Crime & Safety

Forest Hills Man Injured at NJ Auto Auction: Report

Struck by BMW driven by auction employee.

A 32-year-old man from Forest Hills was injured at an auto auction in Fairfield, New Jersey, according to a report in The Progress of New Jersey Hills: 

The identity of the injured are being withheld; however, they were all male with their ages and residences as follows: one 58-year old from the Bronx, NY, one 42-year old from the Bronx, NY, one 32-year old from Forest Hills, NY, one 45-year old from Brooklyn, NY, one 33-year old from Vancouver, Washington, and one 48-year old from Towson, MD.

39-year-old Gregory Ross was behind the wheel, according to the paper. Ross reportedly suffered a seizure while driving a BMW as part of a demonstration during the course of the auction, veering into a crowd and striking another car. 

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The injuries are not life-threatening, the paper said.

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