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SAD UPDATE: Paramus Woman, 75, Struck By Sedan Driven By 94-Year-Old Motorist Dies SAD UPDATE: Paramus Woman, 75, Struck By Sedan Driven By 94-Year-Old Motorist Dies
SAD Update: Paramus Woman, 75, Struck By Sedan Driven By 94-Year-Old Motorist Dies A 75-year-old Paramus woman who was struck and dragged 20 feet by a sedan driven by a 94-year-old borough resident over the weekend has died, authorities confirmed. Helen Koons was in the crosswalk in the rear parking lot of the Paramus Public Library off East Century Road when the 2013 Toyota Corolla dragged her around 12:45 p.m. Saturday, March 16, Police Chief Robert M. Guidetti said. She was semi-alert when taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, the deputy chief said. Koons was pronounced dead at the hospital at 11:42 a.m. Sunday, he said. Detectives and members of the Par…
Mini School Bus Broadsided In Ridgewood (PHOTOS) Mini School Bus Broadsided In Ridgewood (PHOTOS)
Mini School Bus Broadsided In Ridgewood (Photos) No children were aboard a mini school bus that was broadsided by a sedan in Ridgewood early Friday. Three adults on the bus declined medical attention following the T-bone crash at the intersection of Kenilworth and Laurel roads shortly before 8:30 a.m. Feb. 16. The impact sent the minibus crashing partly through a fence and wrapped the driver's side STOP sign around a tree. Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE The impact sent the Paterson-based We Care School Trans minibus crashing partly through a fence and wrapped the driver's side STOP sign around a tree. The Honda Accord driver chec…
Runaway SUV Rams Parked Sedans, Fences, Shrubs In Saddle Brook, DWI Driver Hospitalized: PHOTOS Runaway SUV Rams Parked Sedans, Fences, Shrubs In Saddle Brook, DWI Driver Hospitalized: PHOTOS
Runaway SUV Rams Parked Sedans, Fences, Shrubs In Saddle Brook, DWI Driver Hospitalized: Photos UPDATE: An out-of-control SUV creamed two sedans as it careened down the sidewalk of a residential Saddle Brook street, sending what authorities said was an intoxicated driver to the hospital just before daybreak Friday. Saddle Brook officers who were first on the scene freed the driver, a 30-year-old man from Yonkers, NY, following the 6:14 a.m. Feb. 2 crash on Pehle Avenue, said Captain John A. Zotollo, Jr., the officer in charge of the department. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a head injury that wasn't considered life-threatening, the captain said. H…
ROUTE 4 STABBING: Road Rage Driver Who Fled Caught, Charged With Attempted Murder ROUTE 4 STABBING: Road Rage Driver Who Fled Caught, Charged With Attempted Murder
Route 4 Stabbing: Road Rage Driver Who Fled Caught, Charged With Attempted Murder UPDATE: A manhunt ended with the arrest in Belleville of a Paterson motorist on attempted murder charges following the stabbing of another driver during a noontime road rage incident on Route 4 in Paramus, authorities confirmed. Christian A. Velez, 24, and the victim got out of their vehicles in front of the Popeye's on the highway’s eastbound side during an unspecified argument around 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 28, Paramus Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. The 28-year-old victim, who was driving a Mercedes van, was stabbed in the side and back and slashed once on the arm, the chief sa…
Violent Crash Traps Driver Outside Ridgewood Grade School Minutes Before Dismissal Violent Crash Traps Driver Outside Ridgewood Grade School Minutes Before Dismissal
Violent Crash Traps Driver Outside Ridgewood Grade School Minutes Before Dismissal Pupils at a Ridgewood elementary school were minutes from dismissal on Wednesday when a violent collision outside destroyed the front of one SUV and flipped another, trapping the driver inside. Village firefighters quickly extricated the young female driver of a Nissan Rogue that landed on its roof after being T-boned by a Subaru Outback at the corner of Fairfield and East Glen Avenue at 2:45 p.m. Dec. 20. She was conscious and alert as a Ridgewood EMS ambulance took her a half-dozen blocks to The Valley Hospital. Citywide Towing removed the vehicles from the intersection outside the K-5 T…
Driver Hospitalized After Fair Lawn Crash Dumps Load Of Lumber Driver Hospitalized After Fair Lawn Crash Dumps Load Of Lumber
Driver Hospitalized After Fair Lawn Crash Dumps Load Of Lumber A driver was injured when his truck slammed into a guard rail, dumping a load of lumber near a busy Fair Lawn intersection. The Blue Ridge Lumber driver was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center by a Fair Lawn EMS ambulance following the crash on Plaza Road near Berdan Avenue shortly before 2:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 18. A team of co-workers from the Fair Lawn lumber company brought a huge forklift and cleaned up the mess. A heavy-duty wrecker removed the truck. Fair Lawn police are investigating the cause. Boyd A. Loving
