Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Police & Fire
Authorities Try To ID Victim In Fiery Overnight Route 287 Crash In Mahwah Authorities Try To ID Victim In Fiery Overnight Route 287 Crash In Mahwah
Authorities Try To ID Victim In Fiery Overnight Route 287 Crash In Mahwah MAHWAH, N.J. -- One person was killed when a Jeep plowed into a parked tractor-trailer overnight Sunday on Route 287 in Mahwah near the New York State line, authorities said. Authorities were trying to identify the victim, who was pronounced dead at the scene after the fiery 2:30 a.m. crash on the northbound highway melted even the license plates of the Cherokee, which struck a parked rig hauling cases of water. Mahwah Fire Companies 1, 2 and 4 responded and extinguished the flames. Franklin Lakes provided mutual aid. New Jersey State Police were investigating.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Police & Fire
VIDEO: Child May Have Ignited Fire That Ravaged Fairview Home VIDEO: Child May Have Ignited Fire That Ravaged Fairview Home
Video: Child May Have Ignited Fire That Ravaged Fairview Home FAIRVIEW, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A child may have accidentally ignited a fire that blew through the roof of a two-family Fairview house, investigators unofficially said Saturday. Everyone got out safely from the two-alarm blaze on Kennedy Drive, which responders said broke out in the rear of the upstairs apartment around 7 p.m. Friday. No one was injured. Borough firefighters were pulled from the roof just before it caved in. They were aided by their colleagues from Cliffside Park, who sent a FAST team, as well as from Edgewater (engine), Palisades Park (ladder truck) and Ridgefield (engine). …

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by Jerry DeMarco