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Three Teens Stabbed in Hackensack

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Hackensack NJ, a student fight initially reported on First Street near Hackensack High School. Led to a Hackensack University Medical Center to contact Hackensack Police headquarters and report that the three teenagers were being treated as a result of a stabbing with non-life threatening injuries.
. The teenagers, one 16-year-old from Garfield and two 18-year-olds from Hackensack, were not students of Hackensack High School, and according to police the incident did not occur in the high school.

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Driver Hospitalized After Collision at the Intersection in Glen Rock

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Glen Rock NJ, One (1) person was injured in a two (2) vehicle, early Saturday, 09/17, collision at the intersection of Glen Avenue and Maple Avenue, Glen Rock. The victim, who sustained a non-life threatening crash related injury, was transported by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center’s main campus. Both vehicles were removed from the scene by a flatbed tow truck. Glen Rock Police and Glen Rock EMS responded to the incident.

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Driver Hospitalized after Fair Lawn Rollover Crash Knocks out Utility Pole

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Fair Lawn NJ, Fair Lawn Police, Fair Lawn Fire Department, the Fair Lawn Rescue Squad, and Fair Lawn EMS personnel & vehicles responded to a single passenger car rollover crash at the intersection of Kershner Place and Prospect Street late Thursday night, 09/15. The driver of the vehicle, which rolled completely over and landed “right side up,” was transported by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center’s Main Campus with unspecified, non-life threatening, crash related injuries. Although a utility pole was destroyed during the crash, there were no apparent power outages in the area. A traffic control sign was also wiped out. Firefighters and Rescue Squad personnel attended to fluid spilled from the crashed vehicle, which was removed from the scene by a flatbed tow truck. No word from police on the scene as to what may have caused the driver to lose control and hit the utility pole.

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Route 17 southbound Closed Beginning at 7 p.m. Friday, September 16, until 7 p.m., Saturday, September 17

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Lodi NJ, Lodi Area Weekend Street Closing beginning September 16th. New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials today announced that Route 17 southbound will be closed for 24 hours this weekend for a railroad crossing rehabilitation project in Lodi, Bergen County near the Hackensack University Medical Center. This is the third of three railroad crossing repair projects taking place in Lodi.

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Wild Stolen Car Chase in Paramus Leads to Multiple Arrests leaving Two Police Cruisers Heavily Damaged

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Paramus NJ, Paramus Police captured at least four (4) occupants of a BMW sedan that crashed in the rear of a Pleasant Avenue, Paramus business while being pursued by several Paramus patrol vehicles on Monday morning, 09/05. Two (2) Paramus police cruisers were heavily damaged during the pursuit; they were both removed by flatbed tow trucks. The BMW sedan was also damaged and towed away. An ambulance transported one (1) individual involved in the pursuit to Hackensack University Medical Center’s main campus with non life threatening injuries. Rochelle Park Police assisted in the transport of prisoners to Paramus Police Department headquarters.

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Connecticut Man Falls Nearly 60 Feet off Palisades Cliff Face in Englewood Cliffs

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Englewood Cliffs NJ,  according to Palisades Interstate Parkway Police a 7 am fall off the cliffside left a man hurt near the Palisades Interstate Parkway where he’d tried taking photographs Friday morning.

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Motorcyclist Rushed to Hackensack University Medical Center’s after Sustaining Serious Injuries in Ridgewood Crash

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Ridgewood NJ, an adult male motorcyclist was rushed by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center’s main campus after sustaining serious injuries in a Monday morning, 08/29, crash at the intersection of North Monroe Street and Woodfield Court, Ridgewood. A sanitation (garbage) truck owned by the Village of Ridgewood was reportedly involved in the crash as well. Officers from the Bergen County Sheriff’s Department and Ridgewood Fire EMTs rushed to aid the victim, who was said to have been knocked unconscious in the collision. A paramedic team from The Valley Hospital assisted Ridgewood Fire EMTs. The damaged motorcycle from the scene by a tow truck. There was no visible damage to the large truck.

