SUV Splits Utility Pole, Busy Paramus Intersection Closed Most Of Day SUV Splits Utility Pole, Busy Paramus Intersection Closed Most Of Day
SUV Splits Utility Pole, Busy Paramus Intersection Closed Most Of Day A driver escaped serious injury when an SUV split a utility pole at a busy intersection just off northbound Route 17 in Paramus. Midland Avenue between Sette Drive and From Road was reopened at 3 p.m. Friday, June 16, after PSE&G replaced the pole, police said. The ramp from northbound Route 17 to eastbound Midland Avenue was also closed. The ramp to westbound Midland Avenue remained open. Traffic was re-routed after the Subaru Outback veered off the road, mounted a guy wire, and slammed into the pole earlier in the day. The Outback was removed by a flatbed tow truck. Paramus EMS r…
Driver Hospitalized After Sedan Slams Into Pole In Glen Rock Driver Hospitalized After Sedan Slams Into Pole In Glen Rock
Driver Hospitalized After Sedan Slams Into Pole In Glen Rock A senior driver suffered a severe leg injury when her sedan slammed into a utility pole Tuesday afternoon in Glen Rock. Borough police and EMS workers tended to the victim after her Toyota Corolla rammed the pole on Prospect Street near Saddle River Park. She was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center by members of the Ridgewood Volunteer Ambulance Corps and the village's Fire Rescue team. Emergency responders teamed up to get the woman out of her car and into an ambulance following the crash Tuesday afternoon, June 13, on Prospect Street in Glen Rock.Boyd A. Loving Her car was …
NJ Man Advertises Fake Vehicle Registrations On Facebook, Sells Them In CVS Lot: Police NJ Man Advertises Fake Vehicle Registrations On Facebook, Sells Them In CVS Lot: Police
NJ Man Advertises Fake Vehicle Registrations On Facebook, Sells Them In CVS Lot: Police A man who advertised fake New Jersey temporary vehicle registrations for sale on Facebook was caught peddling them in the parking lot of a strip mall in Glen Rock. Photographer Boyd A. Loving was at the scene of the arrest. The defendant, Keith Miller, 40, had his SUV parked outside the CVS when police arrived at the Rock Road lot shortly before noon on Tuesday, June 6. Officer Andrew Magro arrested Miller, who Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said had six bogus temporary vehicle registrations with him at the time. The sale of phony temp plates has increased rapidly, Ackermann noted…
Specialized Paramus Police Unit Cranks Up Chainsaws After Pickup Crash Specialized Paramus Police Unit Cranks Up Chainsaws After Pickup Crash
Specialized Paramus Police Unit Cranks Up Chainsaws After Pickup Crash Members of the Paramus Police Emergency Services Unit got to work after a pickup truck toppled a pole at the Oradell border on Thursday. The 22-year-old Mosquito Squad driver from Basking Ridge apparently looked down at his GPS and looked up too late to avoid hitting the curb, uprooting a fire hydrant and toppling the guy-wire pole on Oradell Avenue at Terrace Drive at 10:20 a.m. May 25, Paramus Police Sgt. Todd Colaianni said. The driver refused medical treatment, Colaianni said, but Bergen Brookside Auto Body & Towing had to remove his pickup on a flatbed. The cross-trained membe…
Driver, 18, Plows Tesla Through Fence On Westwood Curve Driver, 18, Plows Tesla Through Fence On Westwood Curve
Driver, 18, Plows Tesla Through Fence On Westwood Curve An 18-year-old driver and her two young passengers got out OK after she crashed a Tesla sedan through a chain-link fence on a notorious Westwood curve. Two Emerson Towing employees had to remove a section of fence before they could tow the vehicle out and onto a flatbed following the crash where Mill Street makes a hard left into First Avenue around 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 23. The vehicle lost its front passenger tire in the mishap above Bogert Pond. The driver, 18, and her two young passengers got out OK after the Tesla sedan crashed through a chain-link fence in Westwood.Boyd A. Loving W…
Stricken Tow Truck Driver Crashes Into Tree Off Route 17 Stricken Tow Truck Driver Crashes Into Tree Off Route 17
Stricken Tow Truck Driver Crashes Into Tree Off Route 17 A tow truck crashed into a tree just off Route 17 in Paramus when its driver suffered what responders said was a medical episode Tuesday afternoon. A paramedic team from the Valley Hospital tended to the driver from Criger's Auto Body in Fairfield near the former Barnes & Noble at the intersection of Glen Avenue and the southbound highway before taking him back with them. Paramus police and EMS assisted.A heavy-duty tow truck removed the damaged vehicle from the scene. Boyd A. Loving took the photo and contributed to this story.
