Photo credit: Boyd A. Loving
Driver plows straight through Ridgewood garage and keeps going
October 24,2014
Boyd A. Loving
5:29 PM
Ridgewood NJ, A Walthery Avenue, Ridgewood resident drove her Lexus sedan into her driveway, through a closed door of a detached garage, out the back wall of the garage, into a neighbor’s back yard, into another neighbor’s chain link fence, then turned around in a back yard, drove down a driveway, onto a street, turned around a corner, and then back into her own driveway where she parked. Ridgewood PD, EMS, FD, and code inspection all responded to the driver’s 911 telephone call reporting the accident. There were no witnesses to the event. The driver was uninjured. The vehicle sustained moderate to heavy front end and undercarriage damage. The code inspector deemed the garage structurally sound, despite the heavily damaged back wall. An investigation as to the crash’s cause remains under investigation by Ridgewood PD.
Photo credit: Boyd A. Loving
