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Grand Jury Backs Officer In Crash With Jersey Shore Armed Burglar That Killed Passenger Grand Jury Backs Officer In Crash With Jersey Shore Armed Burglar That Killed Passenger
Grand Jury Backs Officer In Crash With Jersey Shore Armed Burglar That Killed Passenger UPDATE: A Long Branch police officer bears no responsibility for a crash during a pursuit that killed the suspect’s passenger, a state grand jury has found. Officer Lucas Brito did nothing wrong in pursuing ex-con Altonia Williams -- who was believed to be armed – while responding to a call of a home invasion shortly before 4 a.m. last Aug. 14, the panel found. A subsequent collision killed Tracee Blount, 38, of Long Branch, who was with Williams. State law mandated the grand jury review because a death occurred in an encounter with law enforcement. The reviews are conducted no matter what…
DWI CRASH: Driver Arrested After Head-On Collision In Fair Lawn DWI CRASH: Driver Arrested After Head-On Collision In Fair Lawn
DWI Crash: Driver Arrested After Head-On Collision In Fair Lawn A driver was led away in handcuffs following a head-on Thanksgiving Eve crash in Fair Lawn. Members of the Hawthorne Volunteer Ambulance Corps took two occupants to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center's Wayne facility after the Nissan Rogue and Honda CRV collided at the intersection of Maple Avenue and Wagaraw Road around 7:30 p.m. Nov. 22. The extent of their injuries couldn't be determined. The Nissan driver who was arrested didn't appear injured. Fair Lawn firefighters also responded. Belfi's Towing removed the vehicles. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this story…
Broken Arm, Facial Injuries Reported In Paramus Crash Broken Arm, Facial Injuries Reported In Paramus Crash
Broken Arm, Facial Injuries Reported In Paramus Crash A crash at a busy Paramus intersection sent an occupant to the hospital with a broken arm and facial injuries, responders said. The woman was in a Honda CRV that broadsided a Tesla at Paramus Road and West Midland Avenue around 1:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 9. Another occupant and a small dog in the Honda escaped injury. The Tesla driver sustained a head injury but refused transportation. A tow truck removed both vehicles following the 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9 crash at Paramus Road and West Midland Avenue in Paramus.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Both vehicles were removed by a tow tru…
Driver Charged In Route 1&9 Crash That Killed Passenger: 'She Slayed Too Hard For This World' Driver Charged In Route 1&9 Crash That Killed Passenger: 'She Slayed Too Hard For This World'
Driver Charged In Route 1&9 Crash That Killed Passenger: 'She Slayed Too Hard For This World' A 22-year-old Newark man has been arrested in connection with a crash that killed a 21-year-old Bloomfield resident on Friday, Sept. 1, authorities said. Gabriel Melo was behind the wheel of the 2018 Audi that collided with the tractor trailer on the Routes 1 & 9 North ramp at Route 139 West, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Melo was arrested at the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office on Thursday, Sept. 7, Suarez said. Daniella RosarioGoFundMe Melo's passenger, Daniella Rosario, of Bloomfield, and formerly of Paramus and Haledon, ultimately died, while two other passengers…
South Jersey Engineer, 25, Killed In Wrong-Way Massachusetts Crash South Jersey Engineer, 25, Killed In Wrong-Way Massachusetts Crash
South Jersey Engineer, 25, Killed In Wrong-Way Massachusetts Crash A 25-year-old engineer from Mercer County was killed this week by a wrong-way driver in Massachusetts, where she lived and worked, police said.  Geetika Guruprasad, of West Windsor, died just after 12:45 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 17, in Littleton, a suburb of Boston.  Guruprasad was driving her Mazda CX-5 on Route 2 when an SUV traveling on the wrong side of the road collided with her, Massachusetts State Police said. Paramedics rushed her to Emerson Hospital in Concord, Massachusetts, where doctors pronounced her dead.  The 22-year-old driver of the Chevrolet SUV was also se…
Bicyclist, 48, Struck In Franklin Lakes Intersection Dies Bicyclist, 48, Struck In Franklin Lakes Intersection Dies
