2 Injured After Jeep Flips Over Into Ramapo River: Police

MAHWAH, NJ - Two people were hurt after a Jeep flipped over and landed in the Ramapo River early Saturday morning, Mahwah police said.

Police received a report of a vehicle in the river near the New Jersey-New York border on Route 287 South at 3:50 a.m., said Chief James Batelli.

Officer John Lange found three women on the side of road. They told police they had been off-roading in a Jeep with a friend when the vehicle flipped over and landed in the middle of the river, Batelli said.

The driver, a man from Saddle River, was not with the women. Sgt. Michael Blondin, who was on his way to the scene, found the man in a snow bank near the exit 66 exit ramp, Batelli said. The woman told police the driver may have gotten out of the vehicle and went for help, but were not certain.

The man was having convulsions, unable to feel his legs, and was cyanotic, Batelli said. He was taken to Blondin’s vehicle and dministered first aid. He was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital where he was treated for hypothermia and ”other medical conditions,” the chief said.

The man told police he tried to wave down other motorists, but no one stopped, and he collapsed in the snow bank, Batelli said.

One of the women also complained of hypothermia and was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital, police said.