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Police & Fire
SUV Hits Utility Pole, Rolls In Glen Rock
A driver escaped serious injury after her SUV overturned Wednesday morning in Glen Rock. The 28-year-old Union City driver, who was headed to work at a local doctor’s office, was checked out after her 2020 Toyota Rav 4 sideswiped a utility pole and overturned on Prospect Street near Cornwall Road just after 9:30 a.m. She got out on her own before police arrived and refused medical attention, responders said. "A witness that was driving behind the vehicle reported that it was traveling at the speed limit and not driving erratically before the crash," Sgt. Michael Trover said. The vehicle …
Police & Fire
Toms River Man, 18, Pleads Guilty In Hit-Run Death Of Morris County Utility Worker
A Toms River man on Tuesday pleaded guilty to charges he was facing after a hit-and-run crash that killed a Morris County utility worker in Metuchen. Paddy Flynn, 18, pleaded guilty to causing death by driving without a license and knowingly leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death for the March 2 crash that killed Michael Bergamasco, 51, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said in a statement. Flynn will be sentenced to a prison term of 3 years for Bergamasco's death, under a plea agreement reached with Middlesex County Assistant Prosecutor Keith Abrams,&n…
Police & Fire
Update
: Man Who Got Out Of Car, 22, Killed In Gruesome Route 4 Crash
It wasn't a scene for the faint of heart: A man who got out of a sedan after it was rear-ended on Route 4 in Teaneck over the weekend was struck and killed in a chain-reaction crash that sent a van careening into a house and bursting into flames. It began when the Toyota Sienna was rear-ended by a Honda Accord on westbound Route 4 off North Wilson Avenue shortly after 5 a.m. Sunday. The van rolled across a lawn and slammed into a brick wall of the North Wilson Avenue home, landing right side up and bursting into flames, authorities said. The van driver and a passenger got out OK, Bergen C…
Obituaries
Boy On Bike, 15, Struck By 2 SUVs In Cape May Dies
A 15-year-old boy died after being struck by two SUVs while riding his bike in Cape May County, State Police said. Jackson Sturm of Upper Township was heading northbound in the right shoulder of Route 50 in clear and dry conditions around 5 p.m., last Thursday, NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan told local news outlets. Sturm tried crossing over the highway when he was struck by Chevy and Ford SUVs also going north, Marchan said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash remains under investigation, Marchan said. More than $11,000 had been raised as of July 6 on a GoFundMe for Sturm's fami…
Police & Fire
Man Riding Electric Scooter On NJ Turnpike Killed By SUV
A National Park man riding an electric scooter was killed in an overnight crash on the NJ Turnpike, authorities said. Alexander Dziewa, 27, was heading westbound on a TailG scooter in the left lane when he was struck by a Buick Rendezvous SUV around 2:25 a.m. in Kearny, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Lawrence Peele said. Dziewa -- whose Facebook page says he is a Garfield native -- was pronounced dead at the scene, near mile marker 109.4, Peele said. The area was closed for three hours for investigation. Circumstances surrounding the crash are still under investigation.
Police & Fire
Driver Who Thought He Hit Animal On PIP Struck, Killed When He Gets Out To Check
A driver who thought he'd struck a small animal with his minivan on the Palisades Interstate Parkway was struck and killed after he got out to check, authorities said. Passengers told responding officers that the Brooklyn driver stopped his 2014 Toyota Sienna on the northbound side right before the New York state border in Alpine shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday, PIP Police Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. He was standing in the roadway when a northbound 2018 Cadillac CT6 hit him, Walter said. Parkway police administered CPR before Hatzolah EMS took the victim to Nyack Hospital, wher…
News
Flooding, Multiple Crashes, Live Wires As Storm Slams Central Jersey
UPDATED: Multiple police and fire departments were responding to numerous traffic and other emergency calls as a major storm passed through Central Jersey on Wednesday, authorities said. The National Weather Service in Mount Holly issued a flood advisory for portions of Monmouth and Middlesex counties until 3:30 p.m. Serious flooding and multiple accidents also were reported throughout Essex and Hudson counties. Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to showers and thunderstorms. As much one inch of rain had fallen by 12:20 p.m., the NWS said. Among the incidents reported Wednes…
Police & Fire
Ambulance Driver Ejected In Norwood Garbage Truck Crash
A private ambulance driver was ejected when a garbage truck ran a stop sign and slammed into his rig early Monday afternoon in Norwood, authorities said. The driver for Paramus-based MP Care was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with what Police Chief Jeffrey Krapels said was a possible broken hip after the crash at Broadway and Summit Street around 12:45 p.m. He was alone in the rig, not wearing a seat belt, when the driver of the Teaneck-based Interstate Waste Services garbage truck ignored the stop sign, Krapels said. The truck driver and a passenger weren't injured, the chi…
Police & Fire
Woman Struck, Killed By Bus In Fairview
A 57-year-old Guttenberg woman was struck and killed by a commuter bus early Wednesday at a busy Fairview intersection. The driver of the 166 from Manhattan's Port Authority terminal to Cresskill was making a left from Anderson Avenue onto Fairview Avenue at 6:45 a.m. when the front of the bus knocked Teresa Maresca down, Police Chief Martin Kahn said. Maresca, who wasn't in the crosswalk, fell and was dragged under the rear tire before the 73-year-old driver stopped, he said. None of the 38 passengers nor the driver were injured, Jim Smith of NJ Transit said. No summonses wer…
Police & Fire
Hudson County Hoverboard Rider Struck, Killed By Car
A 40-year-old man was killed when he was struck by a car while riding a hoverboard in Bayonne, authorities said. Matthew Anderson was on the electric device when he was hit by a car near 40th Street and Avenue C Sunday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Anderson was pronounced dead at 3:30 p.m. that day, at Jersey City Medical Center, Suarez said. The driver, a 23-year-old man, remained at the scene, authorities said. No charges have been filed at this time and the investigation remains ongoing, Suarez said. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Office of the Hudson C…
Police & Fire
Hackensack Pedestrian Struck, Gets Ticket
A Hackensack pedestrian was critically injured when he was struck by a Jeep while crossing in the middle of the block, authorities said. Michael Columbo, 56, received a summons for improper crossing after he was struck by the 2015 Grand Cherokee outside the ShopRite shopping plaza on South River Street just after 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Capt. Nicole Foley said. Columbo was wearing dark clothing when he tried to cross the four-lane road about 100 feet south of the East Moonachie Road intersection, Foley said. Another driver avoided a collision, after which the southbound Jeep – driven by a 24-y…
Police & Fire
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Anything
? Police Seek Hit-Run Truck That Struck Bicyclist In Glen Rock
Glen Rock police were searching for a truck that struck a bicyclist and kept going Thursday afternoon. The victim flagged down a police officer after the truck's passenger-side mirror struck her on Harristown Road, near the intersection of Berkeley Place, and broke off just after 2 p.m., Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. She described the truck as a black utility-type vehicle commonly used for construction or landscaping. It was last seen headed east on Harristown Road towards Ackerman Avenue, the chief said. The bicyclist wasn't seriously injured, Ackermann said. Anyone who may hav…
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