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HEROES: Driver Extricated, Another Cited After SUVs Collide In New Milford HEROES: Driver Extricated, Another Cited After SUVs Collide In New Milford
Heroes: Driver Extricated, Another Cited After SUVs Collide In New Milford New Milford police and firefighters quickly came to the rescue of two drivers involved in a Tuesday crash that knocked an SUV onto its side, trapping one of them. A 66-year-old Moonachie woman driving a 2007 Nissan Pathfinder blew a stop sign at Hoffman Avenue and Boulevard and struck a 2022 Hyundai Tucson driven by a 63-year-old man from town around noontime Sept. 5, New MIlford Police Chief Brian Clancy said. Firefighters from New Milford and River Edge extricated the Tuscon driver after his SUV was knocked on its side against a utility pole, the chief said. He and the other motorist we…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bloomfield Woman, 21, Killed In Jersey City Tractor Trailer Crash (UPDATE) Bloomfield Woman, 21, Killed In Jersey City Tractor Trailer Crash (UPDATE)
Bloomfield Woman, 21, Killed In Jersey City Tractor Trailer Crash (Update) A 21-year-old Bloomfield woman was killed in a crash between a tractor trailer and car early Friday morning, Sept. 1 in Jersey City, authorities said. At 2:15 a.m., Jersey City police responded to the crash in the area of the Routes 1 and 9 North ramp on Route 139 West, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Upon arrival, police saw an overturned 2018 Audi passenger vehicle with extensive damage and the tractor trailer, Suarez said.  One passenger in the Audi was pronounced dead soon after while the driver of the Audi and another passenger were transported to a nearby hospital w…

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by Sam Barron
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Driver Seriously Injured In Route 208 Crash Driver Seriously Injured In Route 208 Crash
Driver Seriously Injured In Route 208 Crash A motorist was seriously injured Thursday afternoon when his sedan slammed head-on into a utility pole on Route 208. The airbags in his older-model Volkswagen Jetta deployed in the crash at Harristown Road off the northbound highway in Glen Rock shortly after 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31. Members of the Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Corps took him to St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson. Police, meanwhile, doused a small engine fire with an extinguisher. Glen Rock police doused a small engine fire with an extinguisher after the Route 208 crash at Harristown Road.Boyd A. L…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Driver Dies After Lexus Crashes, Lands In Somerset County Brook: Police Driver Dies After Lexus Crashes, Lands In Somerset County Brook: Police
Driver Dies After Lexus Crashes, Lands In Somerset County Brook: Police A driver was pronounced dead at the hospital after crashing into a brook in Somerset County Friday afternoon, Aug. 25, authorities confirmed. The driver, whose identity was not released, was found unconscious behind the wheel of a black 2004 Lexus partially submerged in the brook at the Pike Brook Bridge as officers responded to the crash near Belle Mead Griggstown Road and Pike Run Road in Montgomery just after 12:45 p.m., township police said in a Monday release. The driver was extricated and pulled from the vehicle and taken to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, where he was later pronou…

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by Valerie Musson
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Minivan, SUV Collide In Ridgewood Minivan, SUV Collide In Ridgewood
Minivan, SUV Collide In Ridgewood No injuries were reported after a minivan and an SUV collided in Ridgewood. The Toyota minivan got knocked onto the sidewalk and nearly slammed into an office building on East Ridgewood Avenue at the corner of North Maple shortly before 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 24. Both the minivan and the Nissan Rogue that it collided with were towed from the scene. Ridgewood police were investigating the cause. Bushes kept the minivan from slamming into the side of an office building at the corner of East Ridgewood and Maple avenues in Ridgewood on Thursday, Aug. 24.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE B…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEE ANYTHING? 2nd Vehicle May Have Been Involved In Fair Lawn Rollover Crash That Injured Two SEE ANYTHING? 2nd Vehicle May Have Been Involved In Fair Lawn Rollover Crash That Injured Two
SEE Anything? 2nd Vehicle May Have Been Involved In Fair Lawn Rollover Crash That Injured Two Fair Lawn police were investigating a report that a second vehicle may have been involved in a rollover crash Monday night.  Two occupants were taken to the hospital with apparently moderate injuries after the Honda Accord overturned on eastbound Broadway (Route 4) at 26th Street around 7:30 p.m. Aug. 21. Fair Lawn police, firefighters, Heavy Rescue and EMS all responded. BDJ Towing of Paterson righted and removed the sedan. The crash occurred on eastbound Broadway (Route 4) at 26th Street in Fair Lawn around 7:30 p.m.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Broadway was temporarily closed betw…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Driver In NJ Turnpike Crash Under the Influence, State Police Charge Driver In NJ Turnpike Crash Under the Influence, State Police Charge
Driver In NJ Turnpike Crash Under the Influence, State Police Charge A driver was under the influence of drugs when he crashed his sedan on the New Jersey Turnpike in Bergen County, State Police said. The 24-year-old driver from Staten Island was headed south on the western spur in Carlstadt when he crashed his Lexus NX at 5:44 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 20, NJSP Sergeant First Class Philip Curry said. Firefighters extricated the driver, who refused medical attention at the scene, the sergeant said. State Police charged him with DUI and issued several motor vehicle summonses, he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Driver, Passenger Hurt As Jeep Veers Off Hunterdon County Roadway, Flips Through Ditch Driver, Passenger Hurt As Jeep Veers Off Hunterdon County Roadway, Flips Through Ditch
Driver, Passenger Hurt As Jeep Veers Off Hunterdon County Roadway, Flips Through Ditch A Jeep driver and passenger were hospitalized after the vehicle veered off a Hunterdon County roadway, hit a utility pole, and flipped through a ditch on Wednesday, August 16, responders said. Raritan Township Police responded to a report of “screeching tires” and a power outage near Old Croton Road at Minebrook Park in Raritan Township just before 10:35 p.m., according to the Flemington-Raritan First Aid and Rescue Squad. Emergency crews found a heavily damaged Jeep Cherokee that had veered off the roadway, struck a utility pole, went through a ditch and a wooden fence, and flipped severa…

