Six injured in a two-vehicle head-on collision on Route 4 in Paramus, New Jersey
Modified Date:
Tue, 03/26/2024 - 6:40amAccident Date:
Saturday, March 23, 2024UPDATE: Six Injured In Overnight Route 4 Crash, Investigation Continues
Two SUVs appeared to have collided head-on when police found them on the highway's westbound side near Paramus Road shortly before 2:30 a.m. Saturday, March 23. One of the vehicles was facing the wrong way.
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The 56-year-old man was driving east in the westbound lanes of Route 4 and collided head-on with another vehicle, according to Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella.
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Whigmer J. Villanueva, 56, of Harrison was "operating his vehicle recklessly and under the influence of drugs and or alcohol" when his eastbound 2008 Toyota rammed an unidentified vehicle shortly near Paramus Road before 2:30 a.m. Saturday, March 23, a criminal complaint says.
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The crash happened around 2:30 a.m. Saturday on Route 4 near Paramus Road. Officials say Whigmer Villanueva, 56, was traveling east in a 2008 Toyota in the westbound lanes when he collided head-on with another vehicle.
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Type: Car Accident
People Involved:
Whigmer J. Villanueva
Roadway:
Route 4City:
Paramus, NJCounty:
Bergen County, NJArea:
Trenton-NJ