Passenger Ejected After Paterson Driver Slams Parked Car, Utility Pole On Tonnelle Avenue

The driver and passenger of a Nissan sedan were hospitalized after their car slammed into another vehicle and then a utility pole over the weekend on Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen, authorities said.

The dark vehicle reportedly slammed into the white sedan early Sunday morning in North Bergen, unconfirmed reports say.
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Cecilia Levine

09/14/2020 10:03 a.m.

Nathaniel Dickerson, 31, of Paterson, was heading northbound in a 1999 Nissan Maxima when he hit a 2012 Honda Civic parked at 910 Tonnelle Avenue then the pole around 3:35 a.m., Sunday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.

Dickerson's passenger, a 31-year-old Johnston, PA man, was ejected and seriously injured, and taken to Jersey City Medical Center.

Dickerson was also injured and taken to the hospital, where both are being treated for non life-threatening injuries, Suarez said.

The crash is being investigated by the Regional Collision Investigation Unit and the North Bergen Police Department. No arrests had been made as of Monday afternoon.

Anyone with information about the collision is asked to contact the Collision Unit at 201-915- 1345 or to leave an anonymous tip on the Hudson County Prosecutor’s official website. All information will be kept confidential.

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