Beginning Driver, 16, Rolls SUV In Glen Rock Pinball Crash Beginning Driver, 16, Rolls SUV In Glen Rock Pinball Crash
Beginning Driver, 16, Rolls SUV In Glen Rock Pinball Crash A 16-year-old driver with her learner’s permit was hospitalized after a pinball crash in Glen Rock flipped their SUV, authorities said. Her father told police she was out practicing with him when she made a right too wide off Maple Avenue and their Honda CR-V struck a vehicle stopped at the stop sign on Rodney Street shortly before noon Saturday, Dec. 16, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. At that point, “she panicked, overcompensated, lost control of the vehicle, hit a tree and the vehicle rolled over,” the chief said the dad reported. He and the other driver were fine, but a Glen Rock EMS…
Ridgewood Kitchen Blaze Doused Ridgewood Kitchen Blaze Doused
Ridgewood Kitchen Blaze Doused A garden hose wasn't going to get it done. Ridgewood firefighters quickly doused a blaze that ignited Monday afternoon in the kitchen of a single-family home on Liberty Street, causing considerable fire, smoke and water damage. Although no injuries were reported in the two-alarm Dec. 11 fire, an initial unconfirmed report emerged of a possibly missing dog. Ridgewood police and Emergency Services personnel also responded, along with firefighters from Glen Rock, Ho-Ho-Kus, Midland Park, Paramus and Waldwick and the Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Corps. Boyd A. Loving Boyd A. Loving took th…
DWI Suspected After Driver Clips Pole, Slams Into Tree In Glen Rock: Police DWI Suspected After Driver Clips Pole, Slams Into Tree In Glen Rock: Police
DWI Suspected After Driver Clips Pole, Slams Into Tree In Glen Rock: Police A driver was suspected of being under the influence when her SUV clipped a utility pole and slammed into a tree early Monday night in Glen Rock. The Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Corps took her to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with a police escort following the 6:15 p.m. Dec. 4 crash in the 600 block of Harristown Road. Police were expected to obtain a warrant so blood can be drawn. The driver was alone in the Toyota RAV4 when it crashed. Boyd A. Loving A tow truck removed the heavily damaged vehicle. Harristown Road was temporarily closed between Berkeley Place and Ridge Road…
Fair Lawn Rescue Squad Extricates Trapped Senior Van Driver Following Crash Fair Lawn Rescue Squad Extricates Trapped Senior Van Driver Following Crash
Fair Lawn Rescue Squad Extricates Trapped Senior Van Driver Following Crash  A senior minivan driver was hospitalized after firefighters extricated him following a morning crash Tuesday in Fair Lawn. Members of the Fair Lawn Rescue Squad freed the driver following a collision with a Toyota Camry that knocked his Chrysler Town & Country into a utility pole at the intersection of Hartley Place and Rosalie Street around 7:30 a.m. Nov. 28. A Bergen County EMS ambulance took him to a local hospital with injuries that didn't appear life-threatening. Boyd A. Loving BDJ Towing removed both vehicles. Boyd A. Loving Members of Fair Lawn Fire Co. 3 also responded w…
DWI CRASH: Driver Arrested After Head-On Collision In Fair Lawn DWI CRASH: Driver Arrested After Head-On Collision In Fair Lawn
DWI Crash: Driver Arrested After Head-On Collision In Fair Lawn A driver was led away in handcuffs following a head-on Thanksgiving Eve crash in Fair Lawn. Members of the Hawthorne Volunteer Ambulance Corps took two occupants to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center's Wayne facility after the Nissan Rogue and Honda CRV collided at the intersection of Maple Avenue and Wagaraw Road around 7:30 p.m. Nov. 22. The extent of their injuries couldn't be determined. The Nissan driver who was arrested didn't appear injured. Fair Lawn firefighters also responded. Belfi's Towing removed the vehicles. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this story…
Glen Rock Homeowner Burned Glen Rock Homeowner Burned
Glen Rock Homeowner Burned A Glen Rock homeowner burned his hand Monday during a small fire at his home. The Abington Terrace home just off Maple Avenue sustained minor damage in the noontime Nov. 20 second-floor blaze. The homeowner declined ambulance transport and said he'd drive himself to the hospital. Fire officials said original suspicions that a torch being used to burn paint off a baseboard caused the fire were incorrect. They didn't say how it started, however.  Mutual aid responders included firefighters from Fair Lawn, Hawthorne and Ridgewood. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and reported this story.
