Crime & Safety
Fair Lawn Crash Leaves Several Injured: Police
A single-car crash on 17th Street in Fair Lawn left the driver and three passengers injured.
![A crash on Friday in Fair Lawn left four people with non-life threatening injuries.](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/shutterstock/26033776/20220613/113434/styles/patch_image/public/shutterstock-250536799-1___13112918442.jpg)
FAIR LAWN, NJ — A single-car crash at the intersection of 17th Street and Columbia Street in Fair Lawn left four people injured on Friday, a Fair Lawn Police Department spokesperson said. None of the injuries were life-threatening, police said.
Officers found the 2007 Honda van struck a tree, after the driver, a 60-year-old Newark man, swerved to his right to avoid a car coming from the opposite direction in the middle of the road. The driver was taken to an area hospital with a head injury, and the car had to be towed away from the scene, police said.
In addition, three others were injured, including the front seat passenger, a 34-year-0ld Paterson woman; and two of the four back seat passengers, a 33-year-old Orange City man and a 25-year-old Allendale woman. The other two passengers were uninjured, police said.
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The road was reopened roughly an hour after the incident occurred, police added.
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