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.

Ridgewood firefighters used a battery-operated hydraulic rescue tool to extricate the victim, whose injuries didn't appear life-threatening.
Photo Credit: *Boyd A. Loving*

The collision sent the SUV crashing head-on into a utility pole.
Photo Credit: *Boyd A. Loving*

All Points Towing removed the SUV on a flatbed.
Photo Credit: *Boyd A. Loving*

The worker had just visited a patient at the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood when the crash occurred shortly before 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8, her brother said.
Photo Credit: *Boyd A. Loving*

Jerry DeMarco

10/09/2023 11:53 a.m.

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.

Ridgewood firefighters used a battery-operated hydraulic rescue tool to extricate the victim, whose injuries didn't appear life-threatening.

She was taken to Valley.

All Points Towing removed the SUV on a flatbed.

The Jeep had minimal damage.

An investigation by Ridgewood police was continuing.

Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this story.

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