Ridgefield Pedestrian Struck By Van From Palisades Park Ridgefield Pedestrian Struck By Van From Palisades Park
Ridgefield Pedestrian Struck By Van From Palisades Park A 45-year-old Ridgefield pedestrian was struck in the crosswalk by a left-turning van Monday night, authorities said. The borough resident was brought to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren’t considered life threatening after he was struck by a 2016 Ford Traverse shortly after 8 p.m. as he crossed Broad Avenue at Edgewater Avenue, Deputy Police Chief Robert Meurer said. The 50-year-old Palisades Park driver remained at the scene, Meurer said. An investigation was continuing. Left turns are responsible for a quarter of all pedestrian crashes, police say. In most c…
Man Charged For I-95 Crash In Fairfield That Injured Several, Including State Trooper Man Charged For I-95 Crash In Fairfield That Injured Several, Including State Trooper
Man Charged For I-95 Crash In Fairfield That Injured Several, Including State Trooper A Bridgeport man accused of causing a crash on I-95 that seriously injured a state trooper voluntarily turned himself in to state police on a warrant. Joseph Buzzanca, 33, was arrested around 9 a.m., Monday, Feb. 3, for the June 16, 2019, crash that injured several people, including Trooper Gregory Sawicki, who had stopped to check on a vehicle parked on the shoulder of I-95 in Fairfield, said the Connecticut State Police. According to state police, Sawicki was on patrol when he saw a vehicle stopped along the shoulder of I-95 northbound in Fairfield and pulled his Ford Taurus patrol vehicl…
Woman Found Unconscious Outside LI Movie Theater Charged With Criminal Possession Of Weapon Woman Found Unconscious Outside LI Movie Theater Charged With Criminal Possession Of Weapon
Woman Found Unconscious Outside LI Movie Theater Charged With Criminal Possession Of Weapon A 25-year-old woman found asleep in her Ford Mustang outside a Long Island movie theater is facing a weapons charge, police said. Nassau County Police Community Oriented Police Enforcement officers on routine patrol spotted a 2008 white Ford Mustang that was running idle in the parking lot of the AMC movie theater on Hempstead Turnpike in Levittown, police said.  When officers went to investigate, they found an unconscious woman, later identified as Brittany Morgan, who police say is homeless, inside and a welfare check was conducted. According to police, Morgan was stirred by office…
Newark Man Charged With Manslaughter In Crash That Killed Correctional Officer Newark Man Charged With Manslaughter In Crash That Killed Correctional Officer
Newark Man Charged With Manslaughter In Crash That Killed Correctional Officer A 24-year-old Newark man has been charged with aggravated manslaughter for causing a fatal crash Saturday while fleeing from police, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said.  Police in Hillside attempted to pull over a Nissan Altima driven by Dashawn Walton around 2:30 a.m. According to authorities, Walton fled the wrong way down Aldine Street and into Newark. He crashed into a Ford Mustang at Bragaw Avenue, pushing it into a light pole, according to authorities.  Omar Martin, who was in the Mustang and was not involved in the pursuit, was killed. The 49-year-old Newark resident…
Fiat Chrysler Latest Automaker To Issue Recall Due To Potentially Deadly Airbags Fiat Chrysler Latest Automaker To Issue Recall Due To Potentially Deadly Airbags
Fiat Chrysler Latest Automaker To Issue Recall Due To Potentially Deadly Airbags Fiat Chrysler is recalling more than 1.6 million vehicles worldwide as auto companies continue replacing malfunctioning Takata front airbags that have proven to be dangerous over the past year. The recall includes the 2010 through 2016 Jeep Wrangler SUV, the 2010 Ram 3500 pickup and 4500/5500 Chassis Cab trucks, the 2010 and 2011 Dodge Dakota pickup, the 2010 through 2014 Dodge Challenger muscle car, the 2011 through 2015 Dodge Charger sedan, and the 2010 through 2015 Chrysler 300 sedan. It's the latest in a coordinated recall of Takata airbag products in tens of millions of vehicles. …
CAUGHT! Driver Wanted In Road-Rage Death Of Off-Duty NYC Firefighter Nabbed In NJ CAUGHT! Driver Wanted In Road-Rage Death Of Off-Duty NYC Firefighter Nabbed In NJ
Caught! Driver Wanted In Road-Rage Death Of Off-Duty NYC Firefighter Nabbed In NJ Police captured a Brooklyn parolee wanted for questioning in the slaying of an off-duty city firefighter in a road-rage incident. U.S. Marshals and the NYPD took purported gang member Joseph Desmond and his girlfriend into custody after tracking them down at the Circle Motor Lodge in South Amboy -- where Routes 35 and 9 converge near the Garden State Parkway and the Raritan River. Desmond had been driving a 2006 silver Infiniti with the New York State license plate JEA-2402 when the confrontation with 33-year-old Faizel Coto occurred around 4:45 a.m. Sunday on the Belt Parkway near Bay…