Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Police & Fire
Driver, 51, Killed By Tractor-Trailer After Leaving Disabled Car Near Rt 287/17 Split In Mahwah Driver, 51, Killed By Tractor-Trailer After Leaving Disabled Car Near Rt 287/17 Split In Mahwah
Driver, 51, Killed By Tractor-Trailer After Leaving Disabled Car Near Rt 287/17 Split In Mahwah UPDATE: A driver was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer late Tuesday on Route 287 near the Route 17 split in Mahwah after he got out of his car following an accident, State Police said. John J. Neumayer, 51, of Wantage was pronounced dead at the scene following the 11:20 crash at a convergence of highways notorious for serious accidents. Neumayer had gotten out of his 2015 Honda after it became disabled by a crash in the southbound travel lanes, New Jersey State Police Trooper Charles Marchan said."A tractor-trailer then struck both him and his vehicle," the trooper told Daily Voice. A…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Police & Fire
Driver, 20, Who Survived Horrific Route 287 Crash In Mahwah Grateful To Many Driver, 20, Who Survived Horrific Route 287 Crash In Mahwah Grateful To Many
Driver, 20, Who Survived Horrific Route 287 Crash In Mahwah Grateful To Many A South Carolina woman whose sedan slammed into the back of a tractor-trailer on the shoulder of Route 287 in Mahwah last week said she was grateful to be alive. She also told Daily Voice that she didn’t fall asleep behind the wheel, as authorities initially believed. “Thank you to the paramedics for getting me out of my car,” Jordyn Carol King, 20, posted on Facebook from Hackensack University Medical Center this past weekend. “Thank you to every single nurse and doctor who helped me get to where I am,” she added. “Thank you to the plastic surgeon who put my face back together. Thank you t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Police & Fire
Cresskill Firefighters Free Driver After Snow-Related Crash Cresskill Firefighters Free Driver After Snow-Related Crash
Cresskill Firefighters Free Driver After Snow-Related Crash A driver walked away from a snow-related crash in Cresskill on Thursday after firefighters freed her. Police, firefighters and EMS found the 22-year-old victim trapped inside the Hyundai SUV after it rolled onto its side at the corner of Madison and Jefferson avenues around 3 p.m. “Emergency personnel maintain verbal communications with the victim while the fire department worked on cutting through the windshield,” police reported. “The victim was removed without any injuries and checked out by EMS.” Police also added a word of caution: “Just because the roadway doesn’t look completely cov…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Police & Fire
CAUGHT! Franklin Lakes Man Charged In Hit-Run Death Of Garfield Special Needs Resident CAUGHT! Franklin Lakes Man Charged In Hit-Run Death Of Garfield Special Needs Resident
Caught! Franklin Lakes Man Charged In Hit-Run Death Of Garfield Special Needs Resident UPDATE: A 59-year-old building superintendent from Franklin Lakes was arrested at his home Wednesday morning and charged with the hit-run death of a special needs resident outside a Garfield group home -- thanks to news accounts that included photos of the fleeing vehicle. The Chevy Suburban that struck Giovanni Rivera, 42, was in the driveway when police and investigators took Paul Frischer into custody at his Phelps Road home near the Route 287 overpass just after 6:30 a.m., authorities told Daily Voice. It was impounded as evidence. Frischer was charged with leaving the scene of a crash…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Police & Fire
Mahwah PD: Repeat Offenders Caught With 450 Heroin Bags In Route 287 Stop Mahwah PD: Repeat Offenders Caught With 450 Heroin Bags In Route 287 Stop
Mahwah PD: Repeat Offenders Caught With 450 Heroin Bags In Route 287 Stop Three New York State men were arrested by Mahwah police who said they found the trio carrying 450 bags of heroin during a stop on northbound Route 287. Officer Chistopher Fasulo stopped the car, driven by by Donovan Burton, 18, of Port Jervis for several motor vehicle violations, Police Chief James N. Batelli said. Burton and his passengers gave conflicting stories about their travels, after which Fasulo obtained Burton’s consent to search the vehicle, the chief said. After finding nine bricks of heroin, he took passengers Brian Klich, 26, also of Port Jervis, and Richard McInturff 27, of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Police & Fire
PA Woman Charged With DWI In Route 287 Crash In Mahwah That Ejected Boy, 12 PA Woman Charged With DWI In Route 287 Crash In Mahwah That Ejected Boy, 12
PA Woman Charged With DWI In Route 287 Crash In Mahwah That Ejected Boy, 12 A Pennsylvania driver whose car rear-ended an SUV on northbound Route 287 late Friday afternoon, ejecting a 12-year-old boy, was intoxicated and unlicensed, New Jersey State Police said. An AirMed One medical chopper flew the boy to Hackensack University Medical Center with head trauma after the crash near Exit 66 (Mahwah) just before 3 p.m. A sedan driven by Christine Ryan, 27, of Bartonsville, struck a Lincoln Navigator that was slowing for holiday traffic, sending it into a guardrail and ejecting the boy out the back window, witnesses told responding officers. An earlier Daily Voice rep…

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by Jerry DeMarco