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Driver, 77, Flips Car In Front Of Lyndhurst School While Kids Are In Class Driver, 77, Flips Car In Front Of Lyndhurst School While Kids Are In Class
Driver, 77, Flips Car In Front Of Lyndhurst School While Kids Are In Class Fortunately, a Lyndhurst grade school was in session when a 77-year-old motorist flipped her car in front of it on Friday, police said. The driver was headed south on Stuyvesant Avenue just after 1 p.m. Friday when her Volkswagen Jetta sideswiped a vehicle parked across from Franklin School, Detective Vincent Auteri said. The VW rolled on its roof and came to rest right in front of the school, Auteri said. The driver was taken by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center with a minor hand injury and chest pains, the detective said. She wasn’t speeding, wasn’t using her cellphone a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SERIOUS INJURIES: Driver Putting On Sweatshirt Causes Head-On Franklin Lakes Crash, Police Say SERIOUS INJURIES: Driver Putting On Sweatshirt Causes Head-On Franklin Lakes Crash, Police Say
Serious Injuries: Driver Putting On Sweatshirt Causes Head-On Franklin Lakes Crash, Police Say A teen driver was trying to put on a sweatshirt Thursday morning when her Jeep veered into oncoming traffic and slammed into a sedan, sending her and the other driver to the hospital with serious injuries, Franklin Lakes police said. Jessica Schlam, 19, of Franklin Lakes “was having difficulty” putting on the shirt when her 2017 Jeep Renegade veered across the double-yellow lane on northbound Pulis Avenue and rammed a 2017 Nissan Maxima driven by Mary Gaffney, 52, of Mahwah just before 7:30 a.m., Capt. John Bakelaar said. The Maxima “was pushed backwards off to the right side of the roadway…

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by Jerry DeMarco