Bicyclist, 48, Struck In Franklin Lakes Intersection Dies UPDATE: A 48-year-old bicyclist from Wyckoff died following a collision with an SUV in Franklin Lakes, authorities said. The victim's bicycle and the 2020 Acura RDX driven by a 35-year-old borough woman collided at the intersection of Briarwoods Road at Bayberry Lane shortly before 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 6, Franklin Lakes Police Capt. Mark McCombs said. The driver herself rendered CPR and first aid until police arrived moments later, witnesses said. The bicyclist was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in Paterson, where he was later pronounced dead, said McCombs, the police c…
Young Bicyclist Struck, Critically Injured In Old Tappan Young Bicyclist Struck, Critically Injured In Old Tappan
Young Bicyclist Struck, Critically Injured In Old Tappan UPDATE: A teenage bicyclist from Old Tappan who collided with a vehicle driven by a New York motorist over the weekend, critically injuring himself, wasn't wearing a helmet, authorities said. A witness told responding officers that the 14-year-old had turned right without stopping onto Ogle Road at the T intersection from Mavus Road -- near Tappan Lake and the Rockland County border -- when he slammed into the passenger side of the vehicle around 10:30 a.m. June 11, Old Tappan Police Chief Joseph Tracy said. The Chester, NY driver "attempted to veer out of the way but was unable to," t…
East Brunswick Motorcycle Officers Injured When Car Turns Directly Into Their Paths: Police East Brunswick Motorcycle Officers Injured When Car Turns Directly Into Their Paths: Police
East Brunswick Motorcycle Officers Injured When Car Turns Directly Into Their Paths: Police Two East Brunswick police officers were injured when their motorcycles collided with a third vehicle Wednesday, May 17, authorities said. Sgts. John Bird and James Angermeier were traveling east on Milltown Road on their bikes when a Honda HR-V making a left turn out of the Wawa parking lot directly into their paths around 4:30 p.m., police said. The Honda HR-V made a left turn from the exit of the Wawa parking lot onto Milltown Road in front of the path of the two motorcycles, police said. The three vehicles collided in the eastbound lane of Milltown Road. Bird an…
Driver Extricated, Hospitalized After SUV Slams Into Downtown Ramsey Jewelry Store Driver Extricated, Hospitalized After SUV Slams Into Downtown Ramsey Jewelry Store
Driver Extricated, Hospitalized After SUV Slams Into Downtown Ramsey Jewelry Store A driver was extricated by firefighters and hospitalized with serious injuries early Saturday after a large SUV slammed into a jewelry store in Ramsey's downtown business district. It was shortly before 7 a.m. May 13, when the Mercedes-Benz GLS smashed through the front of Apolo Jewelers, between Bici Restaurant and a Delta gas station at Main and Arch streets. The vehicle obliterated the entire front of the business, smashing cases and ripping off portions of the facade. It also took out a light pole, snapped a small tree and knocked two garbage cans onto Main Street. The vehicle obl…
Motorcyclist, 71, Could Lose Leg From Emerson Crash: Responders Motorcyclist, 71, Could Lose Leg From Emerson Crash: Responders
Motorcyclist, 71, Could Lose Leg From Emerson Crash: Responders A 71-year-old motorcyclist was in serious condition following a collision Monday morning in Emerson, authorities and responders said. Responding Emerson police officers swiftly applied a tourniquet to the Lyndhurst motorcyclist's right leg just about the ankle following the crash at the corner of Forest and Revere avenues outside Beth El Cedar Park Cemetery around 9 a.m. May 8. He nonetheless could lose the rest of his leg, responders said. His other leg was broken, as well, and he suffered internal injuries, they said. The 51-year-old driver of the other vehicle, from Washington Town…
Driver, 29, Seriously Hurt In Route 80 Rollover Crash Driver, 29, Seriously Hurt In Route 80 Rollover Crash
Driver, 29, Seriously Hurt In Route 80 Rollover Crash A 29-year-old South Jersey woman was seriously injured when her vehicle was struck by a box truck and overturned on Route 80 in Morris County early Saturday, April 15. Sheryl A. Burg, of Florence, was heading west near milepost 31.6 in Roxbury when she slowed down in the right lane and was struck from behind by the International box truck around 2:55 a.m., New Jersey State Police Trooper Charles Marchan said. Burg's vehicle overturned, leaving her seriously injured. The crash remains under investigation.
