcyclist Killed In Route 80 Crash Motorcyclist Killed In Route 80 Crash
Motorcyclist Killed In Route 80 Crash A 24-year-old Bronx man was killed when he crashed his motorcycle while exiting onto eastbound Route 80 from southbound Route 23 in Wayne, authorities said. Emmanuel Alvarado was ejected from his 2005 Honda CBR 600 when it left the roadway and struck a guard rail shortly before 12:30 a.m. Sunday, July 23, Wayne Police Chief Jack McNiff said. First responding police officers, members of the Wayne Memorial First Aid Squad and paramedics from St. Joseph's University Medical Center attempted but failed to revive Alvarado, who wasn’t breathing and had no pulse. He was pronounced dead at the sce…

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Speeding Route 23 Jeep Flies Into Driver's Side Of Wayne Officer's Police Cruiser: Authorities Speeding Route 23 Jeep Flies Into Driver's Side Of Wayne Officer's Police Cruiser: Authorities
Speeding Route 23 Jeep Flies Into Driver's Side Of Wayne Officer's Police Cruiser: Authorities A Wayne police officer amazingly survived without serious injuries after an out-of-control Jeep skidded off Route 23, went airborne and crashed into her cruiser, authorities said. Officer Kimberly Fryer was taken by the Wayne Memorial First Aid Squad to Chilton Hospital for treatment following the crash in the Wayne Acura parking lot on the southbound highway shortly after 11 p.m. last Friday, March 3. She was released the same night, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. Harry Berkshire III, 33 of Pompton Plains – who Daly said has an “extensive” history of moving violations -- refused treatmen…

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Worker, Guest Hospitalized In Fire At Wayne Hotel Tied To 9/11 Attacks Worker, Guest Hospitalized In Fire At Wayne Hotel Tied To 9/11 Attacks
Worker, Guest Hospitalized In Fire At Wayne Hotel Tied To 9/11 Attacks A worker suffered burns and a guest also was hospitalized with minor injuries in a fire Tuesday night at an infamous hotel on Route 46 in Wayne. The worker was repairing an electrical panel in an area adjacent to a guest room when the fire broke out in the Kings Inn, near the Willowbrook Mall and Routes 23 and 80, shortly after 8 p.m., Wayne Police Detective Capt. Daniel Daly said. He was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson by Wayne Memorial First Aid Squad, Daly said. A hotel guest was taken to St. Joseph’s Wayne Hospital, he said, adding that a third victim was tre…

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Out-Of-Control Wayne Ambulance Hits Several Vehicles, Takes Out Corner Of Route 23 Building Out-Of-Control Wayne Ambulance Hits Several Vehicles, Takes Out Corner Of Route 23 Building
Out-Of-Control Wayne Ambulance Hits Several Vehicles, Takes Out Corner Of Route 23 Building UPDATE: An out-of-control Wayne ambulance struck several parked vehicles and seriously damaged a Route 23 car rental company's building Friday afternoon, authorities said. Some minor injuries were reported in the crash, which took out a corner of the CC Rental building. The Wayne Memorial First Aid Squad driver lost control of the ambulance responding to a 3:30 p.m. call, township police Lt. Robert Simpson said. "The ambulance struck the median and careened into the parking lot of C.C. Rental," where it "crashed into several parked cars, pushing 3 vehicles into the building, causing major …

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Wayne PD: Hit-Run Driver Three Times Legal DWI Limit Bounces Car Off Curbs Wayne PD: Hit-Run Driver Three Times Legal DWI Limit Bounces Car Off Curbs
Wayne PD: Hit-Run Driver Three Times Legal DWI Limit Bounces Car Off Curbs WAYNE, N.J. -- A hit-and-run vehicle filled with airbag smoke and bounced off curbs before Wayne police pulled it over and arrested the driver, who was too drunk to stand, authorities said. Peter Cryan, 43, of Pompton Lakes, registered a .24 on a blood-alcohol level breath test -- three times the legal limit, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Cryan told the officer who stopped him that "he thought he had struck an ambulance but was not sure," Martin said. Members of the Wayne Memorial First Aid Squad were responding to an emergency call when they saw Cryan's 1995 Nissan Max…

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Nine Wayne Responders Decontaminated After Exposure To Hazardous Chemical Nine Wayne Responders Decontaminated After Exposure To Hazardous Chemical
Nine Wayne Responders Decontaminated After Exposure To Hazardous Chemical WAYNE, N.J. -- Six Wayne firefighters, two EMTs, a police officer and a factory employee were hospitalized before dawn Sunday after they were exposed to a chemical used to make Teflon. Police Officer Corey Deak was among the responders to the 5:40 a.m. smoke-condition call at Saint Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation on Dey Road, Detective Capt. Lawrence Martin said. Deak, an employee and the other responders were exposed to the chemical Polutetrafluroethylene (PTFE) and were taken to Chilton Memorial Hospital for decontamintation, Martin said. All were released "and advised to be…

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