Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Pickup Rams Utility Pole In Fair Lawn Pickup Rams Utility Pole In Fair Lawn
Pickup Rams Utility Pole In Fair Lawn A pickup truck collided with a sedan before slamming head-on into a utility pole in Fair Lawn. Everyone was OK following the crash at Morlot Avenue and Dorothy Street shortly after 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 21. Arrow Towing removed both the Toyota Tacoma and Nissan Altima. PSE&G was called to repair the pole. Fair Lawn police and Volunteer Ambulance Corps members responded. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this report. The pickup got the worst of it.Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
News
Pre-Dawn DWI Driver Registers .25 BAC In Fiery Garbage Truck Crash Pre-Dawn DWI Driver Registers .25 BAC In Fiery Garbage Truck Crash
Pre-Dawn DWI Driver Registers .25 BAC In Fiery Garbage Truck Crash A drunk driver whose car burst into flames after slamming into a garbage truck overnight in Emerson registered a preliminary blood-alcohol level more than three times the legal limit, authorities said. The 41-year-old Paterson driver told police he was heading home from work when his Nissan Altima slammed into the driver's side of the truck outside the Old Hook Farm on Old Hook Road at 4:15 a.m. Friday, April 22, Police Chief Michael Mazzeo said. The Altima's engine ignited, and flames quickly spread to the car's cabin and onto the truck, the chief said. The truck driver was OK, but the in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Glen Burnie, MD
Police & Fire
Cause Of Crash That Killed Motorcyclist Released By Anne Arundel PD Cause Of Crash That Killed Motorcyclist Released By Anne Arundel PD
Cause Of Crash That Killed Motorcyclist Released By Anne Arundel PD A 46-year-old motorcyclist from Glen Burnie died in a Pasadena crash on Saturday, April 2. Donterio Montre Brown was merging into the right lane on Route 100 east on his Kawasaki Ninja while a Nissan Altima driver was merging into the left lane from the right lane around 12:45 p.m., Anne Arundel County police said.  Brown struck the driver's side of the Nissan near the Route 10 split, lost control, and was ejected, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene by county paramedics. The primary cause of this crash is improper lane change by the driver of the Kawasaki, with speed as …

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by Cecilia Levine
Middletown, NJ
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Authorities ID Motorist, 84, Killed In Hit-Run Crash On Jersey Shore Authorities ID Motorist, 84, Killed In Hit-Run Crash On Jersey Shore
Authorities ID Motorist, 84, Killed In Hit-Run Crash On Jersey Shore An 84-year-old man from Asbury Park was killed in a hit-and-run crash, authorities said. On Monday, March 21, at approximately 9 a.m., Neptune police responded to a motor vehicle collision on West Bangs Avenue, west of Alpine Trail.  An investigation of the scene revealed that Wesley Moore Jr,, of Asbury Park, was driving a 2020 Nissan Altima westbound on West Bangs Avenue, when his vehicle was sideswiped by a 2018 Kia Niro, driven by Ariel Vernet, 48, also of Asbury Park, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office. After the initial collision, Moore’s v…

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by Jon Craig
Middletown, NJ
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Erratic Driver Who Struck Jersey Shore Police Officer Charged With Attempted Murder: Prosecutor Erratic Driver Who Struck Jersey Shore Police Officer Charged With Attempted Murder: Prosecutor
Erratic Driver Who Struck Jersey Shore Police Officer Charged With Attempted Murder: Prosecutor A 49-year-old man from Middlesex County has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run crash that left an off-duty Aberdeen police official hospitalized, authorities said. Christopher Uszenski, of Old Bridge, was charged with first-degree attempted murder and third-degree knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle collision with serious bodily injury, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey Shortly before 12:15 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 21, Aberdeen police responded to a call for service originating from the area of North Concourse and Wayside Drive in the Cliff…

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by Jon Craig
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Suspect Wanted For Throwing Unknown Substance Seriously Injuring Woman In Nassau County Suspect Wanted For Throwing Unknown Substance Seriously Injuring Woman In Nassau County
Suspect Wanted For Throwing Unknown Substance Seriously Injuring Woman In Nassau County A reward of up to $20,000 has now been offered by Nassau County Crime Stoppers for any information that leads to an arrest and conviction of an assault suspect who attacked a woman last year. Police investigators on Long Island recently released a new surveillance photo of a vehicle used by a man who allegedly threw a drink in a woman’s face as she was walking on her driveway, sending her to the hospital. A 21-year-old woman was walking on the driveway of her Arlington Avenue home in Elmont at approximately 8:15 p.m. on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, when she was approached by an unknown man wh…

