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(x2)! Paramus Officer Chases Down Separate Suspects From Same Mall Incident
A Paramus police officer chased down two separate suspects who fled the Bergen Towne Center, authorities said. Two men and a woman all bolted from the Nordstrom Rack, then ran in different directions, after stealing Burberry and Givenchy apparel and a Reaction wristwatch worth nearly $667 combined, Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. Officer Kevin Grady, who was among the responders, ran after Yerbinson Zapata-Zus as he fled east on Route 4 near Forest Avenue, the chief said. Zapata-Zus resisted after Grady grabbed him, Guidetti said, but he was quickly subdued. Grady was driving him back …
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Lodi Driver Slams Charger Into Parked Cars, Arrested On Outstanding Warrants
A Lodi driver who hit two parked cars, knocking one onto its side, was taken into custody after responding officers discovered that she had outstanding warrants. Kimberly Toro, 36, was headed south on South Main Street in Lodi when her 2011 Dodge Charger hit the other vehicles in front of the Pizza Zone restaurant and across from the Crescent Heights condominium development, at 9:42 p.m. Monday, Dec. 11. Neither car had any occupants and Toro didn't appear under the influence of anything at the time, police said. Toro was processed at headquarters, posted bail and was released with new cou…
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: Driver Arrested After Head-On Collision In Fair Lawn
A driver was led away in handcuffs following a head-on Thanksgiving Eve crash in Fair Lawn. Members of the Hawthorne Volunteer Ambulance Corps took two occupants to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center's Wayne facility after the Nissan Rogue and Honda CRV collided at the intersection of Maple Avenue and Wagaraw Road around 7:30 p.m. Nov. 22. The extent of their injuries couldn't be determined. The Nissan driver who was arrested didn't appear injured. Fair Lawn firefighters also responded. Belfi's Towing removed the vehicles. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this story…
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Sedan Slams Into Fair Lawn Garden Apartment, Driver Flees On Foot, Found Three Towns Away
It was literally a hit-and-run. A driver whose sedan slammed into a garden apartment complex in Fair Lawn late Saturday fled the scene on foot and was later seized in Waldwick, responders said. The Toyota Camry was headed south on Route 208 when the driver apparently tried to avoid another vehicle that had crashed around 11 p.m. Aug. 26, witnesses said. The Toyota careened off the highway, uprooted a sign and struck a building on Virginia Drive at the Blue Ridge Manor Condos. The driver then took off on foot, witnesses said. Police temporarily evacuated the building until the sedan coul…
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CUT: Sedan Plows Into Paramus Hair Salon
A senior driver from New Milford escaped serious injury when a sedan slammed into a Paramus hair salon Tuesday morning. No one in the salon was injured, either, witnesses said. Paramus police escorted the driver home in the back of a department SUV after she plowed her Volvo S60 into the Lennon Brooks Salon off East Midland Avenue around 9:15 a.m. Aug. 15, they said. The crash substantially damaged the salon. The Aug. 15 crash substantially damaged the Lennon Brooks Salon off East Midland Avenue in Paramus.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Borough firefighters and EMS responded along wit…
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: Trapped Driver Extricated From Mangled SUV Off Route 4 In Paramus
Paramus firefighters extricated a trapped driver whose SUV slammed into a guard rail and a tree off Route 4 Wednesday morning. The firefighters cut the driver's side door and dashboard from the Nissan Murano in the parking lot of Anve Kitchen & Bath just off the westbound highway below the Spring Valley Road overpass shortly after 8 a.m. July 12. With help from Paramus Emergency Services police officers, they delicately removed the 37-year-old driver and strapped him onto a gurney in a neck brace. Then they placed him into a waiting ambulance with what Police Chief Robert Guidetti sa…
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Rollover
: Driver, 21, Hospitalized, Summonsed
UPDATE: A 21-year-old driver who rolled his Charger on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights was hospitalized and given a summons, authorities said. Northbound Route 17 was closed from Moonachie Avenue for about two hours after the Dodge and a BMW M34 collided just south of Franklin Avenue at 10:10 p.m. Thursday, May 18, Police Lt. John Behr said. The Charger driver -- who lives in Mays Landing -- got out under his own steam and was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that the lieutenant said weren't considered life-threatening. He received a summons for reckless driving, B…
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Pickup Crash Snaps Paramus Pole Clean Off
A pickup truck slammed into a utility pole, snapping it from its base, at a busy Paramus intersection on Monday. The 57-year-old driver from Hillsdale declined medical attention after the Chevy Silverado rammed the pole, downing utility lines on Paramus Road just past Midland Avenue and off the corner of Mill Run around 8:30 a.m. March 27, Police Sgt. Michael Pollaro said. He'd apparently become disoriented before the crash, the sergeant said. The driver refused medical attention following Monday morning's crash on Paramus Road just past Midland Avenue.Boyd A. Loving Belfi's Towing rem…
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Driver Seriously Injured In Fair Lawn Crash
A driver was seriously injured in a multi-vehicle Friday afternoon crash in Fair Lawn. Basic and advanced life support teams from the Valley Hospital responded along with police to the collision at the corner of Hillside Terrace and Jerome Place on Dec. 2.Belfi's Towing removed a Ford Focus AND Toyota RAV4 from the scene. Collision at the corner of Hillside Terrace and Jerome Place in Fair Lawn sent one of the drivers to the hospital.Boyd A. Loving
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Driver Hospitalized After SUV Rollover Near Paramus Mall
An SUV driver was hospitalized after a rollover crash near the Garden State Plaza. Firefighters had to extricate the Mazda driver after the early-lunchtime crash Tuesday on West Passaic Street in Rochelle Park, up the street from the northbound Garden State Parkway. A Hackensack University Medical Center ambulance took the victim to the hospital with an ALS unit on board. A Hackensack University Medical Center ambulance took the victim to the hospital.Boyd A. Loving Her condition couldn't immediately be determined. Maywood firefighters assisted their Rochelle Park colleagues. Belf…
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Medical Episode Sends Truck Off Route 17
A delivery truck barreled off Route 17 in Paramus when its driver had a medical emergency, responders said. The Ski Barn truck ended up in a water detention area on the southbound highway just past the Garden State Parkway around 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 17. The condition of the hospitalized driver couldn't immediately be determined. Belfi's Towing removed the truck as rubberneckers thickened the already-busy highway. Boyd A. Loving took the photo and contributed to this account.
