Name: Vehicle Struck Building video
Uploaded: 2025-12-21T11:34:22.000Z
Description: A vehicle crashed into a three-story building on Hawthorne Avenue in Newark, New Jersey, with the driver trapped inside. Firefighters reported minimal damage to the building and are working to assess the situation.

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A vehicle crashed into a three-story building on Hawthorne Avenue in Newark, New Jersey, with the driver trapped inside. Firefighters reported minimal damage to the building and are working to assess the situation.

Vehicle Struck Building

Engine 10 to headquarters. Clear. The tenants and the vehicle driver are going to wait for the arrival of NPD. Engine 10 is available.

The driver and tenants are waiting for police to arrive. Firefighters are now available for other calls.

Battalion 4, go ahead. Battalion 4, go ahead. Okay, advise North Police, this vehicle is also compromised up against the building and will need to be towed out upon their arrival. Received.

The vehicle involved in the crash is compromised and will need towing once police arrive.

Battalion 4 to air. Battalion 4, go. Minimal damage to the structure near the stairway. Received.

Firefighters report minimal damage to the building near the stairway.

Battalion 4 to headquarters, your address is 275-277 Hawthorne Avenue into a three-story occupied structure. Received, 275-277 Hawthorne Avenue. 0613. Battalion 4 to headquarters, be advised, one car MVA and then one male driver at this time inside the vehicle. Received, 0613.

Firefighters confirm a single vehicle crash into a three-story building with the driver still inside.

The address reported for this incident has changed to 275 Hawthorne Ave.

Battalion 4, we located the accident. It's Hawthorne and Hedden Terrace. Received, Hawthorne and Hedden Terrace.

Firefighters have located the crash site and are assessing the situation.

The address reported for this incident has changed to Hedden Ter & Hawthorne Ave.

Responding on the telephone alarm for North Police in the 8, station 4245. Location is 227, that's 227 Hawthorne Avenue, crossings Bergen and Chadwick. Reporting one car in VA into a building, at the location of possible entrapment. That's Engine 10, Ladder 10, Battalion 1, Rescue 1. Responding on the telephone alarm for North Police in the 8, station 4245. Location is 227 Hawthorne Avenue, crossings Bergen Street and Chadwick. Reporting one car in VA into a...

Firefighters are responding to a vehicle that crashed into a building with possible entrapment.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 227 Hawthorne Avenue.

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