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: Fair Lawn Rescue Squad Cuts Out Windshield To Free Driver
A driver whose car rolled onto on its side refused medical attention Thursday night after Fair Lawn Rescue members cut out a portion of the windshield to free her. An electrical box was damaged in the northbound Saddle River Road crash just south of Fair Lawn Avenue around 8:40 p.m. A flatbed tower righted and removed the Toyota Prius. Fair Lawn police and firefighters responded, as did a PSE&G crew. Saddle River Road southbound was closed at Fair Lawn Avenue while crews worked. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account. Fair Lawn Rescue members cut out a …
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Check Out This Parking Job: Mercedes Drives Over Toyota At Paramus Mall
Video footage of a car that drove on top of another in Paramus has gone viral. "Parking in New Jersey is a dead a** sport," said Max Zavian, who posted a video of Tuesday's incident at Bergen Town Center to Twitter. Zavian said he heard the noise and turned around to see a Mercedes on top of a Toyota sedan. The video garnered more than 97,000 views as of Wednesday afternoon. Chris Feinthel commented on the video saying he used to play a game with a friend, sending photos of "ridiculous" parking jobs from around New Jersey. "Game is officially over," he said.
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SUV Crashes Into Maywood Beauty Salon
A Maywood beauty salon had already closed when an SUV crashed through the storefront on Tuesday. The 30-something driver wasn't injured, responders said. Borough police and firefighters responded to the Reliz De Manila Salon on 150 West Pleasant Avenue. Authorities reported no structural damage to the building.
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: Route 17 Shut Down After Tractor-Trailer Yanks Down Wires In Ramsey
In one of the most frustrating of coincidences, Route 17 on Friday afternoon was closed in both directions again after a tractor-trailer got tangled in utility wires in Ramsey -- dangling them over the highway and requiring that poles be replaced like they were during a traffic nightmare two weeks ago. The UPS rig was pulling out of the northbound side's Quick Chek when it snagged the wires, closing the highway in both directions from Allendale Road to Lake Street, responders said. Like last time, the utility poles will have to be replaced. That means: Northbound Route 17 would remain c…
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Boonton Man Fatally Struck On Route 78 Was 'Amazing Musician, Incredible Friend'
A 29-year-old Boonton man was fatally struck by two cars that kept driving on a Newark highway early Sunday morning, authorities said. Dominick P. DeNegri was hit by separate vehicles heading westbound -- both of which kept driving -- on Route 78 near milepost 55.4 after he got out of his vehicle around 3:30 a.m., New Jersey State Trooper Alejandro Goez said. The incident is under investigation, Goez said. More than $2,100 had been raised as of Monday afternoon on a GoFundMe for DeNegri, launched by Ashley Ryan of Bergen County. "Anyone that has ever made a connection with Dominick k…
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Long Hill School Bus Driver Cited In Crash That Downed Power Lines, Briefly Trapped Students
A 62-year-old Long Hill school bus driver has been cited for a crash last month that caused live power lines to fall on the vehicle, trapping eight students inside before power was shut to the area. Sarah Scott-Farrar of Irvington is on suspension with the bus company and is not driving a route in Long Hill, according to District Superintendent Edwin Acevedo. No injuries were reported in the Jan. 28 crash, when Scott-Farrar lost control of the vehicle while attempting a left turn. The eight children made it to school safely.
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Crash Closes Northbound Palisades Interstate Parkway In Englewood Cliffs
UPDATE: A crash closed the northbound Palisades Interstate Parkway in Englewood Cliffs for more than 40 minutes Sunday afternoon. At least three ambulances responded to the crash, which occurred near Exit 1 just before 2:30 p.m. Northbound traffic remained at a standstill for roughly a half hour after the crash before it began to crawl forward. It finally began moving just before 3:10 p.m. Southbound traffic contined moving steadily.
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Garbage Truck Nearly Takes Out Traffic Light At Busy Fairview Intersection
A garbage truck nearly toppled a traffic light at a busy Fairview intersection early Friday afternoon. No one was hurt after the B&B Disposal truck out of Hillside slammed into the light pole outside the Buy Rite Liquor Store at the corner of Broad and Fairview avenues -- at the bottom of what's long been known as "Dan Kelly's Hill, Police Chief Martin Kahn said. "Traffic was thickened while the truck was removed and repairs were made.
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New York Giant Rookie Lauletta Arrested En Route To MetLife Practice
New York Giants backup quarterback Kyle Lauletta was arrested while driving to practice in East Rutherford Tuesday morning following a traffic incident, multiple reports say. The 23-year-old was in Weehawken trying to make a right turn from the wrong lane onto NJ-495 when he ignored a police officer telling him to go straight and made the turn anyway -- nearly hitting the officer in the process, sources told NJ.com. Lauletta -- who has yet to play this season -- was stopped by another officer on the on-ramp, the report says. The rookie athlete was drafted by the Giants in the fourth round…
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IT? Victim Succumbs To Injuries After July Hit-Run In Passaic, SUV Sought
The SUV driver who fled the scene in July after hitting a 33-year-old pedestrian in Passaic in July is facing more severe charges now that the victim has died, said authorities who released surveillance images of the vehicle. Christina Garcia died at St. Joseph's Medical Center on Sunday, 70 days after she was struck near the corner intersection of First and Hudson Streets just before 3 a.m. July 22, authorities said. The mid-sized, light-colored SUV, which fled onto northbound Route 21 after hitting Garcia, is believed to be a Ford Explorer from 2011 or newer, Passaic County Prosecutor …
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Paterson Bus Driver Charged With DUI After Hitting Traffic Poles, 5 Cars With Child On Board
A 52-year-old Paterson man was charged with driving under the influence in East Orange after crashing the school bus he was operating, authorities said. Wayne Carmichael had a child and bus aide on board when he slammed into five cars, two traffic poles and fire hydrant in Orange and East Orange Tuesday morning, police told RLS Media. Occupants in one "severely-damaged" vehicle that was struck by the bus were transported to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries, the article says. Carmichael was also charged with endangering the welfare of a child, Essex County Prosecuto…
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Notorious Washington Township Hill Claims Another Vehicle: Truck Hauling Granite
The back end of a flatbed truck loaded with several tons of granite wound up in a roadside ditch on a notorious hill in Washington Township early Tuesday afternoon. Traffic on Washington Avenue was temporarily diverted while a tow truck did its thing. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this account.
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