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FedEx Van Gets Wedged Under Glen Rock Building: Guess How They Got It Out FedEx Van Gets Wedged Under Glen Rock Building: Guess How They Got It Out
FedEx Van Gets Wedged Under Glen Rock Building: Guess How They Got It Out A FedEx driver continued delivering packages after accidentally wedging his van beneath a Glen Rock office building. The vehicle took out a sprinkler pipe at the Harristown Road building off Lincoln Avenue Monday morning. "At least my truck is getting washed,” the driver told a responding police officer. The driver delivered packages while a tow truck operator and police let the air out of the van's tires -- but that wasn't enough. All four wheels had to be removed using two tow trucks. Tow truck crew removes wheels.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Borough firefighters also responded, …

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HERO: Good Samaritan Rescues Driver From Fiery Route 3 Wreck HERO: Good Samaritan Rescues Driver From Fiery Route 3 Wreck
Hero: Good Samaritan Rescues Driver From Fiery Route 3 Wreck UPDATE: A passing driver rescued a motorist after her Jeep barreled across a Route 17 exit ramp, slammed into the divider on eastbound Route 3 and burst into flames near the Meadowlands, authorities said. The 2015 Grand Cherokee hit a curb after the 42-year-old Paterson driver failed to negotiate the turn coming off southbound Route 17 just after midnight Sunday, Rutherford Police Chief John Russo said. The Jeep careened over the grass exit median and then across all three lanes of eastbound Route 3 before smashing into the concrete barrier, knocking debris onto the highway's westbound side…

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Firefighters Extricate Sedan Driver After Dump Truck Crash In Franklin Lakes Firefighters Extricate Sedan Driver After Dump Truck Crash In Franklin Lakes
Firefighters Extricate Sedan Driver After Dump Truck Crash In Franklin Lakes A dump truck driver escaped serious injury in a crash Friday near the Haledon Reservoir in Franklin Lakes, authorities said. Borough firefighters extricated a 61-year-old driver from Wayne after her 2017 Accord collided with the tipper on Ewing Avenue at Water View Drive shortly after 10 a.m., police Capt. Robert Lyon said. The borough Volunteer Ambulance Corps took her to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, he said. The driver of the 1996 Western Star dump truck -- also 61, from Clifton -- didn't require hospitalizatio…

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by Jerry DeMarco