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Linwood Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ
Police & Fire
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. 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. T…
Police & Fire
T-Bone Crash In Ridgewood Sends Driver To Hospital
A driver was hospitalized after his sedan was broadsided by a Jeep in Ridgewood early Wednesday afternoon. The Cherokee driver was OK after his vehicle t-boned the Subaru Legacy at the intersection of Walthery and Linwood avenues around 1:30 p.m. Sept. 6. Ridgewood police, firefighters and EMS responded, along with a village ambulance that took the injured driver to The Valley Hospital. All Points Towing removed both vehicles. Firefighters cleaned up an engine spill. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this story. The rammed Subaru Legacy and the Jeep were both towed f…
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SUV, Crossover Collide In Ridgewood
An elderly occupant was hospitalized following an afternoon collision in Ridgewood. He and a woman were in a Ford crossover that collided with a Volkswagen Golf on Linwood Avenue off Northern Parkway near Graydon Park around 1:45 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15. Members of Ridgewood Village Ambulance took him to The Valley Hospital nearby. At the scene of the crash on Linwood Avenue near Northern Parkway in Paramus on Sunday, Jan. 15.Boyd A. Loving Village police and firefighters also responded. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this story. The elderly occupant was tended to …
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Public's Help Sought ID'ing 70-Something Pedestrian Struck In Ridgewood
Authorities are seeking the public's help identifying a pedestrian believed to be in her 70s who was struck and severely injured crossing a Ridgewood street Tuesday morning. She was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a head injury after being struck by an SUV at the corner of Linwood Avenue and Northern Parkway shortly before 8:30 a.m. Nov. 15. The elderly female driver of the Lincoln MKX that hit her was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood for an evaluation. "At this time the pedestrian does not have any identification on her and is unable to communicate with the off…
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Backhoe Hits Overpass, Topples Onto Route 17
A backhoe towed on a trailer hit an overpass and fell onto southbound Route 17 in Ridgewood early Wednesday afternoon. A woman's vehicle was damaged, but no serious injuries were reported following the mishap at the Linwood Avenue overpass around 1:15 p.m. Police initially stopped all traffic on the southbound highway before opening a lane. Village firefighters responded to clean up a fuel spill and a state Department of Transportation was summoned to inspect the bridge. One lane was open to traffic on southbound Route 17 in Ridgewood.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Meanwhile, police a…
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Stolen Car Driver Charged With Assault In Route 17 Crash That Injured Two
UPDATE: A driver was charged with two counts of assault by auto after she rear-ended a car on Route 17 in Ridgewood with a stolen sedan, authorities said. Mille Sauvan, 44, remained at Hackensack University Medical Center in police custody on Monday after responders said they found a crack pipe in the stolen Lexus following Saturday morning’s crash on the southbound highway. Sauvan, currently of Norwood, was speeding when the Lexus, reported stolen out of Warwick, slammed into the rear of a MINI Cooper in front of the Starbucks between Linwood Avenue and Paramus Road shortly after 8:30 a.m.…
Police & Fire
Packed Garbage Truck Tips On Route 17 Ramp
A fully loaded garbage truck tipped over on a Route 17 exit ramp late Wednesday morning. The driver was hospitalized with back and neck injuries after climbing from the rig, which rolled onto its side on the ramp from southbound Route 17 onto eastbound Linwood Avenue in Ridgewood by the Stop & Shop at the Paramus border shortly after 11 a.m. Ridgewood police, firefighters and EMS were joined by Paramus police. A heavy duty wrecker righted and removed the truck and a DPW crew cleaned up the mess. The ramp was reopened shortly after 2 p.m. Route 17 ramp to Linwood Avenue in Ridgewo…
Police & Fire
SUV Full Of Corn Snacks Slams Into Tree, Rolls In Ridgewood
A driver carrying an SUV full of corn snacks escaped a rollover crash in Ridgewood without serious injury Tuesday night. The driver was alone when his Subaru slammed into a tree and rolled just off the corner of Linwood Avenue and North Walnut Street near Graydon Park shortly after 9:30 p.m. Several bags of Love Corn snacks carried in dozens of boxes spilled out the back. Village police, firefighters and EMS responded. A flatbed tow truck righted and removed the wreck. Summonses were expected. Police didn't elaborate. Corn snacksBoyd A. Loving Boyd A. Loving took the photos and provi…
Police & Fire
Kind, Generous Fair Lawn Grandfather Dies
Tributes continued to mount as news spread of the death of a beloved 75-year-old Fair Lawn man over the weekend. Andrew Feci, 75, was pronounced dead at the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, where his wife works, after he went into cardiac arrest behind the wheel of his SUV on Saturday. Andy Feci had a strong mind, a soft heart and a constant smile, those who knew him said. He was "kind, generous and would do anything for anyone," a family friend wrote in tribute. "It came from the heart." The retired over-the-road trucker and his wife "had a love like no other through thick and thin and rais…
