Downed Power Line Closes Route 208 Downed Power Line Closes Route 208
Downed Power Line Closes Route 208 A downed power line closed Route 208 for hours on Saturday. The highway was closed in both directions through portions of Fair Lawn, Glen Rock, and Hawthorne on Nov. 12 so repairs could be made. The energized line also damaged a section of the southbound highway in Glen Rock when it fell, keeping a lane closed once police reopened the highway. No injuries were reported. Responders included police from Fair Lawn, Glen Rock and Hawthorne, as well as Glen Rock firefighters, New Jersey State Police, the New Jersey Department of Transportation and a Ridgewood Emergency Services unit. Boyd A.…
Mustang Wipes Out Bridge Guardrail In Ridgewood Mustang Wipes Out Bridge Guardrail In Ridgewood
Mustang Wipes Out Bridge Guardrail In Ridgewood Both a bridge and a sports car needed serious repair after the vehicle jumped a curb, careened across a sidewalk and slammed into a steel guardrail in Ridgewood. Neither the driver nor passenger required hospitalization after the 2015 Ford Mustang S550 crashed on the East Ridgewood Avenue bridge over the Ho-Ho-Kus Brook. However, the driver received a summons and village firefighters had to slice a section of the guard rail with a power saw to free the vehicle so a flatbed tow truck could remove it shortly after nightfall on Sunday, Nov. 6. Ridgewood firefighters sliced a section of gu…
Police Forced To Put Deer Down After Crash In Glen Rock, It's Season For Drivers To Beware Police Forced To Put Deer Down After Crash In Glen Rock, It's Season For Drivers To Beware
Police Forced To Put Deer Down After Crash In Glen Rock, It's Season For Drivers To Beware The risk posed by deer in densely populated areas this particular time of year was tragically illustrated when one had to be put down in Glen Rock after being struck by a car. The driver was treated by an EMT from the Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Corps for a minor hand injury after the deer smashed the windshield of a Hyundai Elantra on Maple Avenue on Sunday, Oct. 30. A Glen Rock police officer had to put the deer down using a small-caliber rifle. A tow truck removed the sedan. Animal control officers tended to the deer. Deer are particularly active and tend to cover more territory than…
Crash Cracks Utility Pole On Midland Park Main Drag Crash Cracks Utility Pole On Midland Park Main Drag
Crash Cracks Utility Pole On Midland Park Main Drag Two occupants sustained injuries that weren't considered serious when their hatchback split a utility pole before dawn outside the Midland Park Post Office.Utility wires were downed across Godwin as the Hyundai continued into the corner of a building housing an embroidery shop just up the street around 4:45 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25. Godwin Avenue was temporarily closed while a utility crew replaced the pole. No power outages were reported. Midland Park police were investigating the cause. Borough police and firefighters were assisted with traffic by Ridgewood police. Boyd A. Loving took …
Cell Tower Workers Stuck In The Air Rescued By Fair Lawn Firefighters Cell Tower Workers Stuck In The Air Rescued By Fair Lawn Firefighters
Cell Tower Workers Stuck In The Air Rescued By Fair Lawn Firefighters Three workers handling a job on a cellphone tower were rescued by Fair Lawn firefighters after their lift got stuck. Members of Fair Lawn Fire Company #2 brought their ladder truck to the borough DPW complex on Saddle River Road shortly before 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 20. All three workers climbed down the 50 or so feet without any trouble. Firefighters from Fair Lawn Fire Company #2 brought a ladder truck to the Fair Lawn DPW garage on Saddle River Road on Thursday, Oct. 20.Boyd A. Loving A mechanic was summoned to fix the controls on the boom. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and con…
Route 17 Crash Rolls One Vehicle, Sends Another Into Side Of Nail Salon Route 17 Crash Rolls One Vehicle, Sends Another Into Side Of Nail Salon
Route 17 Crash Rolls One Vehicle, Sends Another Into Side Of Nail Salon No injuries were reported following a rollover crash on northbound Route 17 in Paramus. A Nissan Murano landed right-side-up after colliding with a Chevy Suburban livery vehicle that careened off the highway and came to rest between the side of a nail salon and a roll-off trash bin during Tuesday morning's rush hour. Both vehicles had to be towed following the 7:15 a.m. crash just north of East Ridgewood Avenue, which jammed traffic. The Chevy Suburban livery vehicle careened into a nail salon and rollover trash bin on northbound Route 17 in Paramus.Boyd A. Loving Damage to the Happy N…
