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Two Passengers Dead, Driver Charged In Horrific Teaneck Crash Two Passengers Dead, Driver Charged In Horrific Teaneck Crash
Two Passengers Dead, Driver Charged In Horrific Teaneck Crash UPDATE: Authorities have upgraded charges against a Teaneck restaurant manager who they said was drunk when he slammed his speeding car into a tree, killing two of his passengers. Teddy Mejia, 32, originally was charged with death by auto following the horrific Oct. 21 crash that killed Rudy Rosales Escobar, 40, of Hasbrouck Heights, and Alexander Cosme Curruchich, 29, of Englewood. Investigators have since determined that Mejia was not only intoxicated but also speeding down Teaneck Road when his 2021 BMW M850i hit the tree – shearing off an entire limb – and rolled onto its roof near…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Multi-Vehicle Collision Topples Traffic Light At Busy Paramus Intersection Multi-Vehicle Collision Topples Traffic Light At Busy Paramus Intersection
Multi-Vehicle Collision Topples Traffic Light At Busy Paramus Intersection An SUV toppled a traffic light pole in a mid-afternoon multi-vehicle crash at a busy Paramus intersection. A young woman driving a Toyota that got the worst of it was OK after the collision involving another SUV and an NJ TRANSIT bus at Paramus Road and West Midland Avenue/Grove Street shortly after 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4. No other injuries were reported, either. The young female Toyota SUV driver wasn't injured in the crash in Paramus on Wednesday, Jan. 4.Boyd A. Loving Bergen County sheriff's officers joined Paramus police at the scene, where officers had to direct traffic that…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Man, 66, Struck, Killed By Train In Hackensack UPDATE: Man, 66, Struck, Killed By Train In Hackensack
Update: Man, 66, Struck, Killed By Train In Hackensack A man was struck and killed by a commuter train Wednesday morning in Hackensack. The Pascack Valley Line train struck the 66-year-old pedestrian at Essex Street and East Railroad Avenue near the Essex Street train station at 9:55 a.m., city Detective Capt. Michael Antista said. Under what circumstances wasn't immediately clear. NJ TRANSIT statement: "At approximately 9:55 a.m., Pascack Valley Line westbound train 1651, which departed Hoboken at 9:34 a.m. and was scheduled to arrive at New Bridge Landing at 10:01 a.m., struck and fatally injured an adult male pedestrian in the vicinity of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SWAT STANDOFF: Troubled Bergen County Man Surrenders SWAT STANDOFF: Troubled Bergen County Man Surrenders
SWAT Standoff: Troubled Bergen County Man Surrenders A troubled man was taken to Bergen New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus for an evaluation on Tuesday after authorities responded to his Montvale home. Police had conducted a welfare check after a friend told police the man had texted a photo of a shotgun while saying he intended to harm himself. They summoned a Bergen County Regional SWAT unit and Regional Crisis Negotiation team as a precaution. The situation ended quickly without incident. Police from Park Ridge, Woodcliff Lake and Upper Saddle River assisted, along with Bergen County sheriff's officers and members of the Tri-Boro V…

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by Jerry DeMarco