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Medical Episode

Millville, NJ
Police & Fire
Troopers Won't Be Charged For Millville Man's Death In Police Custody, AG's Office Says Troopers Won't Be Charged For Millville Man's Death In Police Custody, AG's Office Says
Troopers Won't Be Charged For Millville Man's Death In Police Custody, AG's Office Says No state troopers will face criminal charges after a Millville man died while in police custody, authorities said. A state grand jury voted to not file any charges related to the death of 30-year-old Daniel King, the state Office of the Attorney General said in a news release on Monday, Oct. 1. King died more than 24 hours after he was arrested in Fairfield Township. Investigators said Trooper Mark Allonardo responded to a home on Fordville Road at around 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 8, 2023. King had requested a police escort to retrieve property at the home.…

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by Chris Spiker
Fredericksburg, VA
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Support Surges For 'Ballet Queen' Who Suffered Medical Emergency At Virginia Competition Support Surges For 'Ballet Queen' Who Suffered Medical Emergency At Virginia Competition
Support Surges For 'Ballet Queen' Who Suffered Medical Emergency At Virginia Competition Support is on the rise for a Virginia dance instructor who remains hospitalized after suffering a medical episode at a competition over the weekend. A GoFundMe launched for Tristi Robinson says only that she is hospitalized after suffering a medical episode, and remains hospitalized at the Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg. Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! Where do we even begin with how much we love our team of teachers here at Momentum?... Posted by Momentum Dance Center on Friday, May 7, 2021 Robinson is a ballet instructor at Prestige Dance Studio in Midlot…

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by Cecilia Levine
Vineland, NJ
Police & Fire
Motorist Crashes, Killed After 'Medical Episode' In South Jersey Motorist Crashes, Killed After 'Medical Episode' In South Jersey
Motorist Crashes, Killed After 'Medical Episode' In South Jersey A 71-year-old driver died after striking a tree during a "medical episode," authorities said. The crash occurred on Friday, May 12 at 3:57 p.m. on County Road 649 northbound at milepost 3.5 in Commercial Township, New Jersey State Police said. Preliminary investigation revealed that a VW Passat, driven by Ingrid Hillman, of Egg Harbor Township. was traveling north, State Police said. Hillman had an unknown medical episode causing her to cross over the center line into a wooded area and ultimately striking a tree, police said. Hillman was taken to Vineland Inspira Hospital where she was pr…

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by Jon Craig
Worcester, MA
Police & Fire
Driver Crashes Into River In Central Mass After Suffering 'Medical Episode': Police Driver Crashes Into River In Central Mass After Suffering 'Medical Episode': Police
Driver Crashes Into River In Central Mass After Suffering 'Medical Episode': Police A Worcester County driver was taken to the hospital after they crashed their car into a river following a medical episode on Wednesday, March 22, authorities said.  Upton police and firefighters responded to the crash on Mendon Street near West River Street after a Chevrolet Yukon went off the road around 3 p.m., authorities said in a tweet.  Police and Fire are clearing the scene on Mendon Street near West River Street after a vehicle drove off the roadway and into a river. The driver, who is believed to have suffered a medical episode, was transported to a nearby hospital with minor i…

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by Josh Lanier
Edison, NJ
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Police ID Driver, 69, Killed In South Brunswick Crash Police ID Driver, 69, Killed In South Brunswick Crash
Police ID Driver, 69, Killed In South Brunswick Crash South Brunswick police have released the name of the man killed in a crash Monday, Feb. 27. John Kosarowich, 69, of Howell died, police said, and may have suffered a medical episode before the crash. On Monday at 7:05 p.m., South Brunswick police were alerted to a car under a trailer at the rear of a warehouse on Chris Court. Police found a red 1999 Volkswagen Beetle with a driver unconscious.  Monmouth Junction First Aid Squad, Monmouth Junction Fire Department, and paramedics responded to the scene and pronounced the driver dead. South Brunswick Police Traffic Safety Bureau invest…

