Helicopter airlifts unconscious 18-month-old son of police officer to hospital

UPDATE: The 18-month-old son of a Saddle River police officer was breathing as he was placed into a chopper at HackensackUMC at Pascack Valley in Westwood after losing consciousness. Word later was that he was doing OK.

Photo Credit: *Cliffview Pilot File Photo*

Jerry DeMarco

06/21/2013 11:13 p.m.

Westwood police cleared the way for a Hillsdale ambulance to get to the hospital landing area on Old Hook Road following the incident moments earlier at a grandparent’s home on Stratton Avenue — ironically, the same block where the late James Gandolfini’s sister lives.

“He’s unconscious but breathing,” Westwood Police Chief Frank Regino told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.

AirMed One picked up the boy and took off for Hackensack University Medical Center just after 6 p.m.

EDITOR’S NOTE: A previous version of this story had the name of the father’s town wrong. I apologize sincerely.

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