Route 208 Fatal: Dover Woman, 78, Killed, Husband, 80, Hospitalized In Horrific Crash (Update)
UPDATE: Authorities identified a driver killed in a horrific Labor Day crash on Route 208 as a 78-year-old woman from Dover and the injured passenger as her 80-year-old husband.
Carmen Traverso was pronounced dead at the scene, Hawthorne Police Capt. Robert King said Tuesday, Sept. 6.
Pablo Traverso, meanwhile, was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, the captain said.
The couple's 2014 Toyota Camry careened off the road and up an embankment, where it slammed into a tree on the southbound highway just north of Goffle Road shortly after noon Monday.
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40-Something Couple Hit Crossing Hawthorne Street
A Hawthorne couple was hospitalized after being struck by a van on a local street.
The van was headed south on Lincoln Avenue when it hit the pair, both 48 years old, near approaching Diamond Bridge Avenue around 9 p.m. Tuesday, Detective Lt. Matthew Hoogmoed.
Both were taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening, the lieutenant said.
The 55-year-old driver, also from Hawthorne, remained at the scene, Hoogmoed said.
Hawthorne police, EMS and ALS all responded, while Fair Lawn and Glen Rock police assisted, he said.
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