3 Hospitalized In Crash At Bergen-Passaic Border: Police

FAIR LAWN, NJ — An early morning crash Wednesday at the Bergen-Passaic border left three people hospitalized, Fair Lawn police Sgt. Brian Metzler said.

A Honda was sent slamming into Bella Fig Restaurant in Hawthorne following the two-vehicle crash at 6:24 a.m. near the intersection of Lincoln and Loretto Avenues, Metzler said.

An initial investigation determined that a Nissan was traveling west on Loretto, when the vehicle collided with the Honda traveling north on Lincoln and pushed it into the building, police said.

The driver of the Nissan, a 57-year-old Oak Ridge man, was taken to an area hospital with neck and arm injuries. The driver of the Honda, a 54-year-old Paterson woman, and a passenger, a 31-year-old Prospect Park woman, were hospitalized with leg injuries.

The crash is still under investigation.