October 6 Morning News
NJ.COM REPORTED TWO ADULTS AND AN INFANT WERE CRITICALLY INJURED MONDAY AFTERNOON IN A FOUR CAR CRASH IN LINDEN. ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT FROM THE LINDEN POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE CRASH HAPPENED ON E. LINDEN AVENUE AT 2:45 P.M. THE TWO ADULTS AND INFANT WERE TAKEN TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN NEWARK. AUTHORITIES SAID ANOTHER ADULT INVOLVED IN THE CRASH SUSTAINED NON LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. EAST LINDEN AVENUE WAS CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AS OF MONDAY EVENING, WHERE RESIDENTS WERE ASKED TO AVOID THE AREA. THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION AND NO OTHER DETAILS WERE RELEASED.
NJ.COM REPORTED AT LEAST ONE STUDENT WAS INJURED SATURDAY, WHEN A RAILING ON THE BLEACHERS COLLAPSED AFTER BERGEN CATHOLIC’S HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME AGAINST DON BOSCO PREP IN ORADELL. THE RAILING COLLAPSED ONTO THE TRACK, AS BERGEN CATHOLIC STUDENTS PUSHED FORWARD TO THE FRONT ROW OF THE BLEACHER. SEVERAL STUDENTS FELL OVER SPILLING ONTO THE TRACK AND PILING ON TOP OF EACH OTHER BEFORE RUNNING ONTO THE FIELD. ACCORDING TO ORADELL POLICE CHIEF DAVID L. GANGEMI, ONE STUDENT SUFFERED A LEG INJURY AND WAS TREATED AT THE SCENE. GANGEMI SAID NO OTHER SERIOUS INJURIES WERE REPORTED. BERGEN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL PRESIDENT BRIAN MAHONEY SAID FOUR STUDENTS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES BUT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. MAHONEY RELEASED A STATEMENT, SAYING THAT A SECOND INSPECTION OF THE BLEACHERS WILL BE CONDUCTED FOR SAFETY, AND THAT THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF STUDENTS REMAIN THEIR HIGHEST PRIORITY.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED LODI POLICE ARE ASKING FOR HELP FINDING A DRIVER WHO LEFT THE SCENE AFTER STRIKING AND SERIOUSLY INJURING A PEDESTRIAN. THE CRASH HAPPENED JUST AFTER 2AM ON SEPTEMBER 6TH ON PASSAIC AVE. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS A SUV HITTING THE MAN FROM BEHIND NEAR HIS PARKED CAR. POLICE SAID THE WOMAN DRIVING STOPPED AND BRIEFLY SPOKE WITH THE VICTIM BEFORE GETTING BACK INTO THE SUV AND DRIVING AWAY. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE VEHICLE WAS A KIA SPORTAGE. VIDEO SHOWED IT WAS LEAVING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND TURNING ONTO FIRST STREET. THE VICTIM WAS ABLE TO WALK HOME AND WAS LATER TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. POLICE SAID HE WAS RELEASED THAT SAME DAY. INVESTIGATORS HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED THE DRIVER OR CONFIRMED A LICENSE PLATE NUMBER.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED A WATER MAIN BREAK DELAYED THE OPENING OF WEST FIELD GARDEN STATE PLAZA IN PARAMUS ON MONDAY. ACCORDING TO A POST ON THE MALL’S SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES, THE SHOPPING CENTER REMAINED CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL 6PM. THE DISRUPTION KEPT SHOPPERS OUT FOR MUCH OF THE DAY BEFORE THE MALL OPENED MONDAY EVENING. THE CAUSE OF THE WATER MAIN BREAK IS NOT KNOWN.