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Woman, 71, Plunges To Death From Hackensack High Rise, Cause Investigated Woman, 71, Plunges To Death From Hackensack High Rise, Cause Investigated
Woman, 71, Plunges To Death From Hackensack High Rise, Cause Investigated Detectives were trying to determine whether a 71-year-old woman jumped or fell Friday afternoon from the 12th floor of a Hackensack high rise. A good Samaritan conducted CPR on the victim before responders arrived at the Excelsior II Luxury Apartments building on Prospect Avenue around 1 p.m., city Police Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. The victim was taken with severe head trauma to nearby Hackensack University Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead, DeWitt said. Investigators were trying to determine whether the incident was a possible jumper or accidental fall, he said. Firefighters …

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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine