Rochelle Park Officer, Other Driver Both OK After Crash

Both drivers escaped serious injury when a vehicle driven by a Rochelle Park police officer headed to a call and an SUV collided at a borough intersection on Monday.

The vehicles collided late Monday morning at Rochelle Avenue and Passaic Street in Rochelle Park.
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The Rochelle Park police officer was released after being treated at Hackensack University Medical Center following the crash on Monday, April 10.
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Jerry DeMarco

04/10/2023 5:48 p.m.

The officer was treated at Hackensack University Medical Center and released soon after following the late-morning April 10 crash at Rochelle Avenue and Passaic Street, responders said.

A Garfield woman who was driving the other vehicle, a Chevy Trax, declined medical attention, they said.

The Bergen County Sheriff's Office is investigating the circumstances of the crash, under the routine procedure followed when a municipal police vehicle is involved in an accident.

Courthouse Towing removed the police vehicle.

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