Six injured in a two-vehicle head-on collision on Route 4 in Paramus, New Jersey
UPDATE: 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.
Wrong-way driver charged in N.J. highway crash that injured 5 people
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.
UPDATE: Impaired Wrong-Way Route 4 Driver Injures 5, Himself, Faces Multiple Assault Charges
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.
Prosecutors: New York man charged in Route 4 collision in Paramus
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