Two civilians and a firefighter were evaluated for injuries in a smoky Tuesday morning house fire in Rochelle Park.A man also was taken into custody after police said he interfered with responders.The blaze ignited in the basement of the 1…
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A driver who tried to elude Rochelle Park police by wading through a frigid brook after crashing a vehicle ended up hospitalized and in custody instead, authorities said.
Thomas Overton, 18, of the Bronx nearly struck the owner whose car he’d just hit at the intersection of Berdan Street and South Drive as he fled the scene shortly after 5:30 p.m. Monday, Lt. James M. DePreta said.
Responding police found his abandoned Nissan Rogue – with no license plates at the end of dead-ended Chestnut Street soon after, DePreta said.
Witnesses who provided cellphone and home surveillance video told officers that Overton had headed on foot toward Sprout Brook, he said.