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Retired Teaneck Police Officer Critically Injured In Route 208 Crash Caused By Road Defect Retired Teaneck Police Officer Critically Injured In Route 208 Crash Caused By Road Defect
Retired Teaneck Police Officer Critically Injured In Route 208 Crash Caused By Road Defect UPDATE: A retired Teaneck police officer was critically injured when he was thrown from his motorcycle after it struck a defective piece of roadway on a Route 208 overpass, authorities said. The 59-year-old rider from Rochelle Park was headed north on the highway De Boer Drive when his motorcycle hit a defective expansion joint shortly after 3 p.m. Sunday, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Officers closed the highway and rendered first aid before EMTs from the Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Corps took over, transporting the victim to Hackensack University Medical Center with sever…

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Tractor-Trailer, SUV Crash Closes Route 287 Tractor-Trailer, SUV Crash Closes Route 287
Tractor-Trailer, SUV Crash Closes Route 287 UPDATE: A tractor-trailer and SUV were involved in a crash Thursday afternoon that closed northbound Route 287 in Mahwah for hours and kept traffic crawling -- although just barely -- well into the evening rush. Three relatively minor injuries were reported in the 1:30 p.m. crash, which left the jackknifed rig against the guardrail and across that entire road. Three EMS units responded, along with New Jersey State Police, Mahwah police and firefighters and members of the state departments of environmental protection and transportation, as well as a township hazardous materials unit, which …

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by Jerry DeMarco