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Police & Fire
Senior Hackensack Couple Rescued From Glen Rock Riverbank After Parking Lot Crash
An elderly Hackensack couple were rescued after a mid-morning parking lot crash left their vehicle perched over a stream in Glen Rock, authorities said. Borough police, firefighters and EMS converged on the parking lot at 85 Harristown Road and found the pair stranded in their vehicle on the banks of the Diamond Brook. The 81-year-old driver apparently hit the accelerator instead of the brake and struck a parked van and two signs before his vehicle came to rest, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The responders got him and his 71-year-old female passenger out safely, the chief sai…
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: Passing Responders Assist Injured Driver, 83, Passenger, 88, In Wyckoff Rollover
An 83-year-old driver who was trapped in her overturned car was helped by a passing off-duty firefighter and police officer -- both from out of town -- while her 88-year-old passenger climbed out on his own following a crash in Wyckoff, authorities said. The upstate New York couple were hospitalized with minor injuries following the single-vehicle rollover on Franklin Avenue near Lawlins Road, which left the sedan on its roof just short of a thicket of trees. The trapped driver was assisted by Franklin Lakes Police Officer Stephanie Hallihan and an off-duty Paterson firefighter who wasn’t i…
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Driver, 76, Knocked Down, Pinned By Own Car Outside Oakland Care Center
A 76-year-old driver was pinned beneath her own vehicle during a visit to a rehab and health care center in Oakland, authorities said. The victim forgot to put her 2018 Nissan Rogue in park when she got out in the lot of the Oakland Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center off Breakneck Road on Wednesday, Police Capt. Timothy Keenan said. The Rogue rolled backwards, knocking the driver down and pinning her beneath it, the captain said. Members of the Oakland Care Center and Oakland First Aid Squad tended to the woman while firefighters raised the vehicle to remove her, he said. She was taken …
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Bergenfield Driver, 92, Dies After Being T-Boned In Teaneck
UPDATE: Investigators are trying to determine whether a 92-year-old Bergenfield motorist who was killed when his SUV was T-boned in Teaneck over the weekend stopped at the sign before turning into the path of the oncoming car. Albert Schnellbacher was unconscious and not breathing when taken to Holy Name Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, following the collision shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday, Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Elizabeth Rebein said Monday. Schnellbacker apparently was turning onto Windsor Road from Briarcliff Road outside Windsor Park when a Ferrari slammed int…
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Teaneck Bicyclist Struck, Seriously Injured By Tenafly Driver, 83
A bicyclist from Teaneck suffered a fractured pelvis, elbow and wrist when she was struck at a busy Tenafly intersection by a sedan driven by an 83-year-old borough man, authorities said. The 51-year-old victim was alert and conscious but in pain after she was struck by a 2017 Toyota Camry at the intersection of East Clinton Avenue and Engle Street around 9:45 a.m. June 7, Police Chief Robert Chamberlain said. The driver from Tenafly had run a red light, Chamberlain said The Tenafly Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the bicyclist to Hackensack University Medical Center, the chief said. H…
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Driver OK After Sedan Careens Off Garden State Parkway Into Townhouse
A driver was hospitalized after her sedan careened off the Garden State Parkway and into a townhouse on Wednesday, leaving a trail of damage the length of a football field in its wake, State Police said. A chain-link fence may have braced the 84-year-old Bloomfield motorist's Mercury as it fell over a wall and into the back of the George Russell Way development at milepost 155.6 in Clifton. The driver was taken to St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, NJSP Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. Brookside Towing hoisted the sedan from…
Police & Fire
80-Year-Old Driver Killed, Another Injured In 5-Car Union County Crash
An 80-year-old driver was killed and another injured in a five-car crash in Union County on Wednesday, authorities said. The crash occurred at the intersection of North Avenue East and Centennial Avenue in Cranford around 1:40 p.m., Police Detective Lieutenant Edward R. Davenport told Daily Voice. Two of the drivers involved in the crash sustained injuries and were taken to a local hospital, where one of them — an 80-year-old Union man — was pronounced dead, Davenport said. His name had not been released by police. North Avenue East remained closed in both directions as of 2:30 p.m. whil…
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: Sedan Plows Into Front Door Of Lodi 7-Eleven
An 86-year-old driver's arm was bruised when her older-model sedan slammed into the entrance of a Lodi 7-Eleven Tuesday morning. The driver, who turns 87 on Thursday, otherwise seemed OK after the crash just before 10:30 a.m. at the Main Street convenience store. She declined medical attention and was given a ride home. The early-90s Toyota Camry pushed a sign against the entrance, shattering a glass door and the windshield and deploying a front airbag. The sedan pushed a sign up against the entrance, shattering a glass door.John Wyman for DAILY VOICE She declined medical attention…
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