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Mugshot Released Of DUI Driver, 18, Accused Of Seriously Injuring Officer On Route 17 Mugshot Released Of DUI Driver, 18, Accused Of Seriously Injuring Officer On Route 17
Mugshot Released Of DUI Driver, 18, Accused Of Seriously Injuring Officer On Route 17 Daily Voice has obtained the mugshot of the 18-year-old Range Rover SUV driver who police say was intoxicated when he caused a weekend crash that left an officer seriously injured on Route 17. Joseph Ford, a resident of the United Kingdom, was speeding in the southbound lanes when he rammed the rear of an Allendale patrol car that had stopped to assist a Saddle River officer on a motor vehicle stop at approximately 10:40 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, near East Allendale Road, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The impact caused "a four-car chain-reaction crash involving the vehicle stoppe…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Turnpike Crash Victims Struck By Another Vehicle While Waiting For Help NJ Turnpike Crash Victims Struck By Another Vehicle While Waiting For Help
NJ Turnpike Crash Victims Struck By Another Vehicle While Waiting For Help A chain-reaction crash on the New Jersey Turnpike before dawn on Memorial Day sent several people to the hospital, authorities confirmed. It began with a rollover crash on the northbound western spur at mile marker south of Exit 16W in Lyndhurst, which NJ State Police Sgt. Philip Curry said was reported at 1:42 a.m. May 29. Four occupants apparently had gotten out of the vehicle when they were struck by another, responders said. At least one of them was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with serious injuries, they said. None of the injuries were considered life-threatening, sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Driver In Fatal Passaic River Bridge Crash On Route 3 Identified UPDATE: Driver In Fatal Passaic River Bridge Crash On Route 3 Identified
Update: Driver In Fatal Passaic River Bridge Crash On Route 3 Identified 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…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Passenger Killed In Chain-Reaction Crash On Route 287 UPDATE: Passenger Killed In Chain-Reaction Crash On Route 287
Update: Passenger Killed In Chain-Reaction Crash On Route 287 A back-seat passenger died following a chain-reaction crash on Route 287, New Jersey State Police said. The elderly victim was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern following the crash on the northbound highway in Mahwah shortly after 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, responders said.She succumbed to her injuries, NJSP Trooper Brandi Slota said. A trio of vehicles had begun to suddenly slow when the crash occurred, Slota said. A Honda Accord was in front. Behind it was a Chevy SUV. Behind the SUV was a Tesla Model Y, the trooper said. A Nissan Maxima rear-ended the Tesla, which struck the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Firefighters Free Severely Injured Driver In NJ Turnpike Pileup Firefighters Free Severely Injured Driver In NJ Turnpike Pileup
Firefighters Free Severely Injured Driver In NJ Turnpike Pileup Firefighters extricated the driver of a Lincoln SUV following a chain-reaction crash involving a tractor-trailer on the northbound New Jersey Turnpike in Bergen County. Four victims in all were hospitalized, one of whom was in traumatic arrest, following the pileup shortly before noon Monday near the Emerson Street overpass in Ridgefield Park, responders said. A Jeep and a third SUV were also involved in the crash near mile marker 117.8. Aftermath.Jerry DeMarco Ridgefield Park firefighters freed the trapped driver and cleaned up a large fuel spill. State Police confirmed the crash and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
NJ Tesla Driver Dead, Others Critical In Chain Reaction Crash With Tractor Trailer NJ Tesla Driver Dead, Others Critical In Chain Reaction Crash With Tractor Trailer
NJ Tesla Driver Dead, Others Critical In Chain Reaction Crash With Tractor Trailer A 57-year-old Short Hills Tesla driver died in a multi-vehicle crash involving a tractor trailer on Route 24 in Summit Thursday, May 19, authorities said. David M. Baum was traveling in the right lane on the eastbound side of the highway when he was struck by a Volvo tractor trailer, causing a chain-reaction crash near milepost 9 just after 2 p.m., New Jersey State Police Trooper Charles Marchan said. The Tesla then struck a Toyota Venza, which struck a Hyundai, which struck a Dodge Ram, Marchan said.  Baum died as a result of the crash while the Hyundai driver was airlifted with…

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by Cecilia Levine
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PHOTOS: Four Vehicles Towed After Pileup Off Route 17 In Ramsey PHOTOS: Four Vehicles Towed After Pileup Off Route 17 In Ramsey
Photos: Four Vehicles Towed After Pileup Off Route 17 In Ramsey Four vehicles all had to be towed after a chain-reaction crash Thursday off Route 17 in Ramsey. No serious injuries were reported in the incident at the intersection of East Crescent Avenue and Lake Street. Ramsey police, firefighters, EMS and Ramsey Rescue all responded. Upper Saddle River police assisted with traffic control. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco