Crime & Safety
Snow Plow Catches Fire In Wyckoff: Police
Breaking: The driver was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation, police said.
WYCKOFF, NJ — A snow plow caught fire Wednesday morning.
Township police officers and firefighters responded to the fire on Cedar Hill Avenue at about 11:30 a.m., said police Lt. Joseph Soto.
A 2005 Ford F450 truck, owned by a private company, caught fire and flames shot out from the vehicle's engine, Soto said. A snow plow was mounted on the truck, but the vehicle was not actively plowing snow.
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Firefighters extinguished the fire. The a local ambulance took the driver to a local hospital for smoke inhalation treatment, Soto said.
The truck was towed from the scene.
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