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TRAGEDY: Boy, 11, Gravely Injured In Sledding Accident In Park In Paramus TRAGEDY: Boy, 11, Gravely Injured In Sledding Accident In Park In Paramus
Tragedy: Boy, 11, Gravely Injured In Sledding Accident In Park In Paramus UPDATE: An 11-year-old Oradell boy was critically injured when he struck a tree head first while sledding down a hill in Paramus. The boy was injured near the ice-skating rink at Van Saun Park Monday afternoon, authorities said. He was taken by Paramus Emergency Medical Services to Hackensack University Medical Center. "He's young, he's healthy," a parent who knows the family said, "so, God willing, he will come back from this." NOTE: No further information was available out of respect for the family's privacy. Previous information supplied by authorities indicated that the boy was consci…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
WATCH: Bodycam Footage Shows Newark Police Save 2-Year-Old Shooting Victim WATCH: Bodycam Footage Shows Newark Police Save 2-Year-Old Shooting Victim
Watch: Bodycam Footage Shows Newark Police Save 2-Year-Old Shooting Victim Newly-released bodycam footage shows Newark police rushing to save a 2-year-old shooting victim to the hospital Thursday night. ** WARNING: Above video contains graphic content. ** Police arrived to 85-95 Cabinet Street around 11:10 p.m., where an individual was holding a seemingly lifeless toddler, according to the video and local authorities. The video shows an officer instructing a woman to place the child in the back of a police cruiser, as other officers helped get a man laying in the street into the back of a vehicle. In total, two men, a woman the child were all taken to the h…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Boy, 2, Severely Injured By Lawnmower In Ocean County Airlifted To Philly Children's Hospital Boy, 2, Severely Injured By Lawnmower In Ocean County Airlifted To Philly Children's Hospital
Boy, 2, Severely Injured By Lawnmower In Ocean County Airlifted To Philly Children's Hospital A 2-year-old Ocean County boy was seriously injured in a weekend lawnmower accident, authorities confirmed Tuesday. The child injured his lower leg and foot, requiring specialized medical care at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Stafford police said in a statement. They didn't address an unconfirmed report that the child suffered a partial amputation. The toddler initially was taken to Southern Ocean Medical Center and Jersey Shore Medical Center after the 11:45 a.m. accident Sunday on Rodeo Drive in the West Creek section of the township, police said. He was later airli…

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by Jon Craig
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Baby Badly Bruised At Unlicensed Newark Daycare, Mom Says Baby Badly Bruised At Unlicensed Newark Daycare, Mom Says
Baby Badly Bruised At Unlicensed Newark Daycare, Mom Says A mom is warning other parents after an employee at an unlicensed Newark daycare fell down the stairs while holding her six-month-old baby girl -- severely bruising the child's face, CBS reports. Anari Ormond got a text from the owner of J & A Nursery on Eastern Parkway Tuesday saying her baby girl Zuri was bit by a two-year-old boy three times in the stomach while left unattended, she said in an Instagram post. "When I got there I was stopped at the door with a completely different story," the mom said.  "Now she told me that she 'went upstairs to get Neosporin and fell down the …

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by Cecilia Levine