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The 22-year-old firefighter was treated at Hackensack University Medical Center and released after being hit by broken glass around her eyes just after 10 p.m., authorities said.
- YOU READ IT HERE FIRST (April 1): Garfield police today charged a 16-year-old high school boy with throwing a bottle last Friday night that smashed the window of a city firetruck, nearly blinding a female firefighter. READ MORE ….
PHOTOS: Courtesy GARFIELD PD
Engine #2 was en route to a call at the Walmart on Passaic Street when one of the teens flung the bottle, which crashed through a rear compartment window on the driver’s side on Palisade Avenue between Monroe and Commerce streets, Police Capt. Darren Sucorowski told CLIFFVIEW PILOT early this afternoon.
Firefighters reported seeing a group of teenagers — believed to be between 14 and 17 and wearing hoodies and dark-colored clothing run north on Palisade Avenue and then west on Monroe Street, the captain said.
If you have any information that could help the investigation, call Garfield police: (973) 478-8500.
PHOTOS: Courtesy GARFIELD PD
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