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Police & Fire
Woman Impaled By Fence Post In Garfield
A woman was hospitalized after being impaled on a fence post in Garfield, authorities said. It was just after midnight on the 4th of July when police responded to the medical call on Grace Avenue off Herman Street near eastbound Route 46, Capt. Mario Pozo said. They found the 30-year-old victim, who the captain said had "fallen on a small fence post that was on the ground outside the residence." "The post went into her thigh," he said. The officers rendered aid until an EMS team from Hackensack University Medical Center took over, Pozo said. The victim was taken to HUMC in stable conditi…
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Angels In Blue Honored In Cresskill For Saving Convulsing Infant's Life
Guardian angels come in all shapes, sizes and colors. Three of them were all wearing blue one steamy day last summer when an infant suddenly stopped breathing in Cresskill. Cresskill Police Officer Bryan Gil was working a road detail at the intersection of Union Avenue and Piermont Road when he heard a young mother scream for help. Her child, barely 15 months old, had begun convulsing. Gil radioed for EMS and other resources, then began delivering back blows to help clear the infant's airway. Arriving instantly were Officer Andrew Vigorita, who continued the back blows, and Officer Michae…
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: Carbon Dioxide Leak Clears Stew Leonard's In Paramus, Three Employees Rescued From Roof
Five employees checked out OK, and firefighters plucked three others from the roof, after a broken refrigeration pipe filled Stew Leonard's in Paramus with carbon dioxide early Tuesday. The store hadn't opened yet when responders rushed to the Paramus Park mall at 7:45 a.m. Nov. 6, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. The pipe had been ruptured, releasing the CO2, while a service company was doing maintenance work, the chief said. Everyone was evacuated, including three workers who'd gone to the roof of the building and had to be collected by borough firefighters using a ladder truck, Ehr…
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Driver Flown To Trauma Center In Warren County Crash With School Bus:
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A driver was flown to a nearby trauma center after a multi-car crash involving a school bus in Warren County, authorities said. (Scroll for photos). The Mansfield Township Fire Company responded to the crash on Route 57 near Watters Road in Mansfield Township around 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 18, the department said on Facebook. The crash involved a school bus with no passengers and a driver that had self-extricated with serious injuries, the department said. Emergency crews worked to stabilize the vehicles while an Atlantic Air 1 medical helicopter was called to take one of the victims to a…
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Pedestrian Leaving MNF Game On Route 3 Whacked In Head By Rental Truck Mirror
A man walking from MetLife Stadium on Route 3 after the Giants-Cowboys Monday Night Football game was clocked in the head by the mirror of a rental truck. The 29-year-old victim from North Bergen was headed eastbound near the Hackensack River bridge when he was whacked from behind by the mirror of a Ryder Chevy, East Rutherford Police Capt. Jeff Yannacone said. He tried to keep walking but required medical attention and was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center by East Rutherford EMS, the captain said. The 61-year-old driver from Paterson remained at the scene, he said. No summonse…
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2 Hospitalized In Head-On Morris County Crash (
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Two people were hospitalized following a head-on crash in Morris County, authorities said. The Long Valley First Aid Squad responded to the crash with EMS and Rescue 1 and 2 in Long Valley during the afternoon on Saturday, Sept. 10. The Long Valley Fire Company No. 1 tended to a fluid spill while EMS crew members treated two patients at the scene and transported them to nearby hospitals, the squad said. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear. Click here to view additional photos from the scene.
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Driver Hospitalized After SUV Rollover Near Paramus Mall
An SUV driver was hospitalized after a rollover crash near the Garden State Plaza. Firefighters had to extricate the Mazda driver after the early-lunchtime crash Tuesday on West Passaic Street in Rochelle Park, up the street from the northbound Garden State Parkway. A Hackensack University Medical Center ambulance took the victim to the hospital with an ALS unit on board. A Hackensack University Medical Center ambulance took the victim to the hospital.Boyd A. Loving Her condition couldn't immediately be determined. Maywood firefighters assisted their Rochelle Park colleagues. Belf…
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US Coast Guard Rescues Fisherman Off Jersey Shore
A 46-year-old fisherman suffering a medical emergency was rescued off the Jersey Shore by members of the US Coast Guard from Barnegat and Atlantic City, authorities said. The rescue involved the fishing vessel "Captain John" about 45 miles east of Point Pleasant. A crew member aboard Captain John reportedly used a marine radio to notify Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay watchstanders of the emergency at about 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6. The Coast Guard launched an MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter crew from Air Station Atlantic City. A 47-foot motor lifeboat crew from Coast Guard Station B…
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Firefighters Free Driver In Englewood Crash
Englewood firefighters extricated the driver of an SUV that hit a parked vehicle and landed on its side. The Honda CRV coincidentally struck another CRV before topping on Van Nostrand Avenue between Broad and Grand avenues just off westbound Route 4 around 3:30 p.m. Friday, March 25. The driver was checked out and cleared by EMS.
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Elizabeth EMT Supervisor Recovering After Serious Motorcycle Crash
Support is surging for an EMT supervisor who was seriously in a motorcycle crash while coming home from work in Elizabeth Friday. Jason Hamilton, affectionately known as "Hammy," was flown to the hospital after the crash at the corner of Magie Avenue and Springfield Road, City Spokeswoman Kelly A. Martins said. Hamilton faces a long road ahead as he recovers at University Hospital, those who know him say. Please keep in your prayers our EMS Supervisor Jason “Hammy”Hamilton (S5) who is assigned to the Elizabeth Fire... Posted by Friends of Elizabeth NJ EMS locals 87 & 309 on Saturd…
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Volunteer Carpenters Begin Reviving Paramus Firehouse
Paramus' bravest are getting a welcome assist from a group of benevolent tradesmen in renovating one of their firehouses. Members of The Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters Local 253 who volunteered their services began this past weekend by installing new drywall in the second-floor meeting room and staircase leading to it at the Company 1 firehouse. Volunteer members of the International Union of Painters and Tapers District Council 711 Local 1976 will join the carpenters next in taping and finishing the drywall. Local 253 has a long history of volunteering to help a…
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Injured EMT Settles Suit Against Mountain Creek For $1.75 Million
An EMT who was injured in a fall while working at Mountain Creek reportedly settled a lawsuit against the resort for $1.75 million. Frank Villecco was working for Atlantic Health, which provided emergency medical services to the Vernon Township resort, when he slipped on water while bringing an injured skier into a medical room in March 2013, New Jersey Law Journal reported. Villecco suffered a herniated disc, which required fusion surgery, a spinal cord stimulator implant and pain medication for what became a chronic condition, his lawyer said. He sued Mountain Creek for not removing the …
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