Teen Smashes Car Into Parking Garage On Route 17, Hospitalizing 1

ROCHELLE PARK, NJ — A driver accidentally crashed into the wall of a parking garage on Route 17 on Tuesday, sending another man to the hospital, police said.

Rochelle Park police headed to 218 Route 17 North at 10:42 a.m. Tuesday on a report that a pedestrian was struck by a car, said Chief Dean Pino.

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Instead, police found a car "overhanging the parking garage wall" and a pedestrian beneath who'd been hit by debris.

Police determined that the driver, 19, from Philadelphia, had struck two parked vehicles before hitting the parking garage wall, causing it to break.

The victim, a 65-year-old Paterson man, was taken to Hackensack Medical Center to be treated, police said.

No summonses were issued to the driver.

Five Star Towing removed the damaged vehicles.

Officials asked the Building Department to assess the structural integrity of the parking garage, police said.