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A fleeing Hackensack driver crashed a luxury car during a Maywood police pursuit, injuring an off-duty officer, then tried to keep going before he was captured, authorities said.
Christian Valentin, 20, had two people with him when he drove his BMW M4 on the wrong side of the road while passing a vehicle that he’d been tailgating near Passaic Street and Maywood Avenue, Police Chief Terence Kenny said.
Seeing this, Detective Christopher Nichols tried to stop him, the chief said.
Valentin hit the gas instead.
A few blocks later, the $71,000 coupe slammed into another vehicle as Valentine turned onto Esplanade at the Hackensack border, Kenny said.
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A 76-year-old Hackensack woman was struck and killed by two vehicles while crossing the street in the city Thursday night, police said.
Carol Ventura was crossing the road at Passaic Street and Summit Avenue at about 8:30 p.m. when she was struck by a pickup truck, Hackensack police said in a statement. Ventura was then hit by the trailer of a landscaping truck, police said.
The driver of the pickup truck, a 42-year-old Rochelle Park resident, had a green light and said he did not see Ventura until he hit her, police stated. The driver of the landscaping truck, a 51-year-old Paramus man, also had a green light and said he did not see Ventura. Both drivers remained on the scene.
Woman, 76, dies after she’s hit by 2 vehicles while crossing city street
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A 76-year-old Bergen County woman died Thursday night after she was hit by two vehicles as she crossed a street in Hackensack, authorities said.
Carol Ventura, a city resident, was in a market crosswalk at the intersection of Passaic Street and Summit Avenue when she was hit by a pickup about 8:35 p.m., according to Hackensack Police Capt. Nicole Foley.
The pickup was turning southbound from Summit Avenue headed eastbound on Passaic Street.
“Ventura was then struck by the trailer of a landscaping truck that was traveling westbound on Passaic Street,” Foley said.
A 76-year-old Hackensack pedestrian was struck and killed Thursday night.Carol Ventura, a North Bergen native who lived on Prospect Avenue, was in the crosswalk when she was struck by a 2021 Dodge Ram pickup truck that was turning from sou…
Maywood, N.J.: A Close-Knit Community With a Quaint Downtown
With its walkable streets and proximity to Manhattan, the borough is an appealing place to live. But good luck finding a house for sale this spring.
By Jill P. Capuzzo
March 10, 2021
Beata Piszczek has had some lucky breaks, starting in 1994 when she won Poland’s green card lottery, providing the ticket for her family to come to the United States, and again last year, when she landed her dream house in Maywood, N.J., just a block from the borough’s downtown.
Winning the visa lottery something Ms. Piszczek’s cousin advised her to apply for, though he didn’t manage to secure a slot for himself may have been pure luck, but getting the right house took a bit of doing. The work started in 2016, when Ms. Piszczek and her husband, Mirek, moved from their condo in Queens to a ranch house in Maywood, which they bought for $290,000. They spent four years renovating it before selling it last March for $625,000 and mov