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by Jon Craig
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
ID Released For Inmate, Age 29, Who Died At Nassau County Correctional Facility In East Meadow ID Released For Inmate, Age 29, Who Died At Nassau County Correctional Facility In East Meadow
ID Released For Inmate, Age 29, Who Died At Nassau County Correctional Facility In East Meadow The identity has been released of a young inmate who died at a Long Island prison. According to Nassau County PD detectives, the 29-year-old man suffered a medical episode while at the Nassau County Correctional Facility located in East Meadow at 100 Carmen Ave. around 12:55 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 23. He was transported in a Nassau County Police Ambulance to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead by a hospital physician, Nassau County Police said. On Friday, Nov. 25, police identified the man as Nikita Pertsev of Brooklyn. Earlier report: 29-Year-Old Dies At Nassau County Corr…

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by Joe Lombardi
Franklin Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Unmarked NJSP Truck Among Vehicles Hit By Driver Suffering Medical Episode On I-287 Unmarked NJSP Truck Among Vehicles Hit By Driver Suffering Medical Episode On I-287
Unmarked Njsp Truck Among Vehicles Hit By Driver Suffering Medical Episode On I-287 A driver suffering a medical episode struck an unmarked State Police pickup truck on Route 287 Wednesday, Sept. 14, authorities said. The NJSP employee in an unmarked Fort F-150 spotted a silver Hyundai driving erratically in the southbound left lane and shoulder just before 6 p.m. near milepost 14.2 in Bridgewater, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Lawrence Peele said. The Hyundai rear ended the Ford then continued southbound and struck multiple vehicles. The driver of the Hyundai was suffering from a medical episode at the time of the crash, and was transported to an area hospital for treatme…

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by Cecilia Levine
Englewood, NJ
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UPDATE: Four Killed, Eight Hospitalized In Shuttle Van Crash On Palisades Interstate Parkway UPDATE: Four Killed, Eight Hospitalized In Shuttle Van Crash On Palisades Interstate Parkway
Update: Four Killed, Eight Hospitalized In Shuttle Van Crash On Palisades Interstate Parkway UPDATE: The driver of a passenger van apparently suffered a medical episode before a crash overnight near the George Washington Bridge that killed him and three workers being shuttled home from a factory in Orange County, NY, authorities said. Eight others were hospitalized following the crash on the southbound on the Palisades Interstate Parkway between Exits 1 and 2 in Englewood Cliffs shortly after 1:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 2. George Massey, 54, of the Bronx was driving the Ford Econoline E350 passenger van, which landed on its side in a wooded area of the median, Palisades Interstate Park…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Police: Fatal Crash In North Arlington Might Have Involved Medical Episode Police: Fatal Crash In North Arlington Might Have Involved Medical Episode
Police: Fatal Crash In North Arlington Might Have Involved Medical Episode A 63-year-old driver who died following a crash in North Arlington may have suffered a medical episode beforehand, authorities said. Three vehicles were involved in the 7:18 a.m. collision outside the Riverside Laundromat on a busy stretch of River Road near the Belleville Turnpike on Monday, March 7 -- a Ford Mustang, a Toyota Sienna and a Nissan, Capt. Robert Reilly said. Responders conducted CPR on the Newark driver, who Reilly said was pronounced dead at Clara Maas Medical Center in Belleville. Police were completing preliminary reports on Monday as part of their investigation. Report…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Villas-Lower Township, NJ
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Man Has 'Medical Episode' In Cape May County: NJSP Man Has 'Medical Episode' In Cape May County: NJSP
Man Has 'Medical Episode' In Cape May County: Njsp A report of a pedestrian struck by a truck turned out to be false in Cape May County, New Jersey State Police said. When troopers arrived at 2046 Dennisville-Petersburg Road at 2:09 p.m. Friday, they found that a 60-year-old man suffered a medical episode and was not struck by a vehicle, said Sgt. Alejandro Goez, a State Police spokesman. The victim did not sustain any injuries and was not transported to the hospital, Goez said.

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by Jon Craig
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Morris County School Bus Driver Crashes During Medical Episode: Police Morris County School Bus Driver Crashes During Medical Episode: Police
Morris County School Bus Driver Crashes During Medical Episode: Police A school bus driver was suffering a medical episode during a Tuesday afternoon crash in Morris County, authorities said. The school bus was being driven erratically before it slowed down and crashed into another vehicle on Brooklake Road in Florham Park around 4:15 p.m., according to the Florham Park Police Department and Office of Emergency Management. Responding officers quickly determined that the driver had suffered a medical episode and transported them to a local hospital under the care of Atlantic Health EMS and paramedics. No injuries were reported to any of the several children on…

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by Valerie Musson
Englewood, NJ
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Sedan Slams Into Pole, Tenafly Driver, 58, Seriously Injured Sedan Slams Into Pole, Tenafly Driver, 58, Seriously Injured
Sedan Slams Into Pole, Tenafly Driver, 58, Seriously Injured A 58-year-old Tenafly driver was hospitalized in serious but stable condition after her sedan slammed into a utility pole Tuesday morning, authorities said. The vicitm was headed east on East Clinton Avenue when the Mitsubishi struck the pole between Farview and Old Smith roads at 8:16 a.m., police Capt. Michael deMoncada said. The driver may have suffered a medical episode, although there also was "significant sun glare" on the road at the time, deMoncada said. Responders said she was unconscious when taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. Police were investigating.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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HEROES: Ridgefield Park Police Revive Driver In Route 46 Crash HEROES: Ridgefield Park Police Revive Driver In Route 46 Crash
Heroes: Ridgefield Park Police Revive Driver In Route 46 Crash Ridgefield Park police revived a driver who crashed on Route 46 after apparently suffering a medical episode Saturday afternoon, authorities said. The 59-year-old Queens driver apparently had a low blood sugar-related incident before his car struck the concrete divider on the eastbound highway shortly after 2 p.m., village Police Chief Joseph Rella said. Officers forced their way into the car and immediately began CPR, Rella said. After two shocks from a defibrillator, the driver came to, he said. He was taken to Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, the chief confirmed.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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New Milford PD: Medical Episode Causes 5-Vehicle Chain-Reaction Crash Near River Edge New Milford PD: Medical Episode Causes 5-Vehicle Chain-Reaction Crash Near River Edge
New Milford PD: Medical Episode Causes 5-Vehicle Chain-Reaction Crash Near River Edge Five vehicles in all were heavily damaged in a chain-reaction crash after a driver suffered a medical episode on a busy New Milford road. The 32-year-old Honda driver from Beverly, MA was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center following the crash on New Bridge Road shortly before 4:30 p.m., Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said. Taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center was a 60-year-old Jeep driver from Tenafly, Van Saders said. Refusing medical attention were two women, both 48 – one from Tenafly who was driving a Nissan and another from Rutherford who was driving a BMW – as we…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Car Plunges Down Embankment After Washington Township Driver, 65, Has Apparent Medical Episode Car Plunges Down Embankment After Washington Township Driver, 65, Has Apparent Medical Episode
Car Plunges Down Embankment After Washington Township Driver, 65, Has Apparent Medical Episode A Washington Township driver whose car plunged over an embankment toward a brook after she suffered a medical episode was spared a far-worse fate when it hit a tree on the way down, authorities said. The 65-year-old motorist apparently suffered a medical episode as she pulled her 2012 Infiniti into the driveway of her Woodfield Road home shortly before 8 p.m. Tuesday, Police Capt. John Calamari said. The Infiniti bounced off another vehicle in the driveway and headed over an embankment some 10 to 15 feet above the Masquapsink Brook, Calamari said. Before it could get too far, the car struc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Man Dies From Apparent Medical Episode After Removing Clothes, Entering LI Home, Police Say Man Dies From Apparent Medical Episode After Removing Clothes, Entering LI Home, Police Say
Man Dies From Apparent Medical Episode After Removing Clothes, Entering LI Home, Police Say A man who removed his clothes before running into the unlocked Long Island home of strangers died from an apparent medical episode, police said. The incident happened overnight Sunday, July 19 in Patchogue. The investigation, which is in the preliminary stages, has revealed Suffolk County Police officers responded to a 911 call reporting an unknown man in a backyard on Brook Street just before 1 a.m., Suffolk County Police said. The caller stated the man was asking for help, talking to himself and had shed all his clothing, according to police. Officers and Patchogue Ambulance r…

