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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Police & Fire
High
Drama
: Photog Captures
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Rescue Of Clifton Firefighters From Passaic River
Freelance photographer Boyd A. Loving captured the drama Wednesday afternoon as two Clifton firefighters were plucked from the Passaic River by a New Jersey State Police chopper after they'd gone in to rescue a construction crew. The three-member crew was clearing trees and brush from the river when their boat got snagged at the top of the Dundee Dam, which has a 20-foot drop to a lower section of the river below. Firefighters from Clifton, Garfield and Elmwood Park put boats into the river to rescue the trio. At some point, the Clifton boat began to tip over the side of the falls. A firef…
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
Driver Hospitalized After Older-Model SUV Rams, Splits Pole In Glen Rock
A driver was hospitalized with what appeared to be minor injuries after his SUV slammed into and split a utility pole in Glen Rock. The driver sustained a leg injury when his 2008 Honda Pilot cracked the pole on Lincoln Avenue just north of Rock Road around 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, June 27. He walked to a gurney, then was taken to St. Joseph's University Medical Center by the Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Squad. All Points Towing removed the SUV. The Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the driver to St. Joseph's University Medical Center following Tuesday's crash on Lincoln Avenue.Boyd…
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
3 Feet High And Flooding: Motorist Rescued From Partially Submerged Sedan In Glen Rock (
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A firefighter and two police officers helped a woman out of a sedan that got stuck in floodwaters beneath a Glen Rock train trestle. Firefighter Ryan Jennings and Special Police Officer James Harte were both driving down Maple Avenue when they spotted the vehicle with the driver still in it. The recent torrential downpours flooded the stretch beneath the NJ TRANSIT tracks on Maple Avenue near the borough train station around noontime Tuesday, June 27, leaving the vehicle stranded in three feet of water. Glen Rock Motor Unit Police Officer Adam Pyatak went in, as well, and together the tri…
Paramus, NJ
Police & Fire
Driver, Passenger Hospitalized After Uber Barrels Into Parked Teslas Off Route 17
An Uber driver and his female passenger were hospitalized after a chain-reaction collision that sent his sedan off rain-slicked Route 17 and into the parking lot of a Tesla dealership. Two vehicles in the Tesla Paramus lot on the northbound highway just before A&S Drive were damaged by the Toyota Corolla shortly before 7 a.m. Saturday, June 24. The pair in the Corolla were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center by Paramus EMS. Citywide Towing removed the sedan. Outside the Tesla Paramus dealership on northbound Route 17 before A&S Drive.Boyd A. Loving A second car invol…
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
House Fire Doused In Fair Lawn
Firefighters in Fair Lawn quickly doused a destructive house blaze before noon on Wednesday. No injuries were reported in the Kipp Street fire, which Fair Lawn Fire Chief Jacob Mamo said broke out in the kitchen of a 1½-story home just off Plaza Road near the Berdan Avenue exit off northbound Route 208 shortly after 10:30 a.m. June 21. Firefighters had the two-alarm blaze knocked in minutes, then checked for any extension to the attic. The home nonetheless sustained significant damage. Firefighters had the two-alarm blaze on Kipp Street knocked in minutes, then checked for any extensi…
Ridgewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Teens OK After Wheel Caves In Mercedes SUV Crash In Ridgewood
A 17-year-old driver and her teenage passenger were OK after a front wheel of their Mercedes caved in when the SUV hit a curb in Ridgewood on Tuesday. The driver sustained a minor leg injury for which she was treated at the scene by EMTs from the village Fire Department following the June 20 crash at the intersection of Monte Vista Avenue and Heights Road. Both refused transportation to the hospital. Citywide Towing removed the GLA 35 on a flatbed. The 17-year-old driver and her teenage passenger were OK following the crash at the corner of Monte Vista Avenue and Heights Road on June …
