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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…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Repeat Offender Stopped With 120 Heroin Folds, 16 Crack Bags, 50 Ecstacy Pills: Haledon PD Repeat Offender Stopped With 120 Heroin Folds, 16 Crack Bags, 50 Ecstacy Pills: Haledon PD
Repeat Offender Stopped With 120 Heroin Folds, 16 Crack Bags, 50 Ecstacy Pills: Haledon PD A Paterson man with a history of drug-related arrests was seized by Haledon police who reported finding 120 heroin folds, 16 bags of crack and 50 Ecstasy pills in his car after they stopped him for speeding. Keith Clyburn, 49, also had heavily-tinted front and rear windows on the Chrysler SUV stopped by Officers Jeffrey Welsh and Kris Duci in the 100 block of Belmont Avenue shortly after 1 p.m. Jan. 27, Capt. George Guzman said. Clyburn, whose driver's license had been suspended, suddenly exited the vehicle after stopping and began to tip away, ignoring the orders of the officers, who quick…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
'Do Not Drive' Warning Issued For Certain Dodge, Chrysler Vehicles Due To Exploding Airbags 'Do Not Drive' Warning Issued For Certain Dodge, Chrysler Vehicles Due To Exploding Airbags
'Do Not Drive' Warning Issued For Certain Dodge, Chrysler Vehicles Due To Exploding Airbags Owners of certain older Dodge and Chrysler models are being advised to keep them parked and avoid driving them after exploding airbags killed at least two more people. Stellantis - formerly known as Fiat Chrysler - issued a "Do Not Drive" warning to the owners of more than 275,000 older vehicles due to the Takata airbag, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The warning covers approximately 276,000 model year 2005 through 2010 Dodge Magnums, Chargers, and Challengers, as well as model year 2005 through 2010 Chrysler 300s.  It comes after two people …

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by Zak Failla
News
Driver Of Disabled Vehicle Struck, Killed On Garden State Parkway Driver Of Disabled Vehicle Struck, Killed On Garden State Parkway
Driver Of Disabled Vehicle Struck, Killed On Garden State Parkway A driver from New York State was killed when he and his disabled vehicle were struck overnight on the Garden State Parkway, authorities said. The 35-year-old Orange County resident was headed south in his Acura when it was involved in another accident shortly before midnight Sunday in Washington Township, New Jersey State Police Trooper II Charles Marchan said. The Walden, NY man got out, after which he and his car were struck by a Chrysler minivan -- killing him -- at milepost 165.9, the trooper said. His identity was temporarily being withheld pending next-of-kin notification. Further i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Car Thieves Ram Police Vehicle While Fleeing Mahwah Neighborhood Car Thieves Ram Police Vehicle While Fleeing Mahwah Neighborhood
Car Thieves Ram Police Vehicle While Fleeing Mahwah Neighborhood A Mahwah police vehicle was struck overnight by car thieves fleeing a private community on the wrong side of the road. Township police responding to a stolen vehicle report had converged on Rio Vista when a gray Chrysler suddenly roared up Seminary Drive on the wrong side of the tree-lined median shortly before 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 2. The Chrysler hit the parked patrol car with its front driver's side as it reached Ramapo Valley Road (Route 202) and kept going. Police pursued the vehicle on Route 202 toward Oakland, then lost sight of it near Navajo Way. No serious injuries were reporte…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
State Trooper's Car Rammed, Pistol Pointed During NJ Turnpike Pursuit State Trooper's Car Rammed, Pistol Pointed During NJ Turnpike Pursuit
State Trooper's Car Rammed, Pistol Pointed During NJ Turnpike Pursuit New Jersey State Police were in pursuit of an out-of-state mini van that had rammed a trooper's car, authorities said. The chase was reported at about 5:10 p.m. Friday on the New Jersey Turnpike in East Brunswick. The suspect was reported to have a handgun and was refusing to stop, initial reports said. An unconfirmed report said that the suspect pointed a gun at an off-duty Springfield police officer during a road rage incident. State police had requested help from an aviation unit near interchange 10 on the inner thruway.  The vehicle was described as a white Chrysler mini-van wit…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Authorities ID Driver Killed In I-280 Crash Authorities ID Driver Killed In I-280 Crash
Authorities ID Driver Killed In I-280 Crash A 67-year-old Newark man died on a crash early Saturday morning on Interstate 280. A Chrysler passenger car was heading east when it was struck by a westbound Chevy Silverado  near mile post 13.5 in Newark around 4 a.m., NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan said. A Nissan Juke -- traveling behind the Chrysler -- struck the Chrysler and then the front of the Chevy struck the Nissan, Marchan said. The Chrysler and Nissan struck the right concrete curb. The Chrysler driver, Jerome C. Branham, died in the crash. The Chevy driver, a 21-year-old from Kinnelon, suffered moderate injuries while the…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Authorities: Black Friday Mall Shooter Nabbed Taking Stabbed Friend To Hospital Authorities: Black Friday Mall Shooter Nabbed Taking Stabbed Friend To Hospital
Authorities: Black Friday Mall Shooter Nabbed Taking Stabbed Friend To Hospital UPDATE: A 21-year-old upstate New York man who police said shot another man during a Black Friday food court mall brawl in Syracuse was captured when he showed up at a local hospital after crashing his mother's car into a bus near a city tree-lighting ceremony, authorities said. Kyree J. Truax was driving a friend who was stabbed during the melee in the food court at the Destiny USA mall to an area hospital when the crash occurred, they said. While Truax exchanged information with the bus driver, an ambulance took his friend to the hospital, Syracuse Police Chief Kenton Buckner told reporte…

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by Jerry DeMarco