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by Zak Failla
Bethlehem, PA
Police & Fire
Man Used Trash Bags To Steal $100s In Seafood From Lehigh Valley Giant Stores, Police Say Man Used Trash Bags To Steal $100s In Seafood From Lehigh Valley Giant Stores, Police Say
Man Used Trash Bags To Steal $100s In Seafood From Lehigh Valley Giant Stores, Police Say Police are on the lookout for a man who stole hundreds of dollars’ worth of seafood from Giant stores throughout Lehigh Valley. The suspect, pictured above, stole hundreds in frozen seafood from Giant grocery stores in Bethlehem Township and Lehigh Valley twice in October and November 2021, and again on Thursday, Feb. 3, township police said Friday. The man stole the seafood by loading it into trash bags and fled as a passenger in a black Nissan Altima on each occasion, police said. Anyone with information about the suspect’s identity is asked to call Bethlehem Township Police Sgt. Powell …

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by Valerie Musson
Cornwall-Mount Gretna, PA
Obituaries
Man ID'd In Crash With Mack Truck: Pennsylvania State Police Man ID'd In Crash With Mack Truck: Pennsylvania State Police
Man ID'd In Crash With Mack Truck: Pennsylvania State Police A man has died in a two vehicle crack involving a Mack Truck Monday afternoon, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police. Richard "Rick" G. Fairman, 73, of Lititz, died at Hershey Medical Center following the crash, according to the release. Fairman was driving a 2013 Nissan Altima when he crossed over the double-yellow line– for an unknown reason– colliding with a 2016 Mack Truck in the southbound lane, along Route 501 in Lebanon on Monday around 1 p.m., according to the Pennsylvania state police. Fairman “was entrapped and freed by mechanical means,” by first responders at t…

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by Jillian Pikora
Mahopac, NY
Police & Fire
Woman From Region Killed In Single-Vehicle Crash Woman From Region Killed In Single-Vehicle Crash
Woman From Region Killed In Single-Vehicle Crash A woman from the region was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Christmas Eve. Sullivan County resident Lisa Kottl, age 31, of Bloomingburg, was killed around 7:30 a.m., Friday, Dec. 24, after losing control of her vehicle. According to Sullivan County Undersheriff Eric Chaboty, when deputies responded to the report of the crash on Route 17 in the town of Thompson, they found a 2007 Nissan Altima had hit a water diversion ditch next to the exit and rolled over. Kottl was pronounced dead at the scene by Sullivan County Coroner Alan Kesten, he added. It is believed that she was en route to …

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by Kathy Reakes
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
6-Year-Old Boy Dies In Hit-Run Route 80 Crash 6-Year-Old Boy Dies In Hit-Run Route 80 Crash
6-Year-Old Boy Dies In Hit-Run Route 80 Crash A 6-year-old boy died in a crash on Route 80 in Morris County Thursday night, authorities said. A 2012 Chevrolet Equinox heading east was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene near milepost 28.5 in Roxbury around 7:45 p.m., New Jersey State Police said. The Chevy struck a Honda HRV on impact, which by a Nissan Altima. the Chevy was then struck by a Honda Passport, police said. The boy who died was riding in the Honda HRV. Several other individuals were seriously injured in the crash, authorities said. Anyone who may have witnessed the crash or the events leading to or following the cras…

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by Cecilia Levine
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
6-Year-Old Dies In Route 80 Crash 6-Year-Old Dies In Route 80 Crash
6-Year-Old Dies In Route 80 Crash A 6-year-old boy died in a crash on Route 80 in Morris County Thursday night, authorities said. A 2012 Chevrolet Equinox heading east was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene near milepost 28.5 in Roxbury, New Jersey State Police said. The Chevy struck a Honda HRV on impact, which by a Nissan Altima. the Chevy was then struck by a Honda Passport, police said. The boy who died was riding in the Honda HRV. Anyone who may have witnessed the crash or the events leading to or following the crash is asked to contact Troop "B" Netcong Station at 973-347-1001. Anonymous tips are welcome.

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by Cecilia Levine
Allentown, PA
Police & Fire
Flying Tire Strikes PA Turnpike Driver's Windshield, Sending Two To Hospital: Police Flying Tire Strikes PA Turnpike Driver's Windshield, Sending Two To Hospital: Police
Flying Tire Strikes PA Turnpike Driver's Windshield, Sending Two To Hospital: Police Two people were sent to the hospital Sunday after a tire from one car blew out and smashed through the windshield and sunroof of another car traveling on the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Lehigh County, authorities said. Troopers responded to I-476 near northbound mile marker 67.1 in Washington Township around 10:45 a.m., Pennsylvania State Police said. A cracked stud on a southbound Nissan Altima's wheel hub caused a tire to come loose and collide with the windshield and sunroof of a northbound Volkswagen Golf, according to state police. The 66-year-old Golf driver …

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by Nicole Acosta