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Ridgewood NJ, The adult female driver of a BMW sedan sustained non life threatening injuries during a Friday morning, 04/03, crash in which a utility pole was severed near 60 West Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood. The victim was transported by a Ridgewood EMS ambulance to The Valley Hospital. Ridgewood Police, Ridgewood Fire Department, and Ridgewood Emergency Services also responded to the incident. The crash forced the closure of a portion of West Ridgewood Avenue for several hours while utility crews worked to restore services.
Seriously how fast does a car need to be going to take out a pole like that? So many 1 car accidents. We will not know if this was medical related but feels like a speed and /or texting while driving issue to me. Speeding is out of control on N Monroe. With fewer cars on the road it like like open season for landscaping turks to go 45mph. How about some enforcement?
over 50 !
my suggestion is you slow down and get off your phone !
Even at 25, you would take out a utility pole if you struck it without any breaking. My guess here is total distraction caused by cell phone use.