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SUV Driver Suffers Critical Medical Episode At Route 17 Exit
A driver whose SUV crashed off Route 17 in Ridgewood Saturday afternoon apparently suffered a medical episode beforehand, responders said. The Kia Sportage came to rest against a wall on the northbound exit ramp to Linwood Avenue around 3 p.m. Responders conducted CPR before the gravely injured driver was brought to The Valley Hospital in Village police, firefighters and EMS and a Valley EMS unit responded. City Wide towed the vehicle. Boyd A. Loving took the photo and contributed to this account. ****** ALSO SEE: An N95 mask worn by a driver may not have been the r…
Police & Fire
Police: DWI Driver In Three-Car Ridgewood Crash With Injuries Was 5X Legal Limit
A Ridgewood man with a reckless DWI offense already on his record registered five times the legal blood-alcohol limit after he caused a three-car crash that sent him and others to the hospital, village police said. Neil Teresinski, 36, was charged with assault by auto, reckless driving and two counts of DWI after his Toyota SUV crashed at the intersection of Linwood and Maple avenues on Oct. 22, they said. More serious charges could follow against Teresinski, who registered more than a .40% alcohol concentration in his blood, Ridgewood police said in a release issued Sunday night by Detecti…
Police & Fire
NJ State Police Pull Over Speeding Car, Find Passenger In Labor
Imagine the shock of State Police who chased a speeding car up Route 17, then drew their guns when the driver finally pulled over on a Ridgewood street -- and found a passenger in labor. The brief pursuit began around 10:30 p.m. Saturday on the northbound highway. The driver took the Linwood Avenue exit, headed to The Valley Hospital about a half-mile away. Troopers pulled their guns after the driver eventually stopped because they didn't know whether the pair was armed. Once they discovered the circumstances, the troopers provided an escort up Linwood Avenue to the hospital.
Police & Fire
Chain-Reaction Ridgewood Crash Sends 3 To Hospital
A chain-reaction crash Monday afternoon in Ridgewood sent three people to the hospital. A fourth occupant refused medical attention following the crash shortly before 1:30 p.m. at Linwood and North Maple avenues. Village police, firefighters, EMS and a paramedic team from The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood all responded. Two tow trucks removed the wreckage. A report that one of the drivers may have experienced a medical episode couldn't immediately be confirmed. ****** ALERT: Authorities are urging anyone who might have been similarly violated to contact their local police department afte…
Police & Fire
Ridgewood Burglar Finds Resident Home, Flees
A Ridgewood resident scared off a burglar who'd just forced open a rear door on Thursday, authorities said. Police established a perimeter and summoned a Bergen County Sheriff’s K9 Unit in a fruitless search for the fleeing intruder, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. Moments earlier, she said, the would-be burglar knocked on front door of the Linwood Avenue home near Henrietta Court, then walked around to the back. After forcing open the rear door, he saw the resident and ran, the chief said. The sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence. Anyone who might ha…
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Car Takes Out Traffic Light Frame In Ridgewood Crash
A driver was slapped with a summons after a crash that took out the frame of two traffic lights in Ridgewood Sunday. Ambulances traveling to and from The Valley Hospital's emergency room were re-routed until the stanchion at the intersection of North Van Dien and Linwood avenues was replaced. No injuries were reported in the two-car crash around 3 p.m.
Police & Fire
Crash Topples Light Pole On Route 17 In Ridgewood
Three vehicles were involved in a crash Tuesday night that took down a utility pole on Route 17 in Ridgewood. No injuries were reported. The crash occurred just after 6 p.m. in the right lane of the southbound highway just north of Linwood Avenue. The lane remained closed afterward while crews removed the cars and debris. Responders included village police and EMS. Responders included village police and EMS.Boyd A. Loving Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this report.
Police & Fire
Driver Hospitalized After Sedan Slams Into Ridgewood Utility Pole
RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- A young driver was hospitalized Monday afternoon after her new sedan slammed into a utility pole in Ridgewood. An ambulance took the woman to Hackensack University Medical Center after the crash in the 400 block of Linwood Avenue. Her injuries didn't appear life-threatening. The 4-door 2018 Hyundai Elantra Limited had to be towed. Village police, firefighters and EMS responded, along with a paramedic team from The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood and a PSE&G crew that assessed damage to the pole. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this account.
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