Fuel Truck Crashes Through Fence, Clips Pole, Nearly Hits Elmwood Park Home Fuel Truck Crashes Through Fence, Clips Pole, Nearly Hits Elmwood Park Home
Fuel Truck Crashes Through Fence, Clips Pole, Nearly Hits Elmwood Park Home  A single-axle tanker truck filled with heating oil sideswiped a utility pole, crashed through a chain link fence and finally stopped short of hitting a house near a Garden State Parkway overpass in Elmwood Park on Monday. No injuries were reported in the Nov. 20 mishap in the 900 block of River Drive near the Garden Drive intersection. No oil leaked from the Fairclough fuel truck out of Paterson, either. River Drive was closed in both directions between the Garden State Parkway and Route 46 overpasses while a PSE&G crew replaced the pole. Boyd A. Loving Power was knocked out only …
Pinned Pickup Driver Freed In Route 4 Rollover Pinned Pickup Driver Freed In Route 4 Rollover
Pinned Pickup Driver Freed In Route 4 Rollover Paramus firefighters extricated the driver of a pickup truck following a rollover crash on Route 4 in front of Wendy's early Tuesday. The crash left the truck on its side, the driver pinned and the eastbound highway closed near Paramus Road shortly after 7 a.m. Nov. 14.  Traffic on the westbound side thickened with rubberneckers. A Paramus EMS ambulance took the driver to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that didn't appear life-threatening after members of the borough Heavy Rescue Squad got him out. The crash left the truck on its side, the driver pinned and the eas…
Two Hospitalized In Three-Vehicle Pileup In Fair Lawn Two Hospitalized In Three-Vehicle Pileup In Fair Lawn
Two Hospitalized In Three-Vehicle Pileup In Fair Lawn At least two people were hospitalized following a three-car pileup late Saturday in Fair Lawn. Broadway was temporarily closed in both directions just after 11 p.m. Nov. 4 so that members of the Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps could tend to the wounded and the wreckage could be cleared from the intersection at Plaza Road. The extent of injuries couldn't immediately be determined. Serious damage was done to the late-1990s-era Honda CRV and two Toyotas -- a RAV4 and a Prius, which was broadsided on the driver's door -- all of which had to be towed from the scene. Fair Lawn firefighters…
Paramus Resident Rescues Elderly Neighbor From House Fire Paramus Resident Rescues Elderly Neighbor From House Fire
Paramus Resident Rescues Elderly Neighbor From House Fire A Paramus home was filling with smoke when a kind and courageous resident rescued an elderly neighbor. The Nov. 4 afternoon blaze apparently ignited in a microwave of the Willard Road home near Midland Avenue. It then spread to kitchen cabinets and eventually into the attic. Firefighters opened the roof and doused the blaze as Paramus EMS members wrapped the senior resident in blankets while tending to him on the front lawn of a neighbor's home. Boyd A. Loving Oradell firefighters assisted their Paramus colleagues. Borough police also responded. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and con…
Tractor-Trailer Rams Sedan Off Route 208 Tractor-Trailer Rams Sedan Off Route 208
Tractor-Trailer Rams Sedan Off Route 208 Two people were hospitalized Friday night after a tractor-trailer exiting Route 208 in Glen Rock struck a sedan. Witnesses claimed the driver of the rig ignored a stop sign exiting the southbound highway at Harristown Road and struck the Honda Civic around 6:45 p.m. Nov. 3. Glen Rock EMS reported three injuries at the scene, with two victims taken by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center. There was no immediate word on their conditions. The Civic was removed by a flatbed tow truck. Fair Lawn police assisted with traffic control. Glen Rock police are investigating the cause o…
School Bus, SUV Collide Head-On In Paramus School Bus, SUV Collide Head-On In Paramus
School Bus, SUV Collide Head-On In Paramus No students were aboard a school bus from Bergenfield that collided head-on with an SUV Friday morning in Paramus. A Paramus EMS ambulance crew took the driver of the Nissan Kicks subcompact to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening following the crash on East Midland Avenue at From Road shortly before 7:30 a.m. Oct. 27. The school bus driver was OK. Paramus Fire Engine Company #1 tended to a crash-related fluid spill. Boyd A. Loving Responding Paramus police are investigating the cause of the crash. Belfie's Towing removed the SUV.…
Driver Hospitalized After SUV Narrowly Misses Bus Shelter, Slams Into Tree On Route 17 Driver Hospitalized After SUV Narrowly Misses Bus Shelter, Slams Into Tree On Route 17
