Overcast 68°
Tag:

Valley Hospital paramedics

News
Pedestrian, 26, Struck By Driver, 75, While Trying To Cross Bergen County Street, Police Say Pedestrian, 26, Struck By Driver, 75, While Trying To Cross Bergen County Street, Police Say
Pedestrian, 26, Struck By Driver, 75, While Trying To Cross Bergen County Street, Police Say A 26-year-old man was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after being struck by a car while crossing a Bergen County street in an area bereft of crosswalks, police said. Wyckoff police were called to Goffle Road around 4 p.m. Wednesday, July 24 for a man "down in the roadway," Lt. Joseph Soto said in a release. Boyd A. Loving The man was trying to cross the street in an area without crosswalks when he was struck by a 75-year-old female driver from Englewood who was heading south, Soto said. He was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Paterson by Ridgewood Ambulance and Vall…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
News
UPDATE: Resident Identified In Fatal Ridgewood Senior Housing Blaze UPDATE: Resident Identified In Fatal Ridgewood Senior Housing Blaze
Update: Resident Identified In Fatal Ridgewood Senior Housing Blaze Authorities on Monday identified a resident killed in a weekend apartment fire at a senior living community in Ridgewood. The body of Denise Dillon, 72, was found after firefighters doused the flames in her unit at the Ridgecrest Senior Housing development on Ridge Road shortly after 7:30 p.m., Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. "At this time, it appears that the fire started accidentally," Lutchcke said. She didn't elaborate, but responders and others said the elderly widow -- whose body was found in a chair -- was a smoker. Ridgecrest Senior Housing, 11 Ridge Road, RidgewoodBoyd …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
UPDATE: Resident Killed In Ridgewood Senior Housing Blaze UPDATE: Resident Killed In Ridgewood Senior Housing Blaze
Update: Resident Killed In Ridgewood Senior Housing Blaze Authorities on Monday identified a resident killed in a weekend apartment fire at a senior living community in Ridgewood. The body of Denise Dillon, 72, was found after firefighters doused the flames in her unit at the Ridgecrest Senior Housing development on Ridge Road shortly after 7:30 p.m., Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. "At this time, it appears that the fire started accidentally," Lutchcke said. She didn't elaborate, but responders and others said the elderly widow -- whose body was found in a chair -- was a smoker. Ridgecrest Senior Housing in RidgewoodBoyd A. Loving Fir…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Driver, 67, Crushed Beneath Fallen Brick Pallet In Ramsey Driver, 67, Crushed Beneath Fallen Brick Pallet In Ramsey
Driver, 67, Crushed Beneath Fallen Brick Pallet In Ramsey A driver was crushed beneath a pile of bricks that fell on him during a delivery Tuesday in Ramsey, authorities said. Responding police officers lifted the pallet of slate-type pavers off the 67-year-old driver following the mishap at an Alida Place residence just before 11:30 a.m., Ramsey Police Chief Bryan Gurney said. Member of the Ramsey Ambulance Corps and Valley Hospital Paramedics moved the victim to a landing zone provided by the Ramsey Rescue Squad at Adorno Fathers on Darlington Avenue, Gurney said. An AirMed One chopper then flew him to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco