Source: Donna Rolando, NorthJersey.com, May 14, 2012

Not one, but two accidents – involving a total of five vehicles – snarled Friday morning’s commute along Route 23 South, resulting in numerous summonses. The first crash involved a garbage truck that, according to police, rear-ended a Ford F350 pickup truck in Riverdale…Through his investigation at the scene, Sgt. MacIntosh charged the driver of the trash truck, Charles Patterson, 46, of Paterson, with careless driving and allowing both his driver’s license and commercial driver’s license to expire. The owner of the truck, Omni Waste Services Inc. of Paterson, received summonses for having an unsafe motor vehicle, improper brake equipment, no fire extinguisher, failure to exhibit registration and insurance cards, and allowing an unlicensed driver to drive. A June Municipal Court date is expected.