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Two Englewood Pedestrians Struck In Back-To-Back Crashes Two Englewood Pedestrians Struck In Back-To-Back Crashes
Two Englewood Pedestrians Struck In Back-To-Back Crashes Two Englewood pedestrians were struck Friday by vehicles only three blocks and barely 45 minutes apart, authorities said. A 45-year-old woman was struck at 9:45 a.m. at the intersection of East Palisade Avenue and South Dean Street by a 1999 Buick Century driven by a 77-year-old man, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. The sedan driver was turning right onto South Dean from East Palisade when he hit her in the crosswalk on Dean Street, he said. The woman wasn’t seriously injured, the deputy chief said. Nor was a 24-year-old pedestrian who was struck around 10:30 a.m. by a 2007 GMC …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Carlstadt Ambulance Patient Picked Up By Hasbrouck Heights EMTs After Crash Carlstadt Ambulance Patient Picked Up By Hasbrouck Heights EMTs After Crash
Carlstadt Ambulance Patient Picked Up By Hasbrouck Heights EMTs After Crash A Carlstadt ambulance transporting a patient struck the mirror of a pickup truck Wednesday afternoon in Hasbrouck Heights, requiring another rig. The 41-year-old Maywood driver of a Ford F-250 was headed north on Terrace Avenue near Kipp Avenue when the ambulance came up behind shortly before 4:30 p.m., Detective Lt. Michael Colaneri Jr. said. The Ford, which has large mirrors, “didn’t pull over completely,” Colaneri said. The patient, who was being transported to the hospital for a shoulder injury, was OK, as was the 20-year-old ambulance driver, the lieutenant said. A 23-year-old EMT in…

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by Jerry DeMarco