September 9 Evening News
NORTHJERSEY.COM REPORTED TWO PEDESTRIANS WERE STRUCK BY A NEW JERSEY TRANSIT BUS IN HACKENSACK TUESDAY EVENING. ACCORDING TO HACKENSACK DEPUTY CHIEF GREGORY ZISA, THE TWO WOMEN WERE IN THE AREA OF 170 STATE STREET BEFORE 6:30PM, BOTH SUFFERING INJURIES FROM THE CRASH. BOTH WOMEN WERE TAKEN TO HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER WITH INJURIES THAT WERE BELIEVED TO BE LIFE THREATENING. A NJ TRANSIT SPOKESPERSON SAID THE BUS WAS ON THE 712 ROUTE FROM THE HACKENSACK TERMINAL TO THE WILLOWBROOK MALL. ACCORDING TO DEPUTY ZISA, THE DRIVER OF THE NJ TRANSIT BUS WAS GIVEN A SUMMONS FOR FAILURE TO YIELD TO PEDESTRIANS IN THE CROSSWALK.
NJ.COM REPORTED AN ESSEX COUNTY MAN WAS ARRESTED SUNDAY AFTER TWO WOMEN SAID HE FOLLOWED THEM DOWN A STREET IN MONTCLAIR WHILE EXPOSING HIMSELF. ACCORDING TO A POLICE SPOKEPERSON, POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE 200 BLOCK OF CLAREMONT AVE, LOCATING A 36-YEAR OLD SUSPECT NEAR THE SCENE. THE VICTIMS IDENTIFIED THE MAN, A MONTCLAIR RESIDENT, AS THE PERSON WHO HAD FOLLOWED THEM. THE MAN WAS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF LEWDNESS AND RELEASED PENDING A COURT HEARING.
NORTHJERSEY.COM REPORTED AN E-BIKE RIDER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A CRASH INVOLVING A BUS IN BERGEN COUNTY. THE SOUTH HACKENSACK POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO HUYLER ST SEPTEMBER 7TH, ON REPORTS OF A RIDER STRUCK BY A NEW JERSEY TRANSIT BUS AT 4:45PM. POLICE FOUND THE 41-YEAR-OLD MAN UNRESPONSIVE. POLICE SAID THE UNIDEFITIDED MAN WAS TAKEN TO HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER AND REMAINED IN CRITICAL CONDITION AS OF SEPT. 8. INITIAL FINDINGS INDICATE HE WAS NOT WEARING A HELMET AND DID NOT HAVE A LICENSE, THE E-BIKE UNREGISTERED AND UNINSURED. ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, VIDEO FROM THE BUS INVOLVED IN THE CRASH SHOWS THE BICYCLIST WAS HEADING SOUTH ON HUYLER STREET WHEN HE STRUCK THE BUS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND. THE VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE ANY PASSENGERS AT THE TIME, AND THE BUS DRIVER WAS UNINJURED. THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. SOUTH HACKENSACK POLICE URGES ALL RIDERS TO OBEY TRAFFIC LAWS AND WEAR A HELMET AT ALL TIMES.