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Teen Hospitalized In Ridgewood Crash

A young teen was hospitalized on Saturday after the SUV he was driving slammed into a utility pole in Ridgewood.

The Audi SUV shattered the utility pole on West End Avenue in Ridgewood around noon Saturday, April 8.

The Audi SUV shattered the utility pole on West End Avenue in Ridgewood around noon Saturday, April 8.

Photo Credit: Peter Cahill for DAILY VOICE
The Audi Q7 SUV shattered the utility pole on West End Avenue in Ridgewood around noon Saturday, April 8.

The Audi Q7 SUV shattered the utility pole on West End Avenue in Ridgewood around noon Saturday, April 8.

Photo Credit: Peter Cahill for DAILY VOICE
The teenaged driver had to be hospitalized following the crash on West End Avenue in Ridgewood.

The teenaged driver had to be hospitalized following the crash on West End Avenue in Ridgewood.

Photo Credit: Peter Cahill for DAILY VOICE

The Audi Q7 took out the pole in the April 8 noontime crash on West End Avenue near Orchard Street.

The 17-year-old driver was taken to The Valley Hospital nearby with injuries that responders said weren't considered life-threatening.

The vehicle had to be towed and PSE&G had to dispatch a crew to repair the pole.

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