Driver Hospitalized After SUV Narrowly Misses Bus Shelter, Slams Into Tree On Route 17 A driver was hospitalized with chest pains following a pre-dawn single-vehicle crash Friday on rain-soaked Route 17. The SUV narrowly missed taking out a bus shelter but ran over a sign and then slammed into a tree on the highway's southbound side just past Hollywood Avenue in Ho-Ho-Kus shortly before 6:30 a.m. Oct. 20. The driver was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. The wreckage was removed on a Citywide Towing flatbed. Citywide Towing removed the severely damaged SUV on a flatbed.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Ho-Ho-Kus police, firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Corps a…
Morning Fire Clears Glen Rock Grammar School Morning Fire Clears Glen Rock Grammar School
Morning Fire Clears Glen Rock Grammar School Early arrival students were escorted from the Alexander Hamilton School in Glen Rock on Wednesday after a small fire ignited in a hallway light fixture. Everything went smoothly as the youngsters were temporarily brought from the K-5 school on Harristown Road to the nearby Academy of Our Lady shortly after 8:30 a.m. Oct. 18. Police officers who arrived first immediately doused the fire with extinguishers, Glen Rock Police Lt. Frank Riggio said. No injuries were reported, the lieutenant said.  The cause is being investigated by fire officials and Glen Rock police detectives, he said. …
SUVs Collide, One Lands On Its Side -- A Telluride -- In Paramus SUVs Collide, One Lands On Its Side -- A Telluride -- In Paramus
SUVs Collide, One Lands On Its Side -- A Telluride -- In Paramus A pair of SUVs collided in Paramus on Friday the 13th, leaving one of them on its side. The driver of a Honda Pilot was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with unspecified injuries after his vehicle broad-sided a KIA Telluride at the intersection of Paramus Road and Starling Court. The Telluride got knocked onto its passenger side and was righted by members of the Passaic Police Emergency Services Unit. The Honda Pilot got as good as it gave when it t-boned a KIA Telluride in Paramus on Friday the 13th.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Bergen Brookside towed both vehicles away.…
Lunching Couple Escape Injury When Unoccupied Car Rolls Into Raymond's In Ridgewood Lunching Couple Escape Injury When Unoccupied Car Rolls Into Raymond's In Ridgewood
Lunching Couple Escape Injury When Unoccupied Car Rolls Into Raymond's In Ridgewood It was a typical crisp but sunny afternoon outside Raymond's Restaurant in Ridgewood on Monday -- until an unoccupied car suddenly came rolling its way. A couple having a sidewalk lunch at the popular eatery narrowly missed serious injuries when a Toyota Yaris that had been parked nearby rolled into the front of the restaurant. The subcompact swiped another car, as well, before upending a table and scattering some items on the Oak Street side of the East Ridgewood Avenue restaurant around 1 p.m. Oct. 9. The couple refused medical attention at the scene. The hood and front bumper of th…
Passaic County Health Department Worker Hospitalized After Ridgewood Crash Passaic County Health Department Worker Hospitalized After Ridgewood Crash
Passaic County Health Department Worker Hospitalized After Ridgewood Crash A Passaic County Health Department employee was hospitalized after the SUV that she was driving was T-boned in Ridgewood. The worker had just visited a patient at the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood when the crash occurred Sunday night, her brother said. The Chevy Blazer was headed eastbound on Linwood Avenue when it was rammed by a Jeep Wrangler headed south on Walthery Avenue shortly before 8:30 p.m. Oct. 8. The collision sent the county vehicle crashing head-on into a utility pole. Witnesses said the Jeep driver blew a stop sign, but that couldn't immediately be confirmed by police. T…
Rooftop Fire Doused At Paramus Macy's Rooftop Fire Doused At Paramus Macy's
Rooftop Fire Doused At Paramus Macy's Firefighters made quick work of a smoky rooftop blaze at the Macy's in the Paramus Park mall on Sunday. A large transformer in a rooftop parapet caught fire shortly after 12:30 p.m., Oct. 1. There was initial concern when the fire went to three alarms. In the end, the rooftop damage was minor, responders said. Paramus firefighters assisted by their colleagues from Oradell had the bulk of the blaze knocked down in barely a half hour. It was declared under control shortly before 2 p.m. A large transformer in a rooftop parapet at the Macy's in the Paramus Park Mall caught fire shortly af…
Jeep Rams Electrical Box In Ridgewood Jeep Rams Electrical Box In Ridgewood
Jeep Rams Electrical Box In Ridgewood Bollards planted around a roadside electrical box mostly did their job during an early-morning crash Wednesday in Ridgewood. No injuries were reported after a Jeep Wrangler and Mercedes sedan collided outside the Bergen County Duck Pond in front of Valley Health Systems on East Ridgewood Avenue near Paramus Road shortly before 7:30 a.m. Sept. 13. Despite the protection, the impact knocked the box from its base, leaving it dented. The Jeep also uprooted a small sign. CityWide Towing removed the vehicles after a PSE&G crew de-energized the box. Paramus police helped with traffic contro…
