She and her son told police their M3 had been sideswiped by another car on narrow River Road, across from Tanis Concrete in Fair Lawn shortly after 1 p.m.
The woman sustained a wrist injury and was taken to a local hospital by a Bergen County Office of Emergency Management ambulance, police said.
The heavily damaged coupe was removed by Mervs Towing of Paterson.
Members of the Fair Lawn Rescue Squad cleaned up a fluid spill.
Fair Lawn police are investigating the crash's cause.
Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this story.
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