By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Sunday, March 29, 1992
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Authorities are trying to determine what caused a 20-year-old borough man to lose control of a car he was driving and crash into a tree, injuring himself and his four passengers, Bergen County Prosecutor John J. Fahy said Saturday.
Doug Brino of 702 Shawnee Drive, the driver, was being treated for unspecified injuries Saturday at The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. A 16-year-old girl sitting behind him and a 17-year-old girl next to her were also being treated at the hospital, Fahy said.
The front-seat passenger, a 15-year-old girl, and Brian Matos of 1173 Valley Road, Wayne, the owner of the car, were taken to University Hospital in Newark by helicopter.
A University Hospital spokeswoman said Matos was released Saturday but declined to release information on his companion because of her age.
A Valley Hospital supervisor said Brino and one girl were treated and released, but that the other girl was admitted in serious condition. She declined to say which girl it was.
The crash occurred about 9:40 p.m. Friday on a darkened bend of McCoy Road, Fahy said.
Fahy said none of the car occupants wore their seat belts and that investigators found a half-empty bottle of vodka underneath the front seat of the car. No charges had been filed in the case.
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