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Pedestrian Struck At Busy Intersection Outside Hackensack Park
A 23-year-old pedestrian was struck and injured in a busy Hackensack intersection, authorities said. An Advanced Life Support ambulance was summoned after he was struck by an Acura outside Johnson Park on River and East Anderson streets around 10:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Investigations Unit was also notified. The victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with head trauma. His injuries were later downgraded to non-life-threatening, responders said. Reports that an NJ TRANSIT bus was involved were wrong, authorities said.
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SUV Slams Into Utility Pole In Midland Park
A driver was hospitalized after his SUV struck a utility pole in Midland Park. Initial details were sketchy, but responders said the driver suffered head trauma in the early-morning crash on Erie Avenue near Smith Lane on Monday, Aug. 29. The road was closed as PSE&G made repairs to a pair of poles downed in the crash. The Toyota RAV 4 was towed. The road was closed indefinitely following the crash in front of 189 Erie Avenue in Midland Park on Monday, Aug. 29.Boyd A. Loving
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Bicyclist, 68, Killed In Park Ridge Crash
A 68-year-old bicyclist died after crashing at the bottom of a steep hill in Park Ridge, authorities said. The victim wasn't wearing a helmet as he headed down Spring Valley Road when he crashed near Doxey Drive shortly before 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Park Ridge Police Capt. Joseph Rampolla said. Sgt.. Michael Babcock and Officer Scott Malloy called for a medical chopper and provided medical assistance to the victim, who suffered severe head trauma, the captain said. A Tri-Boro Volunteer Ambulance Corps unit continued life-saving efforts before Atlantic Air 1 picked up the victim at West Ridge…
Police & Fire
Closter Bicyclist, 63, Seriously Injured, Police Say
A 63-year-old bicyclist was flown to a local hospital by a medical chopper after he was struck Sunday afternoon in Closter, authorities said. The victim was found lying face down, bleeding and unconscious – but breathing – after he was struck by a Toyota Camry shortly after 1:30 p.m. at the corner of Knickerbocker Road and Harington Avenue, Sgt. Daniel Hargrave said. The bicyclist was traveling northbound on Knickerbocker Road when the southbound vehicle hit him while making left onto Harrington Avenue, police said.A medical chopper landed at Tenakill Field and took the victim to Hackensack…
Police & Fire
Fort Lee Pedestrian, 68, Pinned By SUV Near GWB
A 68-year-old Fort Lee woman was hospitalized Tuesday after her leg was pinned beneath the front of a turning SUV near the George Washington Bridge, authorities said. A 31-year-old Palisade, NY, woman was making a right turn off North Hoyt Avenue onto Bridge Plaza North shortly before 4 p.m. when her 2012 Acura RDX hit the victim, who was in a marked crosswalk as she crossed North Hoyt, Fort Lee Police Capt. Ricky Morkovic said. Fort Lee firefighters freed the victim, whose leg was caught under the front passenger-side tire, Mirkovic said. She was taken to a nearby hospital with head and l…
Police & Fire
4-Week-Old Boy Killed In Hackensack Crash
A 4-week-old boy was killed in a car crash Saturday night in Hackensack. The child apparently was on his mother’s lap when the late-model Mercedes sedan struck a utility pole in front of 286 Passaic Street just after 9 p.m., a law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the tragedy said. The boy "sustained head trauma as a result of the accident and was later pronounced dead at Hackensack University Medical Center," Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said in a brief release Sunday afternoon. A responder reported seeing a child's car seat in the rear cabin of the car. "The ca…
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Read Paramus Student's Letter About Friend Critical After School Bus Crash
Paramus' Gabrielle Rula might have a long road of recovery ahead -- but her best friend is hoping to make it that much easier for her. The East Brook Middle School fifth grader suffered head trauma and a collapsed lung after the school bus she was on collided with a dump truck killing her peer and a teacher. Miranda Rivera said that although Gabrielle is known as being one of the shyer students in school, she is certain that there is more to her best friend than simply her quiet smile. Miranda penned a letter about Gabrielle, affectionately known as Gabby, on a LaunchGood campaign for her…
Police & Fire
PA Woman Charged With DWI In Route 287 Crash In Mahwah That Ejected Boy, 12
A Pennsylvania driver whose car rear-ended an SUV on northbound Route 287 late Friday afternoon, ejecting a 12-year-old boy, was intoxicated and unlicensed, New Jersey State Police said. An AirMed One medical chopper flew the boy to Hackensack University Medical Center with head trauma after the crash near Exit 66 (Mahwah) just before 3 p.m. He remained in critical but stable condition, authorities reported Saturday. A sedan driven by Christine Ryan, 27, of Bartonsville, struck a Lincoln Navigator that was slowing for holiday traffic, sending it into a guardrail and ejecting the boy out th…
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