Multi-Vehicle Ridgewood Crash Severely Damages Two Of Them Multi-Vehicle Ridgewood Crash Severely Damages Two Of Them
Multi-Vehicle Ridgewood Crash Severely Damages Two Of Them A multi-vehicle crash in Ridgewood severely damaged two of them and got a young female driver a summons. A Lexus ES350 and a Honda Odyssey both were removed by Citywide Towing following the crash at North Van Dien and East Ridgewood avenues around 5:45 p.m. Friday, May 12. A Land Rover was able to be driven away. No serious injuries were reported. Village firefighters cleaned up a fuel spill. A young female driver received a summons following the crash at North Van Dien and East Ridgewood avenues in Ridgewood around 5:45 p.m. Friday, May 12.Boyd A. Loving Boyd A. Loving took the p…
Runaway SUV Slams Into Pool House In Hawthorne Runaway SUV Slams Into Pool House In Hawthorne
Runaway SUV Slams Into Pool House In Hawthorne A runaway SUV significantly damaged a pool house in Hawthorne, authorities said. The driver said she started the parked Mercedes GLA 250 and it just took off, slamming into the building at a residential complex on Morningstar Road around 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 10. She wasn't injured, responders said. The driver said she started the parked Mercedes GLA 250 and it just took off.Boyd A. Loving Hawthorne police and firefighters responded along with a building code official who deemed the damage significant. Citywide Towing removed the Mercedes on a flatbed. The pool house crash at the …
HIVE & SEEK: 12,000 To 15,000 Bees Have House-Swarming Party In Downtown Ridgewood HIVE & SEEK: 12,000 To 15,000 Bees Have House-Swarming Party In Downtown Ridgewood
Hive & Seek: 12,000 To 15,000 Bees Have House-Swarming Party In Downtown Ridgewood Tens of thousands of honeybees had a hive-swarming party that temporarily closed a stretch of downtown Ridgewood on Monday. It wasn't immediately clear what brought the colony to the tree in front of the Starbucks on East Ridgewood Avenue. Perhaps there was a promise of more honey and shorter working flowers. Village police summoned Frank Mortimer, a local beekeeper who recommended that the colony be removed from their perch 30 feet up a tree. Tens of thousands of honeybees had a hive-swarming party that temporarily closed a stretch of downtown Ridgewood on Monday. Boyd A. Loving Fir…
Sedan Slams Into Fair Lawn Church Sedan Slams Into Fair Lawn Church
Sedan Slams Into Fair Lawn Church A driver escaped serious injury when his sedan plowed into the front steps of a Fair Lawn church. The Honda Accord shattered barrel planters that sent dirt flying at Our Savior Lutheran Church on Broadway (Route 4) at Midland Avenue early Friday evening, May 5. The Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps tended to the driver, who was the lone occupant. The Honda Accord shattered plastic traffic control barrels that sent dirt flying Saturday evening at Our Savior Lutheran Church on Broadway in Fair Lawn.Boyd A. Loving All Points Towing removed the sedan. Midland Avenue is directly aligned…
Fire Routs Residents Of Ridgewood Two-Family Fire Routs Residents Of Ridgewood Two-Family
Fire Routs Residents Of Ridgewood Two-Family All of the occupants of a two-family house in Ridgewood got out OK after a fire ignited in the attic. It will likely be awhile before they'll be able to return, however. The smoky blaze broke out in the 2½-story wood-frame house on Walton Street off South Maple Avenue around 12:30 p.m. Thursday, May 4. Reports that a contractor was at work at the time couldn't be confirmed. Ho-Ho-Kus firefighters provided mutual aid. Ridgewood police, EMS and OEM all responded. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account. A contractor may have been working when the fire broke out o…
SUVs Collide In Ridgewood SUVs Collide In Ridgewood
SUVs Collide In Ridgewood Two drivers escaped without major injury when their SUVs collided Monday in Ridgewood. The driver of a Cadillac Escalade had a clutch of party balloons with her when she was treated for a minor injury at the scene of the May 1 noontime crash with an Audi Q7 at South Van Dien and East Ridgewood avenues. All Points Towing removed both vehicles. Firefighters joined village police, who are investigating the cause. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this article. All Points Towing removed both The Audi Q7 (left) and the Cadillac Escalade following Monday's crash in Ridgewoo…