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Firefighters Extricate Driver With Severe Head Injury In Crash Off Route 208 Firefighters Extricate Driver With Severe Head Injury In Crash Off Route 208
Firefighters Extricate Driver With Severe Head Injury In Crash Off Route 208 A driver suffered traumatic head injuries and had to be extricated by Franklin Lakes firefighters after she ran a stop sign and her car was hit by a truck, authorities said. The 27-year-old Paterson driver had exited northbound Route 208 to Summit Avenue shortly before 7:30 a.m., Police Sgt. Denny G. Knubel said. She made a left onto Summit without stopping and her Nissan Sentra was struck by a Freightliner driven by a 66-year-old borough man, Knubel said. The Sentra then hit a BMW 530 driven by a 48-year-old Riverdale man who was headed north on Summit, he said. The truck and Sentra "wen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Former NFL Star Charged With DWI After Franklin Lakes Crash Former NFL Star Charged With DWI After Franklin Lakes Crash
Former NFL Star Charged With DWI After Franklin Lakes Crash Former NFL defensive end Rob Burnett was arrested and charged with DWI after crashing his truck a couple blocks from his Franklin Lakes home, authorities said. Burnett, 53, was driving a 2020 Dodge Ram that veered off Summit Avenue and crashed in a wooded area off Route 208 near Lynn Drive shortly after 6 p.m. Wednesday, Capt. John Bakelaar said. He escaped without injury before being processed and released on DWI charges, the captain said. Malanga Towing removed the truck. The Livingston-born Burnett was drafted by the Cleveland Browns out of Syracuse University in 1990. He remained…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Newark Boy, 15, Leads Franklin Lakes Police On Route 287 Stolen Car Chase To Morristown Newark Boy, 15, Leads Franklin Lakes Police On Route 287 Stolen Car Chase To Morristown
Newark Boy, 15, Leads Franklin Lakes Police On Route 287 Stolen Car Chase To Morristown A 15-year-old car thief from Newark led Franklin Lakes police on a chase on Route 287 in one of two vehicles stolen overnight from the same borough home. A Huron Road resident called police before dawn Sunday saying that she activated a burglar alarm shortly before 5 a.m., scaring off someone who rang her doorbell, Capt. John Bakelaar said. Responding Officer Nicholas Klein moments later spotted the teen, who matched the description of the stranger at the door, Bakelaar said. He was driving a 2019 Audi that had just been stolen, along with a 2017 BMW, from outside the caller’s home, the c…

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by Jerry DeMarco