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: Truck Hauling Prosecco Knocked Over, Southbound Route 17 Shut Down
UPDATE: A notorious stretch of southbound Route 17 remained closed after a tractor-trailer knocked a box truck onto its side at the border of Paramus and Rochelle Park. So was the exit from eastbound Route 4 onto 17. An International tractor-trailer hauling cases of prosecco was in the left lane at the bottleneck headed into Rochelle Park when it was clipped on the right by a Freightliner around 11:15 a.m. Monday, April 11, Paramus Deputy Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. The impact knocked the International into the median and onto its side, gashing a saddle tank that wound up spilling …
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Driver Hospitalized After Italian Food Delivery Truck Destroys Traffic Light In Paramus
The driver of a refrigerated truck was hospitalized following a morning crash that uprooted a traffic light in Paramus. The victim was driving for Anacapri Foods in Cranford, which supplies pizzerias and restaurants, when he apparently suffered a medical episode on South Farview Avenue shortly before 9:30 a.m., responders at the scene said. The extent of his injuries couldn’t immediately be determined. Farview Avenue was closed in both directions near Paramus Fire Company 4 while Belfi’s Towing and a local electrical company worked to remove the traffic light. The crash severely dama…
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SUV Plows Through Front Of Elmwood Park Furniture Store
A driver escaped injury after crashing an SUV through the front of a Bergen County furniture store. The Infinity QX70S plowed into the Prestige Furniture store in the Elmwood Park Shopping Center off Broadway (Route 4) shortly after 8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 19. A driver for Belfi's Towing backed the vehicle out after borough firefighters cleared the opening. There was no structural damage to the building, authorities said. The Prestige Furniture store in Elmwood Park got the worst of it.Boyd A. Loving Elmwood Park police also responded. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed…
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Paramus Police Officer OK, Driver Hospitalized In Multi-Vehicle Crash
A driver was hospitalized with a minor injury following a multi-vehicle crash involving a Paramus police cruiser Sunday afternoon. The officer was responding to an emergency call when the crash occurred at the busy intersection of Paramus and West Century roads around 3:30 p.m. The cruiser and a Toyota Camry were both severely damaged and had to be towed. A Nissan Altima sustained lesser damage. At the scene.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Paramus police and EMS responded, along with Belfi's Towing. PHOTOS, STORY: Boyd A. Loving
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Pickup Truck, SUV Crash Head-On In Fair Lawn
A pickup truck and an SUV collided head-on Tuesday afternoon in Fair Lawn. The 59-year-old Honda Pilot driver from Glen Rock apparently crossed the double-yellow line passing another vehicle on Saddle River Road when it collided with a Chevy Silverado at Terhune Place shortly after 4:30 p.m., Police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. She sustained a head and chest injury, Metzler said. A 38-year-old male passenger in the pickup was hospitalized with neck, ribs and ankle injuries. He was one of five men who'd been out plowing snow, responders said. Two of the seven total occupants in both vehicl…
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Multi-Car Crash Knocks Concrete Across Route 17, DWI Driver Hit With 5 Auto Assault Charges
A North Bergen driver was under the influence when he ran a stop sign and caused a chain-reaction crash that sent chunks of concrete median onto Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights and six people -- including himself -- to the hospital, authorities said. Hamilton Tobar-Arias, 32, was headed down Henry Street when his car hit a curbed island, continued across the southbound highway and slammed into the median around 1 a.m. Monday, Detective Lt. Michael Colaneri Jr. said. The impact sent chunks of Route 17 onto the northbound side, causing a three-car collision that injured four people, Colaneri sa…
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Van Pursuit From NY State Ends In Paramus With Vehicles Struck, Philadelphia Driver Caught
UPDATE: A multi-agency pursuit Thursday night that began in upstate New York ended 100 miles away in Paramus Thursday night after a Brooklyn man rammed two police cars with a U-Haul van that he was driving on two front rims and a rear flat tire, police said. Mark Simpson, 31, got out of the van shortly after crashing around 10:30 p.m., then hopped the highway divider and ran behind the Suburban Diner before police nabbed him moments later, authorities said. It began more than an hour and a half earlier with a theft from a Walmart in Catskill, NY, they said. New York State Police said troop…
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