Rochelle Park Officer, Other Driver Both OK After Crash Rochelle Park Officer, Other Driver Both OK After Crash
Rochelle Park Officer, Other Driver Both OK After Crash Both drivers escaped serious injury when a vehicle driven by a Rochelle Park police officer headed to a call and an SUV collided at a borough intersection on Monday. The officer was treated at Hackensack University Medical Center and released soon after following the late-morning April 10 crash at Rochelle Avenue and Passaic Street, responders said. A Garfield woman who was driving the other vehicle, a Chevy Trax, declined medical attention, they said. The Bergen County Sheriff's Office is investigating the circumstances of the crash, under the routine procedure followed when a municipal …
Shooting, Bus Crash End East Orange Police Pursuit Shooting, Bus Crash End East Orange Police Pursuit
Shooting, Bus Crash End East Orange Police Pursuit A law enforcement officer fired a shot and an NJ TRANSIT bus was involved in a crash during a pursuit in East Orange on Sunday, responders said. An SUV apparently was being pursued when it crashed and its three occupants bailed out at the intersection of Springdale and Arlington avenues near the Garden State Parkway overpass around noon on March 26. No serious injuries were immediately reported from the collision, which knocked the bus onto a resident's lawn. No one apparently was struck by gunfire. The trio vanished. Detectives work the scene of the crash and bailout following a purs…
Photos Show Responders Lifting Tractor Trailer Driver 75 Feet To Roadway After Route 202 Crash Photos Show Responders Lifting Tractor Trailer Driver 75 Feet To Roadway After Route 202 Crash
Photos Show Responders Lifting Tractor Trailer Driver 75 Feet To Roadway After Route 202 Crash The driver of a tractor trailer was flown to the hospital after apparently being cut off by a vehicle then crashing on Route 202 last week, responders said. The northbound passenger car apparently pulled in front of the tractor trailer, which veered to the right side of the roadway in an attempt to avoid collision near Countryside Funeral Home in Readington Township, around 6:40 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17 , the Flemington-Raritan First Aid and Rescue Squad said. Serious Motor Vehicle Crash - U.S. Route 202 Readington Township - 17 February 2023 Posted by Flemington-Raritan First Aid and R…
One Dead In Route 3 Crash, Authorities Confirm One Dead In Route 3 Crash, Authorities Confirm
One Dead In Route 3 Crash, Authorities Confirm A driver who was killed in a chain-reaction crash on Route 3 was identified as a 46-year-old Kearny resident. A BMW X3 had become disabled and was stopped on the westbound Passaic River Bridge in Clifton when it was struck by a Subaru Impreza driven by Karen Garcia shortly before 5 a.m. last Thursday, Dec. 15. Garcia's Impreza was then broadsided by an oncoming Toyota Prius, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Thomas Rinaldi said in a joint release on Monday, Dec. 19. Garcia, who was extricated by firefighters, was later pronounced dead at Hackensack Unive…
Three Hospitalized When Vans Collide In Ho-Ho-Kus Three Hospitalized When Vans Collide In Ho-Ho-Kus
Three Hospitalized When Vans Collide In Ho-Ho-Kus Three people were hospitalized in a Ho-Ho-Kus crash Tuesday, Oct. 11. The minivan and the work van collided at the intersection of Wearimus and Deerhill roads sometime in the afternoon hours. Both occupants of the minivan, a man and woman, were hospitalized, as was the driver of the work van. The minivan driver was apparently issued a summons. Both vehicles were towed by CityWide towing.  Boyd A. Loving also contributed to this story.
Van Toppled In North Haledon Crash Van Toppled In North Haledon Crash
Van Toppled In North Haledon Crash No serious injuries were reported in a collision that knocked a van onto its side in North Haledon. The van and SUV collided at the corner of Squaw Brook Road and North Haledon Avenue shortly before 8 a.m. Tuesday. An occupant had to be extricated by members of the North Haledon Volunteer Fire Company but didn't appear seriously injured, witnesses said. North Haledon police are investigating.
