SUV Rolls In Route 80 Pileup SUV Rolls In Route 80 Pileup
SUV Rolls In Route 80 Pileup A driver was injured when his SUV overturned in a multi-vehicle crash Monday night on rainy Route 80, responders said. No fewer than seven vehicles were involved in the pileup on the highway's westbound side in Elmwood Park shortly before 8:30 p.m. A Little Falls Fire Department EMS unit and NJ Department of Transportation unit joined Saddle Brook and New Jersey State Police at the scene. The driver was responsive before the rig took him to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, responders said. It was one of several crashes reported in a half-hour period in Bergen and Passaic …
UPDATE: Woman, 18, Struck, Killed On Route 17 In Paramus UPDATE: Woman, 18, Struck, Killed On Route 17 In Paramus
Update: Woman, 18, Struck, Killed On Route 17 In Paramus An 18-year-old woman was struck and killed early Saturday on southbound Route 17 in Paramus, responders said. "The victim was walking in right lane of the highway" when she was struck around 5:30 a.m. near the Garden State Parkway overpass and Midland Avenue, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg told Daily Voice. Furious efforts to save her life failed. The driver remained at the scene as the victim was taken to a nearby hospital.  No other information about the crash was immediately available. The highway remained closed at Midland Avenue for nearly four hours before reopening. CHEC…
'Dangerous, Reckless' Trump Caravan Clogs Garden State Parkway, Cuomo Bridge 'Dangerous, Reckless' Trump Caravan Clogs Garden State Parkway, Cuomo Bridge
'Dangerous, Reckless' Trump Caravan Clogs Garden State Parkway, Cuomo Bridge A caravan of cars sporting Trump 2020 and Israeli flags jammed up parts of North Jersey and Westchester County Sunday. Footage of the parade reportedly lead by a Jewish group in support of President Donald Trump shows drivers getting out of their cars and halting traffic on the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge and Garden State Parkway. The parade stopped briefly at rally in the West Nyack Palisades Center, but continued on toward another in Union County, reports say. The caravan backed the northbound side of the Garden State Parkway up nearly five miles, police said. JEWS FOR @realDonaldTru…
Woman Rescued From Rape Attempt On Busy Paramus Street Woman Rescued From Rape Attempt On Busy Paramus Street
Woman Rescued From Rape Attempt On Busy Paramus Street A good Samaritan rescued a Paramus woman who was tackled and pulled into the bushes on a local street in broad daylight by a would-be rapist carrying a knife, authorities said. The 35-year-old victim told police she was walking on Oradell Avenue near Wilsey Court and the Garden State Parkway when Hector W. Alameda, 34, of Paterson approached her shortly before 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Alameda asked her where the bus stop is, then demanded she kiss him, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. The woman said she yelled and tried to get away, but Alameda knocked her down, groped her and “attempted …
Authorities: Fleeing Rockland Driver Who Hit Women At Garden State Parkway Rest Stop Captured Authorities: Fleeing Rockland Driver Who Hit Women At Garden State Parkway Rest Stop Captured
Authorities: Fleeing Rockland Driver Who Hit Women At Garden State Parkway Rest Stop Captured Two women were hospitalized with head injuries after a Rockland County driver struck them with his sedan while fleeing police at a Garden State Parkway service area, authorities said. The women, both 19, were conscious and alert but but seriously injured after they were struck by the BMW driven by William Schaeffer, 26, of Monsey in the parking lot of the Montvale Service Area shortly before 1 a.m. Friday, State Police said. Schaeffer had been doing doughnuts at a car meetup when a Montvale police officer tried to stop him, responders said. Schaeffer hit the gas and drove the wrong way thr…
NJSP: 3 Charged, 5,000 Heroin Folds, $28,688 Drug Cash Seized In Garfield-Based Drug Operation NJSP: 3 Charged, 5,000 Heroin Folds, $28,688 Drug Cash Seized In Garfield-Based Drug Operation
Njsp: 3 Charged, 5,000 Heroin Folds, $28,688 Drug Cash Seized In Garfield-Based Drug Operation New Jersey State Police smashed a Garfield-based drug operation, seizing 5,000 heroin folds and $28,668 in suspected proceeds while arresting three people. Detectives from the NJSP Opioid Enforcement Task Force (OETF) at first focused on Luis M. Cuebas, 28, who they said ran the operation in Garfield with Victoria L. Rodriguez, also 28. Cuebas supplied a large amount of drugs in Lodi to Jasmin R. Willis, 29, of Manchester, whom they stopped soon after on the southbound Garden State Parkway in Middletown. In her vehicle, Willis had the 5,000 heroin folds, they said. Other detectives at the…
Paramus PD: Fiery Route 4 Rollover Crash Caused By OD'ing Heroin User Paramus PD: Fiery Route 4 Rollover Crash Caused By OD'ing Heroin User
Paramus PD: Fiery Route 4 Rollover Crash Caused By OD'ing Heroin User A fiery Route 4 rollover crash that seriously injured a 91-year-old Maywood woman, among others, was caused by a 22-year-old Ridgewood driver who overdosed on heroin, authorities said. Police found Michael Brennan drifting out of consciousness outside his Toyota Camry after it struck several cars and a pole on the highway's westbound side between the Garden State Parkway and Paramus Road shortly before 11 a.m. Tuesday, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. They also found two bags of heroin, he said. Brennan's sedan had slammed into a Buick Lacrosse, which hit a tree, struck …
Murphy Signs Executive Order Closing All Non-Essential Businesses, Urges Residents To Stay Home Murphy Signs Executive Order Closing All Non-Essential Businesses, Urges Residents To Stay Home
Murphy Signs Executive Order Closing All Non-Essential Businesses, Urges Residents To Stay Home New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Saturday ordered non-essential retail businesses closed and directed nearly all residents to stay home, as the number of deaths from the coronavirus rose to 16 -- five of them from last night -- and the number of positive cases jumped to 1327. "New Jerseyans can still take a walk outside, go buy groceries, or get take-out from a local restaurant," Murphy said after signing an executive order. "But, otherwise, STAY AT HOME." "ALL gatherings are cancelled," he added. "Any place where people congregate is a place where coronavirus can spread." Murphy also s…
Paramus Police Pursuit Down GSP Ends In Stolen SUV Crash, Two Arrests Paramus Police Pursuit Down GSP Ends In Stolen SUV Crash, Two Arrests
Paramus Police Pursuit Down GSP Ends In Stolen SUV Crash, Two Arrests A pre-dawn Paramus police chase Friday ended with a crash in East Orange and the arrests of two Newark men, authorities said. Officer William Stallone tried stopping a speeding 2011 Nissan SUV carrying two occupants with ski marks on southbound Route 17 near Linwood Avenue shortly before 3 a.m., Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. The SUV, reported stolen out of Elizabeth, roared off, Ehrenberg said, and Stallone chased it onto the southbound Garden State Parkway. Clifton and New Jersey State Police joined the pursuit, he said. The driver -- identified as Tyquan Boulware, 19 -- turned of…