Crash Launches Honda Into Glen Rock Convenience Store (PHOTOS) Crash Launches Honda Into Glen Rock Convenience Store (PHOTOS)
Crash Launches Honda Into Glen Rock Convenience Store (Photos) A Honda Accord driver was hospitalized after a crash propelled the vehicle into the front of a convenience store in Glen Rock (scroll for photos). The collision occurred near the intersection of Harristown Road and Maple Avenue in the late afternoon on Saturday, Oct. 8. A Honda Accord involved in the crash was then launched sideways into the front of the Glen Rock Food Center on Maple Avenue, Loving said. The Accord driver was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries while a tow truck cleared the vehicle from the scene. Glen Rock Police, Glen Rock PBA Loc…
Out-Of-Control SUV Smacks Into Garage, Fence, Gate In Paramus Out-Of-Control SUV Smacks Into Garage, Fence, Gate In Paramus
Out-Of-Control SUV Smacks Into Garage, Fence, Gate In Paramus No injuries were reported when an SUV damaged a Paramus homeowner's garage, gate and fence. The Kia Sportage entered the home's West Midland Avenue driveway off the corner of Paramus Road and kept going, clipping the corner of the three-car detached garage and ramming the fence, around noontime Wednesday, Oct. 5. All Points Towing removed the vehicle. Paramus police and firefighters responded. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this story. Company! West Midland Avenue at Paramus Road in Paramus around noontime Wednesday, Oct. 5.Boyd A. Loving
Minivan Slams Into Elmwood Park Storefront Minivan Slams Into Elmwood Park Storefront
Minivan Slams Into Elmwood Park Storefront A runaway minivan slammed into a vacant storefront in Elmwood Park. The middle-aged female driver emerged unscathed after the southbound Honda Odyssey with Illinois license plates crashed into the front of the Mola Boulevard storefront shortly after 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 2. There was no apparent structural damage to the building, which also houses Premiere Entertainment and the Studio D hair salon between the Garden State Parkway overpass and Market Street. The Mola Boulevard building also houses Premiere Entertainment and the Studio D hair salon between the Garden State Parkway overpas…
Sedan Driver Sought In Double Hit-And-Run Outside Oceanos Restaurant Sedan Driver Sought In Double Hit-And-Run Outside Oceanos Restaurant
Sedan Driver Sought In Double Hit-And-Run Outside Oceanos Restaurant A driver sped off after crashing a sedan into two SUVs, disabling both, outside a 5-star Bergen County seafood restaurant, witnesses said. A Jeep and a Lexus that had its front driver's-side tire knocked off the rim both had to be towed after a black Audi slammed into them in front of Oceanos Oyster Bar & Sea Grill on Saddle River Road around 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30. One injury was reported. It appeared to be minor, witnesses said. The fleeing sedan had heavy front-end damage, they added. ANYONE who might have witnessed the crash or has home security video or other evidence that c…
Bicyclist, 14, From Ridgewood Struck By SUV In Glen Rock Bicyclist, 14, From Ridgewood Struck By SUV In Glen Rock
Bicyclist, 14, From Ridgewood Struck By SUV In Glen Rock A 14-year-old boy from Ridgewood who was struck on his bicycle at a Glen Rock intersection was expected to survive serious injuries, authorities said. Witnesses told police that a 2016 Chevy Equinox driven by a 40-year-old Oakland man had the green light on Prospect Street when the bicyclist suddenly rode in front of him and was struck at Grove Street at 12:50 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The driver told them that he "did not see the bicyclist prior to the collision and was not even sure what side of the street [he] entered the intersection from,"…
Trapped Driver Freed By Firefighters After SUV Rolls Onto Route 17 Trapped Driver Freed By Firefighters After SUV Rolls Onto Route 17
Trapped Driver Freed By Firefighters After SUV Rolls Onto Route 17 Firefighters extricated a trapped driver whose SUV rolled onto Route 17. The victim was walked to a waiting ambulance after her Honda CR-V landed on its passenger side entering the southbound highway from Paramus Road shortly after 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25. Ridgewood police and Emergency Services also responded with village firefighters, who cut out the front windshield to free the driver. The victim was walked to a waiting ambulance after her Honda CR-V landed on its passenger side entering southbound Route 17 in Ridgewood.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE All Points Towing removed the…