Crime & Safety
'Seriously Injured' Teen Driver Extricated From Car After Striking Tree: Wyckoff Police
An 18-year-old driver suffered serious injuries in a single-vehicle crash in Wyckoff, after the car lost control and slammed into a tree.
WYCKOFF, NJ — An 18-year-old was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash Monday afternoon and had to be extricated, after the car veered off the road and struck a tree on Franklin Avenue in Wyckoff, police Lt. Kevin Kasak said.
The driver of a 2006 Toyota Corolla was traveling east on Franklin when the car lost control while negotiating a curve and collided with a tree on the front lawn of a home, Kasak said.
Fire crews pulled the badly hurt driver from the vehicle, and the person was then taken to an area hospital, police said.
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The vehicle was then towed away from the scene, police added.
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