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Recycling Truck Slams Into Tree In Hawthorne Recycling Truck Slams Into Tree In Hawthorne
Recycling Truck Slams Into Tree In Hawthorne A driver told police he had "mechanical issues" that sent his recycling truck veered off the road and into a tree in Hawthorne on Tuesday. Goffle Hill Road off Grandview Avenue was temporarily closed while Citywide Towing used a heavy wrecker to remove the 2003 B&B Disposal dump truck, which crashed on a short embankment in front of a home shortly after 10 a.m. There was no immediate word on the driver's injuries. Hawthorne firefighters cleaned up a fuel spill. Meanwhile, borough officials arranged to have other two other trucks complete Tuesday's pickups on Wednesday. Boyd A. Loving…

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Cement Mixer Tips Off Paramus Highway Cement Mixer Tips Off Paramus Highway
Cement Mixer Tips Off Paramus Highway A concrete mixer tipped on the eastbound Route 4 ramp to northbound Route 17 in Paramus, tying up traffic Monday afternoon. The Paramus Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the driver to the hospital with injuries that didn't appear life-threatening after the Tanis Concrete of Fair Lawn truck crashed shortly after 1 p.m. Borough police and firefighters, as well as an ambulance from Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, also responded, along with a Bergen County Hazardous Materials Unit. Route 4E ramp to Route 17N in Paramus.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Citywide towing righted and removed …

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Firefighters Free Driver In Franklin Lakes Rollover Firefighters Free Driver In Franklin Lakes Rollover
Firefighters Free Driver In Franklin Lakes Rollover Franklin Lakes firefighters freed a heavily entrapped driver after a rollover crash. The Cadillac Escalade was on its side on Summit Avenue at Lynn Drive when responders arrived shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday. Firefighters stabilized the vehicle and began removing the roof before turning over the driver to the Franklin Lakes Volunteer Ambulance Corps for transportation to an area hospital. CityWide Towing removed the vehicle.Franklin Lakes Fire Dept.

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Car Plunges Down Embankment After Washington Township Driver, 65, Has Apparent Medical Episode Car Plunges Down Embankment After Washington Township Driver, 65, Has Apparent Medical Episode
Car Plunges Down Embankment After Washington Township Driver, 65, Has Apparent Medical Episode A Washington Township driver whose car plunged over an embankment toward a brook after she suffered a medical episode was spared a far-worse fate when it hit a tree on the way down, authorities said. The 65-year-old motorist apparently suffered a medical episode as she pulled her 2012 Infiniti into the driveway of her Woodfield Road home shortly before 8 p.m. Tuesday, Police Capt. John Calamari said. The Infiniti bounced off another vehicle in the driveway and headed over an embankment some 10 to 15 feet above the Masquapsink Brook, Calamari said. Before it could get too far, the car struc…

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