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by Valerie Musson
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HEROES: Bystanders Free Trapper Driver Who Crashed In Glen Rock After Falling Asleep HEROES: Bystanders Free Trapper Driver Who Crashed In Glen Rock After Falling Asleep
Heroes: Bystanders Free Trapper Driver Who Crashed In Glen Rock After Falling Asleep UPDATE: Bystanders helped free a 30-year-old driver after she fell asleep and her SUV slammed into a utility pole in Glen Rock, authorities said. The 2011 Kia Sportage split the pole into pieces, then rolled onto the driveway of a Lincoln Avenue residence between Greenway Road and Isabella Place shortly before 3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Good Samaritans helped open a hole in the windshield and, with the help of a blanket to cover some of the jagged edges, got the Hawthorne driver out as police pulled up. She was conscious and alert but wincing in p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Driver Hospitalized After Fierce Glen Rock Rollover Crash (PHOTOS) Driver Hospitalized After Fierce Glen Rock Rollover Crash (PHOTOS)
Driver Hospitalized After Fierce Glen Rock Rollover Crash (Photos) UPDATE: Bystanders helped free a 30-year-old driver after she fell asleep and her SUV slammed into a utility pole in Glen Rock, authorities said. The 2011 Kia Sportage split the pole into pieces, then rolled onto the driveway of a Lincoln Avenue residence just north of Isabella Place shortly after 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Good Samaritans helped open a hole in the windshield and, with the help of a blanket to cover some of the jagged edges, got the Hawthorne driver out as police pulled up. EMS workers and police tend to the driver whose SUV…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fair Lawn Driver Hospitalized After Glen Rock Crash Fair Lawn Driver Hospitalized After Glen Rock Crash
Fair Lawn Driver Hospitalized After Glen Rock Crash A Fair Lawn motorist was hospitalized following a Tuesday morning crash in Glen Rock, authorities said. The 38-year-old woman was driving a 2023 Toyota Camry that collided with a 2021 Chevy Tahoe driven by a 43-year-old Glen Rock woman at the intersection of Hillman Avenue and Woodvale Road near Prospect Street shortly before 10 a.m. Aug. 15, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The Camry driver was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with injuries that weren't life-threatening, the chief said. A passenger in the Tahoe reported minor injuries but declined medical aid, he said. Both ve…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Six Hospitalized When Tractor Trailer Flips Onto Cars On Rt. 22 (UPDATE) Six Hospitalized When Tractor Trailer Flips Onto Cars On Rt. 22 (UPDATE)
Six Hospitalized When Tractor Trailer Flips Onto Cars On Rt. 22 (Update) Six people were hospitalized when a tractor-trailer overturned onto several vehicles in Warren County Monday, Aug. 14, police said. The Allentown-bound truck was cut off by another vehicle on Rt. 22 at St. James Avenue just before 12:50 p.m. in Pohatcong, local police said. The other vehicle collided with the truck and caused the truck to swerve off the road. The truck went off Rt. 22 and onto St. James Avenue where it crashed into three other cars and rolled over onto its side. A total of six people were transported to the hospital for multiple different injuries, all non-life-threa…

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by Cecilia Levine