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Rolling Into Pascack's ER After Crash Rolling Into Pascack's ER After Crash
Rolling Into Pascack's ER After Crash An ambulance didn't have far to go after collecting a driver involved in a rollover in Westwood. Members of Westwood Fire Department Rescue 17 extricated the driver through the SUV's roof following the crash on Old Hook Road at Charles Street right outside the entrance/exit for Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center shortly before 3:30 p.m. Friday, March 24. The Township of Washington Volunteer Ambulance Corps brought the victim into the emergency room. There was no immediate word on possible summonses or charges or the extent of injuries.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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COVID-19: Bergen County Hospital Worker Source Of Nursing Home Outbreak COVID-19: Bergen County Hospital Worker Source Of Nursing Home Outbreak
Covid-19: Bergen County Hospital Worker Source Of Nursing Home Outbreak A COVID-19 outbreak at a Bergen County nursing home has been linked to an area hospital worker. Twelve residents and eight staff members at CareOne At Valley in Westwood were involved in the outbreak, according to the New Jersey Health Department. Surveillance testing and contact tracing efforts linked the new cases at the 120-bed facility on Old Hook Road to a local hospital worker, the company said in a statement. The hospital was not identified. New residents at the nursing home were not being accepted as of Friday out of an abundance of caution. The Old Hook Road home moved the r…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Emerson HS Music Teacher Who Fought In Korean War Found Dead Outside Westwood Home Emerson HS Music Teacher Who Fought In Korean War Found Dead Outside Westwood Home
Emerson HS Music Teacher Who Fought In Korean War Found Dead Outside Westwood Home A private cremation was planned this weekend for a popular retired Emerson High School music teacher and Korean War veteran whose body was found outside his Westwood apartment. Daniel Ludovici, 84, apparently was headed to the bathroom before dawn Monday when he either tripped or suffered a medical episode and went crashing through a window at the Coventry Square Apartments off Charles Street across Old Hook Road from Pascack Valley Medical Center, authorities said. The U.S. Army veteran was pronounced dead soon after. His apartment door was locked and there was no sign of foul play, poli…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Emerson HS Music Teacher Found Dead After Crashing Through Westwood Apartment Window Emerson HS Music Teacher Found Dead After Crashing Through Westwood Apartment Window
Emerson HS Music Teacher Found Dead After Crashing Through Westwood Apartment Window A private cremation was planned this weekend for a popular 84-year-old retired Emerson High School music teacher and Korean War veteran whose body was found outside his Westwood apartment. Daniel Ludovici apparently was headed to the bathroom before dawn Monday when he either tripped or suffered a medical episode and went crashing through a window at the Coventry Square Apartments off Charles Street across Old Hook Road from Pascack Valley Medical Center, authorities said. The U.S. Army veteran was pronounced dead soon after. His apartment door was locked and there was no sign of foul pla…

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by Jerry DeMarco