THE DAILY VOICE REPORTED THAT AN SUV AND A BOX TRUCK COLLIDED OUTSIDE OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEAR THE HACKENSACK-MAYWOOD BORDER ON TUESDAY MORNING. THE CRASH OCCURRED AROUND 10:50 A.M. ON THE ESPLANADE NEAR THE NELLIE K. PARKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. ACCORDING TO A SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, BOTH VEHICLES WERE HEADING TOWARD CENTRAL AVENUE WHEN THE BOX TRUCK STARTED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN INTO THE SCHOOL. A BLACK NISSAN SUV APPEARED TO SPEED UP TO PASS THE VEHICLE BEFORE CRASHING INTO IT AND BECOMING STUCK UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK. POLICE, FIREFIGHTERS AND AN AMBULANCE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE. THE FEMALE DRIVER OF THE SUV WAS PUT ONTO A STRETCHER; HOWEVER, IT WAS UNCLEAR AT THIS TIME IF SHE HAD SUSTAINED ANY INJURIES OR WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. THE COLLISION IS BEING INVESTIGATED.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED THAT A CAR CRASHED THROUGH A PARKING GARAGE WALL IN ROCHELLE PARK TUESDAY MORNING, SENDING DEBRIS ONTO A MAN BELOW. INVESTIGATORS SAID A DRIVER HIT TWO PARKED VEHICLES BEFORE STRIKING THE WALL AT 218 ROUTE 17 NORTH. THE DRIVER WAS IDENTIFIED AS A 19-YEAR-OLD PHILADELPHIA RESIDENT. POLICE SAID OFFICERS RESPONDED AROUND 10:42 A.M., WHEN THEY FOUND THE CAR HANGING OVER THE EDGE OF THE DAMAGED WALL. FALLING DEBRIS INJURED A 65-YEAR-OLD PATERSON MAN, WHO WAS TAKEN TO HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER FOR EVALUATION. THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED TO ASSESS THE STRUCTURE. NO SUMMONSES WERE ISSUED.
NJ.COM REPORTED THAT A CLIFTON TEEN RIDING A MOTORCYCLE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AFTER A CRASH WITH A CAR SUNDAY NIGHT. ACCORDING TO CLIFTON POLICE DEPARTMENT LIEUTENANT ROBERT ANDERSON, POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE ON THE INTERSECTION OF MAIN AVENUE AND WEST THIRD STREET AROUND 7:49 PM. THE 16-YEAR-OLD BOY SUSTAINED POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES WHEN HE COLLIDED WITH A TOYOTA COROLLA WHILE RIDING HIS MOTORCYCLE. HE WAS TAKEN TO AN AREA HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE 20-YEAR-OLD DRIVER FROM PATERSON AND THE TWO PASSENGERS FROM CLIFTON SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. THE DRIVER AND REAR SEAT PASSENGER DECLINED ANY MEDICAL ATTENTION, WHILE THE FRONT-SEAT PASSENGER WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. THE INVESTIGATION REMAINS ONGOING AS CLIFTON POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC DIVISION DETECTIVES INVESTIGATE THE INCIDENT.