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Driver From Westchester Who Sped Away From Trooper Crashes, Suffers Serious Injuries: Police Driver From Westchester Who Sped Away From Trooper Crashes, Suffers Serious Injuries: Police
Driver From Westchester Who Sped Away From Trooper Crashes, Suffers Serious Injuries: Police A man from Westchester County who was stopped on the shoulder of the New Jersey Turnpike was seriously injured when he suddenly sped away from the trooper checking on him, hitting another vehicle Sunday morning, May 14, authorities said. The man was stopped in a Honda Accord in Burlington County on the shoulder near milepost 54.2 in Bordentown Township when a trooper came over to check on him around 10:35 a.m., New Jersey State Police Sgt. Philip Curry said. Suddenly, the Accord sped off, crossing from the outer roadway to the inner roadway, striking the passenger side of a Honda Odys…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
High-Speed Chase From New Jersey Ends In Westchester High-Speed Chase From New Jersey Ends In Westchester
High-Speed Chase From New Jersey Ends In Westchester Two suspects are in custody following a high-speed chase from New Jersey to Westchester, authorities said. Police in Mahwah, New  Jersey, began pursuing the Acura MDX on southbound Route 287 around 4 p.m. Thursday, June 24, they said. NJ State Police joined the chase, which continued through Rockland and crossed the new Tappan Zee Bridge before ending in Westchester as the evening rush hour was beginning, a law enforcement source told Daily Voice. Both agencies had their cars rammed by the suspects' vehicle, the source added. No serious injuries were immediately reported, he said. Un…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Extricated Rockland Driver, Daughter, 2, Hospitalized In Route 287 Flying Tire Crash Extricated Rockland Driver, Daughter, 2, Hospitalized In Route 287 Flying Tire Crash
Extricated Rockland Driver, Daughter, 2, Hospitalized In Route 287 Flying Tire Crash A seriously-injured Rockland County driver was flown out by medical chopper and his 2-year-old daughter was also hospitalized following a freak accident Thursday morning, May 6 on Route 287, said NJ State Police, who were seeking witnesses. A wheel became dislodged from a northbound vehicle, bounded over the median, and crashed into a southbound Ford Fusion in the area of Exit 58 just south of Skyline Drive in Oakland shortly before 8:30 a.m., Trooper Charles Marchan said. The Ford then struck the center and right barriers before careening into the woods off the highway, he said. Southbou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Morris County Motorcyclist, 39, Killed In Upper Bergen GSP Crash Involving Rockland Driver Morris County Motorcyclist, 39, Killed In Upper Bergen GSP Crash Involving Rockland Driver
Morris County Motorcyclist, 39, Killed In Upper Bergen GSP Crash Involving Rockland Driver A 39-year-old Morris County motorcyclist was killed in a Friday night crash on the Garden State Parkway in Washington Township, authorities said. Preliminary indications were that a southbound Honda sedan driven by a 43-year-old Nanuet man "entered the lane of travel" of a Yamaha motorcycle driven by Simon Kerns of Chatham near Exit 166 just after 6 p.m., NJ State Trooper Charles Marchan said. The Yamaha struck the left side of the Honda, ejecting Kerns, the trooper said. A witness told Daily Voice it appeared he'd been thrown nearly 30 feet. Kerns was later pronounced dead at The Valley …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Services Set For Bergen Catholic Alum Cyrus Ashtyani Killed In Crash Services Set For Bergen Catholic Alum Cyrus Ashtyani Killed In Crash
Services Set For Bergen Catholic Alum Cyrus Ashtyani Killed In Crash A funeral was held Thursday, June 21 for Cyrus John Ashtyani of Montvale, who died on June 15 in a Woodcliff Lake motorcycle accident. He was 21 years old. Interment was at George Washington Memorial Park in Paramus.  Ashtyani, a Bergen Catholic graduate who worked as an Internet sales consultant at Liberty Subaru, was heading south when he lost control of his Yamaha R6 at milepost 169.6, NJ State Police Trooper Alejandro Goez said. Born and raised in Montvale, Cyrus attended the Montvale elementary schools. He attended Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey and graduated from Bergen Catholic High Schoo…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
FOUND! Missing Ramsey Woman With Alzheimer's, 71, Found FOUND! Missing Ramsey Woman With Alzheimer's, 71, Found
Found! Missing Ramsey Woman With Alzheimer's, 71, Found RAMSEY, N.J. -- A MISSING 71-year-old Ramsey woman with Alzheimer's who went missing from a local shopping center early Wednesday evening was found a couple of hours later, authorities said. An NJ State Police helicopter was en route when Selma Rowe was found in Finch Park. She'd been reported missing from the Interstate Shopping Center off southbound Route 17 and Franklin Turnpike -- which has a Shop-Rite, Bed Bath & Beyond and DSW, among other stores -- a couple of blocks from the park.

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by Jerry DeMarco