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by Joe Lombardi
Ridgewood, NJ
Police & Fire
SUV Driver Suffers Critical Medical Episode At Route 17 Exit SUV Driver Suffers Critical Medical Episode At Route 17 Exit
SUV Driver Suffers Critical Medical Episode At Route 17 Exit A driver whose SUV crashed off Route 17 in Ridgewood Saturday afternoon apparently suffered a medical episode beforehand, responders said. The Kia Sportage came to rest against a wall on the northbound exit ramp to Linwood Avenue around 3 p.m. Responders conducted CPR before the gravely injured driver was brought to The Valley Hospital in Village police, firefighters and EMS and a Valley EMS unit responded.  City Wide towed the vehicle. Boyd A. Loving took the photo and contributed to this account. ****** ALSO SEE: An N95 mask worn by a driver may not have been the r…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Responders: Clifton Man, 44, In Route 3 Crash Died Of Medical Cause Responders: Clifton Man, 44, In Route 3 Crash Died Of Medical Cause
Responders: Clifton Man, 44, In Route 3 Crash Died Of Medical Cause A 44-year-old driver killed in a Monday morning crash on Route 3 in Clifton apparently suffered a medical episode, responders told Daily Voice. The 2012 Hyundai Elantra driven by Anton Dittrich of Clifton veered onto the westbound shoulder and scraped along the divider for about 100 yards before coming to a stop near the Bloomfield Avenue exit shortly before 10:30 a.m., authorities said Monday afternoon. Responders administered CPR, to no avail. Dittrich was pronounced dead at St. Mary’s Hospital about 15 minutes later, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Ch…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
AUTOPSY: Paranoid Paterson Man Died In Police Custody From Bath Salts, Medical Condition AUTOPSY: Paranoid Paterson Man Died In Police Custody From Bath Salts, Medical Condition
Autopsy: Paranoid Paterson Man Died In Police Custody From Bath Salts, Medical Condition UPDATE: An autopsy found that a Paterson man died from a medical episode while in police custody that was triggered by bath salts that he'd ingested earlier combined with a previous condition, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said Tuesday. The State of New Jersey Northern Regional Medical Examiner’s Office determined that use of the bath salts by 27-year-old Jameek Lowery, coupled with pre-existing medical conditions, "triggered an adverse physical reaction including multiple organ failure and cardiac arrest that ultimately led to his death," Valdes said. "This rea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
Fair Lawn Police Revive Driver Whose Car Rolled Into Bank Fair Lawn Police Revive Driver Whose Car Rolled Into Bank
Fair Lawn Police Revive Driver Whose Car Rolled Into Bank Fair Lawn police used CPR to revive a driver whose car rolled into a TD Bank branch after a medical episode Thursday morning. The 59-year-old victim was unresponsive when he was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson after his 2003 Ford Escape hit the the front wall and cigarette disposal at the Maple Avenue bank just before 8:30 a.m., Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Witnesses said the car was parked in front of the bank when it abruptly lurched forward, then reversed back into the spot before a good Samaritan got into the vehicle and put it in park, Metzler said. "It is b…

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by Jerry DeMarco