Broken Arm, Facial Injuries Reported In Paramus Crash Broken Arm, Facial Injuries Reported In Paramus Crash
Broken Arm, Facial Injuries Reported In Paramus Crash A crash at a busy Paramus intersection sent an occupant to the hospital with a broken arm and facial injuries, responders said. The woman was in a Honda CRV that broadsided a Tesla at Paramus Road and West Midland Avenue around 1:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 9. Another occupant and a small dog in the Honda escaped injury. The Tesla driver sustained a head injury but refused transportation. A tow truck removed both vehicles following the 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9 crash at Paramus Road and West Midland Avenue in Paramus.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Both vehicles were removed by a tow tru…
Water Main Break Opens Gaping Hole Off Route 208 Water Main Break Opens Gaping Hole Off Route 208
Water Main Break Opens Gaping Hole Off Route 208 A water main break Friday afternoon closed the entrance and exit ramps at a Route 208 interchange in Fair Lawn. The ramps along northbound Route 208 at Berdan Avenue off Plaza Road were affected after the road buckled under the water pressure, leaving a gaping hole, shortly after lunchtime Sept. 8. No vehicle damage or incidents were reported as a result. However, many residents reported brown water coming out of their taps. RIgs at the nearby Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps had to be removed before they got trapped. Berdan Avenue off Plaza Road off Route 208 was affected.Boyd A. …
T-Bone Crash In Ridgewood Sends Driver To Hospital T-Bone Crash In Ridgewood Sends Driver To Hospital
T-Bone Crash In Ridgewood Sends Driver To Hospital A driver was hospitalized after his sedan was broadsided by a Jeep in Ridgewood early Wednesday afternoon. The Cherokee driver was OK after his vehicle t-boned the Subaru Legacy at the intersection of Walthery and Linwood avenues around 1:30 p.m. Sept. 6. Ridgewood police, firefighters and EMS responded, along with a village ambulance that took the injured driver to The Valley Hospital. All Points Towing removed both vehicles. Firefighters cleaned up an engine spill. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this story. The rammed Subaru Legacy and the Jeep were both towed f…
Baby On Board: 'Infantry' Rescues Woman Who Gave Birth After Crash Off Route 17 Baby On Board: 'Infantry' Rescues Woman Who Gave Birth After Crash Off Route 17
Baby On Board: 'Infantry' Rescues Woman Who Gave Birth After Crash Off Route 17 A pregnant woman being driven to the hospital gave birth after a brand-new SUV was involved in a collision just off Route 17. The driver of a work van that may have been involved in the crash off the northbound highway at Linwood Avenue immediately drove the mom, dad and child to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood shortly after 7 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6. All reportedly were doing fine. Ridgewood police collected personal belongings for the family while beginning an investigation into how and why their Acura crashed. All Points Towing removed the vehicle, which still had its temporary tags …
Civilian Struck, Killed By Commuter Train In Fair Lawn Civilian Struck, Killed By Commuter Train In Fair Lawn
Civilian Struck, Killed By Commuter Train In Fair Lawn A 66-year-old man was struck and killed by a commuter train Thursday night in Fair Lawn. The man was struck by an NJ Transit train just off Fair Lawn Avenue across from the Radburn station platform shortly before 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31. Witnesses said it appeared he ran in front of the express train, which didn't have a stop there. It wasn't immediately clear whether he was trying to get to the other side or not, they said. NJ Transit police were investigating.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Fair Lawn Avenue remained closed temporarily as NJ Transit police began their investigation. …
Multi-Vehicle Ridgewood Crash Sends Driver To Hospital Multi-Vehicle Ridgewood Crash Sends Driver To Hospital
Multi-Vehicle Ridgewood Crash Sends Driver To Hospital A missing stop sign may have contributed to a multi-vehicle crash Saturday morning in Ridgewood. One of the drivers was taken by ambulance to the Valley Hospital nearby with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening. The vehicles collided at the intersection of East Ridgewood Avenue and North Irving Street around 9:45 a.m. Aug. 26. Two of them -- a Lexus SUV and a Ford work van from Bogota -- were heavily damaged and were removed by an All Points Towing flatbed. The vehicles collided at the intersection of East Ridgewood Avenue and North Irving Street in Ridgewood around 9:45 …