MAHWAH, N.J. – An unlicensed driver who got onto southbound Route 17 by heading the wrong way up an exit ramp in Mahwah was finally stopped and arrested in Paramus after a high-speed chase Friday night, police said.
Rea Rifkin, 57, of Philadelphia, “Refused to open the door and the window had to be broken to remove her,” Mahwah Police Chief James N. Batelli said.
Barely 24 hours earlier, a disoriented woman driving the wrong way on Route 17 was also stopped in Paramus.
Hours after Friday night’s chase, police from Mahwah and Franklin Lakes pursued another vehicle – this one a stolen SUV – on Route 208.