Motorcyclist escapes serious injury in Ridgewood crash

Ridgewood NJ, A motorcyclist sustained only minor injuries after his bike collided with an Acura RDX and fell to the pavement in the 200 block of Union Street, Ridgewood, shortly before 6 PM on Sunday, 08/17.  Ridgewood PD and EMS personnel responded to the scene of the crash after receiving several 911 telephone calls.  The biker was alert, conscious, and walking when the first police units arrived at the scene.  Although an ambulance was called to provide transportation to a local hospital, the biker refused such service.  A tow truck was called to change a flat tire on the Acura; the bike was able to be driven from the scene.  A paramedic unit from The Valley Hospital also responded to assist.

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