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Driver OK After Sedan Careens Off Garden State Parkway Into Townhouse Driver OK After Sedan Careens Off Garden State Parkway Into Townhouse
Driver OK After Sedan Careens Off Garden State Parkway Into Townhouse A driver was hospitalized after her sedan careened off the Garden State Parkway and into a townhouse on Wednesday, leaving a trail of damage the length of a football field in its wake, State Police said. A chain-link fence may have braced the 84-year-old Bloomfield motorist's Mercury as it fell over a wall and into the back of the George Russell Way development at milepost 155.6 in Clifton. The driver was taken to St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, NJSP Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. Brookside Towing hoisted the sedan from…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Crane Taken Out For Spin Topples In Parking Lot Of Closter School, Cresskill Operator Cited Crane Taken Out For Spin Topples In Parking Lot Of Closter School, Cresskill Operator Cited
Crane Taken Out For Spin Topples In Parking Lot Of Closter School, Cresskill Operator Cited No one was injured when a crane toppled over in the parking lot of a Closter elementary school, authorities said. The 53-year-old owner from Cresskill man had recently bought the truck and was testing the crane in the empty lot of the Hillside Elementary School on Houmans Avenue over the weekend when one of the riggers failed, Police Chief John “Jack” McTigue said. He was out of the cab before responders arrived and wasn’t injured, McTigue said, adding that no damage was caused other than a diesel spill that required cleanup. Firefighters and police were there for several hours as Brooksid…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Little Ferry PD: Driver Caught With Gun Blames Philadelphia Unrest Little Ferry PD: Driver Caught With Gun Blames Philadelphia Unrest
Little Ferry PD: Driver Caught With Gun Blames Philadelphia Unrest An Elizabeth driver caught with a gun following a traffic stop told Little Ferry police it was because he’d been to Philadelphia and was “worried about what was currently happening there,” authorities said. Amsell Osorio-Fuentes, 23, remained held in the Bergen County Jail following his arrest on drug and weapons charges shortly after 2:30 a.m. Thursday, records show. It began when Sgt. John Andronaco spotted a 2012 Ford Focus with heavily tinted windows and an expired temporary registration in the parking lot of the 7-Eleven at the corner of Main and Liberty streets, Police Chief James Wal…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Tractor-Trailer Tips On Route 80 Turnpike Exit Tractor-Trailer Tips On Route 80 Turnpike Exit
Tractor-Trailer Tips On Route 80 Turnpike Exit A tractor-trailer toting pallets of peat moss tipped Sunday afternoon while exiting eastbound Route 80 in Teaneck. The trailer toppled at Exit 68 to southbound Route 95 around 12:30 p.m. Responders included NJ State Police, Teaneck firefighters and others. There was no immediate word on injuries. Brookside Towing cleared the wreckage. The pallets had to be offloaded to another rig.DAILY VOICE The tractor-trailer tipped coming off Route 80 in Teaneck.DAILY VOICE

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by Jerry DeMarco