Unlicensed NJ Driver Charged In Staten Island Crash That Killed 3 Teens In Ford Mustang Unlicensed NJ Driver Charged In Staten Island Crash That Killed 3 Teens In Ford Mustang
Unlicensed NJ Driver Charged In Staten Island Crash That Killed 3 Teens In Ford Mustang A 47-year-old unlicensed New Jersey driver has been charged in a Staten Island crash that left three teenagers, including a pair of siblings, dead over the weekend, authorities said. Maher Asi-Mahmoud, of Marlboro, was turning left in an eastbound 2017 GMC Yukon when it collided with a westbound Ford Mustang, carrying the teens Sunday, July 10, police said. The Mustang was sent into a tree on impact and split in half, ejecting two of the occupants. The victims were identified as 16-year-old Fernanda Gil, 15-year-old Jessie Gil and 15-year-old Ashley Rodriguez. The driver, 16, was the only o…
SUV Mows Down Mailbox, Crashes Into Waldwick Home SUV Mows Down Mailbox, Crashes Into Waldwick Home
SUV Mows Down Mailbox, Crashes Into Waldwick Home One woman was hospitalized with what may be a broken arm and another with neck pain after an SUV collided with a sedan, bowled over a mailbox and smacked into the front of a Waldwick home. Ambulance crews from Waldwick and Allendale joined police at the scene on East Prospect Street right off southbound Route 17 shortly before noon. Both the Nissan Pathfinder that hit the house and the severely damaged Hyundai Elantra had to be towed. The Hyundai Elantra got the worst of it in on East Prospect Street right off southbound Route 17 in Waldwick.Boyd A. Loving A building inspector reported…
Newark Man Hired Teens To Steal Car In Head-On Crash That Left 2 Dead, 1 Critical: Princeton PD Newark Man Hired Teens To Steal Car In Head-On Crash That Left 2 Dead, 1 Critical: Princeton PD
Newark Man Hired Teens To Steal Car In Head-On Crash That Left 2 Dead, 1 Critical: Princeton PD A 19-year-old man from Newark was hit with several charges in connection to a head-on crash with a stolen vehicle that left a 15- and 61-year old dead and a 14-year-old in critical condition, authorities announced. Elhajjmalik Diallo, 19, was found to have hired a 15-year-old driver and 14-year-old passenger to steal a Jeep Grand Cherokee before the driver crossed over the double-yellow line while heading east on Princeton-Kingston Road near Carnegie Drive and crashed head-on into a westbound 2016 Acura RDX on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021, Princeton Police said in a release on Tuesday, May 24. The …
Arrest Made In Hit-Run Crash That Killed Old Navy Employee In Jersey City Arrest Made In Hit-Run Crash That Killed Old Navy Employee In Jersey City
Arrest Made In Hit-Run Crash That Killed Old Navy Employee In Jersey City A 22-year-old Jersey City man has been arrested and charged in the hit-and-run death of a 36-year-old beloved Old Navy employee last November, authorities announced. Kristopher Khusial has been accused of hitting Phillip Delancy at 740 Route 440 around 9:30 p.m. Nov. 3, 2021, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Delancy was rushed to Jersey City Medical Center after being struck, and pronounced dead at approximately 10:25 p.m.  Khusial was arrested on multiple charges Tuesday, May 17, and released on a summons pending his first court appearance on Monda…
Driver Hospitalized After Ho-Ho-Kus Collision Driver Hospitalized After Ho-Ho-Kus Collision
Driver Hospitalized After Ho-Ho-Kus Collision An elderly Mini Cooper driver was hospitalized with serious injuries following a noontime crash in Ho-Ho-Kus. The other driver refused medical attention after the Clubman and Honda Insight collided at 1st Street and North Maple Avenue shortly after 12:30 p.m. Police, firefighters and EMS from both Ridgewood and Ho-Ho-Kus were among the responders, along with two rigs from The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. Citywide Towing removed the vehicles. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account. Citywide Towing removed the vehiclesBoyd A. Loving
Crash Seriously Injures Driver, 64, Outside Her West Milford Home Crash Seriously Injures Driver, 64, Outside Her West Milford Home
Crash Seriously Injures Driver, 64, Outside Her West Milford Home A West Milford driver was seriously injured when her sedan collided with a van right outside her home, authorities said. Yolanda Tineo, 64, was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center after her 2011 Honda Accord collided with a 2020 GMC Savana on a stretch of Germantown Road north of Route 23 shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, they said. The other driver, Nicholas Kovatch, 28, of Hewitt wasn’t injured, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and West Milford Police Chief James DeVore said in a joint release. They asked that anyone who might have witnessed the crash or…
Firefighters Free Driver In Englewood Crash Firefighters Free Driver In Englewood Crash
Firefighters Free Driver In Englewood Crash Englewood firefighters extricated the driver of an SUV that hit a parked vehicle and landed on its side. The Honda CRV coincidentally struck another CRV before topping on Van Nostrand Avenue between Broad and Grand avenues just off westbound Route 4 around 3:30 p.m. Friday, March 25. The driver was checked out and cleared by EMS.
