GARFIELD, N.J. -- A man who drove his SUV into a brook that feeds into the Saddle River in Garfield late Tuesday afternoon was being taken to an area hospital with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, authorities said.
Rescuers got the driver out, police said.
Photo Credit: PHOTO: Shannon KalynThe vehicle went over the embankment in the lot between Passaic Street and Midland Avenue.
Photo Credit: GoogleMapsThe SUV "went straight over the embankment" in the parking lot of the Quick Chek complex at 99 River Drive around 3:40 p.m., Capt. Darren Sucorowski told Daily Voice.
It left the vehicle upside down in the water, he said.
Firefighters and the Wallington Dive Team quickly extricated the driver, Sucorowski said.
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