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Atlantic Street, Hackensack, NJ

Adult, Three Kids Stricken By CO Poisoning In Hackensack Home Adult, Three Kids Stricken By CO Poisoning In Hackensack Home
Adult, Three Kids Stricken By CO Poisoning In Hackensack Home A holiday season tragedy was avoided Tuesday when a Hackensack woman and three young children were hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities said. A malfunctioning boiler in their two-family home on Atlantic Street off Railroad Avenue sent all four to Hackensack University Medical Center early on Dec. 6, said Police Capt. Michael Antista, the officer in charge of the city police department. Fortunately, the injuries to the 39-year-old adult and three children -- ages 12, 9 and 5 -- weren't life-threatening, Antista said. Readings of 200 PPM of the colorless, odorless gas were…
DWI Driver Jailed After Hackensack Police Pursuit Ends In Crash DWI Driver Jailed After Hackensack Police Pursuit Ends In Crash
DWI Driver Jailed After Hackensack Police Pursuit Ends In Crash An Ecuadoran national was drunk when he crashed his Jeep into a traffic signal during a pre-dawn police chase in Hackensack and then took off on foot before dawn Monday, authorities said. Segundo Tapia-Yunganaula, 24, who lives in Hackensack, was speeding down Linden Street when Sgt. Richard Melber tried to stop him shortly after 2 a.m., Detective Lt. Michael Antista said. Tapia-Yunganaula kept going, running several red lights in the process, before stopping at the intersection of Main and Salem streets, Antista said. He then suddenly reversed toward Melber’s vehicle before throwing it in…