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
Trespassing Pair Get Summonses After Stopping Rush-Hour Commuter Train In Fair Lawn
Two trespassers loitering on the railroad tracks in Fair Lawn forced a commuter train to stop during rush hour when it hit a backpack that one of them was carrying, authorities said. "They're lucky they only got away with summonses," an official source said following the incident at the Fair Lawn Avenue crossing near the Radburn station shortly before 6 p.m. Friday, June 16. No one was injured. However, 175 passengers and crew on the Suffern-bound 1167 train out of Hoboken were inconvenienced by the stop, which also blocked the railroad crossing to vehicular and pedestrian traffic while F…
Ridgewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Woman, Child OK After Collision With Landscaping Truck In Ridgewood
A woman and child were shaken up but otherwise OK after their wagon collided with a small dump truck Saturday morning in Ridgewood. The other driver and his passengers were OK after the woman's Volvo Cross Country and his Holly Hill Landscaping truck from Haledon crashed at the corner of East Glen Avenue and Northern Parkway around 10 a.m. Saturday, June 17. Ridgewood police, firefighters and EMS responded. All Points Towing removed the Volvo. The Volvo Cross Country collided with this small dump truck from Holly Hill Landscaping truck in Haledon.Boyd A. Loving Boyd A. Loving took the…
Paramus, NJ
Police & Fire
SUV Splits Utility Pole, Busy Paramus Intersection Closed Most Of Day
A driver escaped serious injury when an SUV split a utility pole at a busy intersection just off northbound Route 17 in Paramus. Midland Avenue between Sette Drive and From Road was reopened at 3 p.m. Friday, June 16, after PSE&G replaced the pole, police said. The ramp from northbound Route 17 to eastbound Midland Avenue was also closed. The ramp to westbound Midland Avenue remained open. Traffic was re-routed after the Subaru Outback veered off the road, mounted a guy wire, and slammed into the pole earlier in the day. The Outback was removed by a flatbed tow truck. Paramus EMS r…
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
Driver Hospitalized After Sedan Slams Into Pole In Glen Rock
A senior driver suffered a severe leg injury when her sedan slammed into a utility pole Tuesday afternoon in Glen Rock. Borough police and EMS workers tended to the victim after her Toyota Corolla rammed the pole on Prospect Street near Saddle River Park. She was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center by members of the Ridgewood Volunteer Ambulance Corps and the village's Fire Rescue team. Emergency responders teamed up to get the woman out of her car and into an ambulance following the crash Tuesday afternoon, June 13, on Prospect Street in Glen Rock.Boyd A. Loving Her car was …
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
NJ Man Advertises Fake Vehicle Registrations On Facebook, Sells Them In CVS Lot: Police
A man who advertised fake New Jersey temporary vehicle registrations for sale on Facebook was caught peddling them in the parking lot of a strip mall in Glen Rock. Photographer Boyd A. Loving was at the scene of the arrest. The defendant, Keith Miller, 40, had his SUV parked outside the CVS when police arrived at the Rock Road lot shortly before noon on Tuesday, June 6. Officer Andrew Magro arrested Miller, who Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said had six bogus temporary vehicle registrations with him at the time. The sale of phony temp plates has increased rapidly, Ackermann noted…
Paramus, NJ
Police & Fire
Specialized Paramus Police Unit Cranks Up Chainsaws After Pickup Crash
Members of the Paramus Police Emergency Services Unit got to work after a pickup truck toppled a pole at the Oradell border on Thursday. The 22-year-old Mosquito Squad driver from Basking Ridge apparently looked down at his GPS and looked up too late to avoid hitting the curb, uprooting a fire hydrant and toppling the guy-wire pole on Oradell Avenue at Terrace Drive at 10:20 a.m. May 25, Paramus Police Sgt. Todd Colaianni said. The driver refused medical treatment, Colaianni said, but Bergen Brookside Auto Body & Towing had to remove his pickup on a flatbed. The cross-trained membe…
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