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Bicyclist From Englewood Hospitalized In 9W Crash, Driver From Westchester, 79, Cited
A 79-year-old driver from Westchester County was ticketed after she struck and injured a 42-year-old bicyclist from Englewood on Route 9W, authorities said.
The bicyclist was hit by the Toyota Corolla at Palisades Interstate Parkway Exit 4 shortly after 3 p.m. Sunday, June 11, Alpine Acting Police Chief Matthew S. Kent said.
Members of the Closter Volunteer Ambulance and Rescue Corps took him to Hackensack University Medical Center with face and back pain, the chief said.
The Ardsley, NY, driver was unharmed. She received a summons for failing to stop, Kent said.
Demarest police assisted …
Driver, 21, Killed In Predawn Closter Crash
A Closter driver died in a predawn crash despite furious efforts to save him, authorities said.
The victim, 21, failed to negotiate a turn when his 2018 Mercedes GLE hit a tree and telephone pole before coming to rest on its side on Piermont Road near Alpine Drive at 4:46 a.m. Wednesday, Closter Police Chief John McTigue said.
Closter police, assisted by their colleagues from Norwood and Haworth, lifted the car and freed the driver, who was pinned beneath the vehicle, the chief said.
They began CPR and summoned a medical chopper that was then cancelled because of the foggy weather.
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