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.

Citywide Towing removed the wreck on Route 208 at Harristown Road in Glen Rock on Thursday, Aug. 31.
Photo Credit: *Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE*

Glen Rock police doused a small engine fire with an extinguisher after the Route 208 crash at Harristown Road.
Photo Credit: *Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE*

Airbags in the older-model Volkswagen Jetta deployed in the crash at Harristown Road off the northbound highway in Glen Rock.
Photo Credit: *Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE*

08/31/2023 5:32 p.m.

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.

Citywide Towing removed the wreck.

Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this story.

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