Vehicles Towed In Multi-Vehicle Crash In Ridgewood Vehicles Towed In Multi-Vehicle Crash In Ridgewood
Vehicles Towed In Multi-Vehicle Crash In Ridgewood A vehicle barreled across a Ridgewood lawn and hit a house in a multi-vehicle collision Thursday. No one required medical treatment following the crash on Northern Parkway between Van Buren Avenue and Racetrack Road around 3:30 p.m. A Toyota Camry was parked in the driveway when it was struck by a Scion xB that also took down a basketball hoop after hitting a Chevy Equinox. Two adults and a child all refused medical attention at the scene. Path of damage in Ridgewood.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Damage to the house was mostly cosmetic. Village police, firefighters and EMS responded…
1 Killed, Another Airlifted With Serious Injuries In Head-On Sussex County Crash 1 Killed, Another Airlifted With Serious Injuries In Head-On Sussex County Crash
1 Killed, Another Airlifted With Serious Injuries In Head-On Sussex County Crash One person was killed and another was flown to a nearby hospital with serious injuries following a head-on crash in Sussex County Sunday evening, police said. Erin Moore, 41, was driving a blue Hyundai Tuscon southbound on Route 181 near Signal Hill Trail in Sparta when she collided with a gray 540i BMW driven by Attila Princz, 41, around 5:30 p.m., Sparta Police Lt. John Lamon said. Princz, of Sparta, had been driving northbound when his vehicle crossed over into the southbound lane, striking Moore’s vehicle head-on, Lamon said. Both drivers were treated at the scene, and Moore was extric…
Driver Hospitalized After Fair Lawn Crash Driver Hospitalized After Fair Lawn Crash
Driver Hospitalized After Fair Lawn Crash A driver was hospitalized after a crash Thursday afternoon in Fair Lawn. Members of the Fair Lawn Rescue Squad extricated the Honda Accord driver following the crash with a Nissan Rogue outside the Kuiken Brothers buildings on Fair Lawn Avenue at 6th Street shortly before 1:30 p.m. He walked to the Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps rig and was taken to the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. His sedan was towed. The other vehicle.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE The younger male Rogue driver appeared upset but otherwise OK. His vehicle was drivable. Fair Lawn Avenue at 6th Street in Fair…
Labor Day Weekend Crash In Hackensack Kills Paterson Motorcyclist Labor Day Weekend Crash In Hackensack Kills Paterson Motorcyclist
Labor Day Weekend Crash In Hackensack Kills Paterson Motorcyclist A speeding motorcyclist was killed in a Labor Day weekend collision with an SUV near Hackensack High School, police said. Responding officers conducted CPR on an unresponsive Lloyd Fields, 41, of Paterson following the 11:20 p.m. crash Saturday at the intersection of First Street and American Legion Drive, said Capt. Darrin DeWitt.  An ambulance took him to Hackensack University Medical Center, where Fields was pronounced dead, said DeWitt, the officer in charge of the department. “A female witness reported that she was traveling south on First Street when Fields passed her at a high…
SUVs Collide In Bogota SUVs Collide In Bogota
SUVs Collide In Bogota Four adults refused medical attention after two SUVs collided Wednesday afternoon in Bogota. A Toyota RAV4 whose driver turned suddenly off River Road onto West Main Street was struck by a Kia Sportage headed in the opposite direction around 1 p.m., responders said. The four occupants were treated by a Holy Name Medical Center Ambulance crew for airbag scrapes. The vehicles had to be towed.
Passaic Firefighting Trio Injured In Crash Passaic Firefighting Trio Injured In Crash
Passaic Firefighting Trio Injured In Crash Three Passaic firefighters were treated for injuries that authorities said weren't life-threatening after an engine headed to a call collided with a minivan. The fire truck was headed east on Paulson Avenue, its lights flashing and sirens blaring, around 1 p.m. Sunday when the 50-year-old driver told police he slowed down at the Main Avenue traffic signal. After getting the attention of the northbound and southbound motorists, he said, he continued on. At that point, a northbound Honda Odyssey driven by a 30-year-old Passaic man passed a stopped vehicle on the right, police said. The Odys…
Crash Sends Jeep Into Paramus Bank Crash Sends Jeep Into Paramus Bank
Crash Sends Jeep Into Paramus Bank A driver sustained a minor injury after a collision Monday night sent her Jeep into a former Paramus bank building. Both vehicles were towed after the crash on South Fairview Avenue near the Rochelle Park border shortly before 8:30 p.m. Paramus and Rochelle Park police and Rochelle Park firefighters and EMS were among the responders. A building inspector also was summoned to check what used to be the Columbia Bank building. The driver sustained a minor injury in the Paramus crash, responders said.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this acc…