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Multi Vehicle Accident in Mahwah Closes Route 287 northbound Monday Morning

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Mahwah NJ, a multiple vehicle crash involving a flipped over roll-off container truck and an entrapment forced the temporary closure of Route 287 northbound near mile marker 64 in Mahwah on Monday morning, 08/22. Mahwah Fire Department, was assisted by Franklin Lakes Fire Department, and a Ramsey EMS ambulance was also observed at the scene. At least one (1) victim with a life threatening traumatic injury was transported to Hackensack University Medical Center’s main campus. No information was available regarding the condition of other victims, if there were any.

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UPDATE: Bergen County Assistant Prosecutor and Ridgewood Resident Dies in Fatal Accident in Hackensack

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Hackensack NJ, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit and the Hackensack Police Department are investigating a fatal accident that occurred on Essex Street in Hackensack, NJ on Friday, July 29, 2022 at approximately 3:52 p.m. Responding officers transported one of the motorists to Hackensack University Medical Center where he died as a result of his injuries.

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Best Hospitals in New Jersey

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Ridgewood NJ, U.S. News evaluated 98 hospitals in New Jersey. Fifteen meet high U.S. News standards and are ranked in the state. U.S. News also ranked hospitals in the New York and Philadelphia metro areas. The number 1 hospital in New Jersey is Morristown Medical Center.  Three of the fifteen are Bergen County based .
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79 Year Old Dumont Woman Dies After Being Hit with a Fire Poker

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Dumont NJ, according to Dumont Police they received a 911 call reporting the alleged fatal assault at 11:53 p.m. Saturday. Police then responded to 124 New Milford Ave., a single family home across the street from Dumont High School, where they found the 79-year-old female victim, who was later pronounced dead at Hackensack University Medical Center. The 30-year-old male was taken into custody.

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Rollover Crash in Rochelle Park Sends Victim to Hackensack University Medical Center

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Rochelle Park NJ, Rochelle Park Fire Department and Maywood Fire Department required the use of hydraulic extrication tools to free an individual who was entrapped inside of a Mazda SUV that had flipped on its side after hitting a tree in the 300 block of West Passaic Street, Rochelle Park on Tuesday morning, 07/19. BLS and ALS personnel from Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) aided the victim on scene before ambulance transport to HUMC’s main campus. Rochelle Park Police provided traffic control at the scene and investigated the single vehicle crash. The heavily damaged vehicle was righted by a hydraulic lift tow truck prior to its removal from the scene by a flatbed tow truck.

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Beginning Friday, July 15, Route 17 northbound Will be closed Fore Construction At the 17 northbound Exit Ramp to Essex Street

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Lodi NJ, New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials today are reminding motorists that Route 17 northbound will be closed for 24 hours this weekend for
a railroad crossing rehabilitation project in Lodi, Bergen County near the Hackensack University Medical Center.

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Motorcyclist Seriously Injured In Glen Rock Route 208 Crash

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Glen Rock NJ, a Sunday afternoon, 07/03, crash on Route 208 northbound, in which a motorcycle operator sustained life threatening serious injuries, resulted in an approximate one (1) hour, complete closure of Route 208 northbound between Maple and Lincoln Avenues in Glen Rock. The crash victim was rushed by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center’s main campus with the assistance of a paramedic team from The Valley Hospital. Glen Rock Police and Glen Rock EMS responded to aid the victim. Fair Lawn Police and Ridgewood Emergency Services assisted with traffic control. A pothole/roadway depression may have been a contributing factor in the crash.

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Bergen County Prosecutor and Bergen County Medical Examiner Are Seeking the Public’s Assistance with Locating the Family of Eugene Mack, Jr. Who Died in 1978

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Paramus NJ, the Bergen County Prosecutor and the Bergen County Medical Examiner are seeking the public’s assistance with locating the family of Eugene Mack, Jr. who died in 1978 and was only recently identified.

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