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Police & Fire
Off-Duty Sheriff's Officer Saves Unresponsive Girl, 5, On Route 4 In Paramus
A 5-year-old Kentucky girl who was unresponsive and not breathing in her family's car on the side of Route 4 was saved by an off-duty sheriff's officer, Paramus police officer, and a doctor, officials said. Bergen County Sheriff's Sgt. Walter Hutchinson was traveling with his family when he saw a vehicle parked on the shoulder of Route 4 West near the Route 17 southbound on-ramp around 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton said. Several individuals were also in distress, including a woman frantically calling for help, Cureton said. Hutchinson immediately pul…
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Heroes
: Softball Player Not Breathing, No Pulse Revived By New Milford Police
A player had just collapsed at New Milford's new softball field when police arrived and found an off-duty nurse tending to him. He wasn't breathing and had no pulse, Police Chief Brian Clancy said. Officers Dennis Calacione and Kyle Hill, Sgt. Michael Lafrano and Detective Przemyslaw Boinski began CPR on the 43-year-old victim at Knights Field off River Road shortly before 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, the chief said. "They did compressions and rescue breathing and also used the Automated External Defibrillator (AED)," Clancy said. After a few minutes, the man came around, he said, Clanc…
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$100M Claims Filed By Family Of Drowned Bayonne Brothers: Report
The family of a pair of brothers who drowned earlier this month at a pool in Bayonne have filed two civil claims for $50 million each, NJ Advance Media reports. Three lifeguards were on-duty at the Lincoln Community School on June 8 when 16-year-old Jack Jiang and 19-year-old Chu Ming Zheng drowned, police previously said. The family's attorneys maintain the brothers' deaths were a result of negligence, NJ.com says. Police said only that the brothers were in the deep end of the pool when they were spotted in distress. A guard and two others removed them from the pool and immediately b…
Police & Fire
Heroes
: Officers Revive Man At NJ Shooting Range
Three North Jersey officers are being hailed as heroes for performing life-saving measures on a man at a local gun range. Secaucus officer Philip Caruso found the 59-year-old victim without a pulse and not breathing when he arrived at Long Shot Gun Range around 8:30 a.m. June 12, Chief Dennis Miller said. Caruso began CPR as officers Matthew Kirvin and Kristen Bronowich arrived, and assisted. The officers utilized their Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and administered two “shocks” to the victim. A pulse was found shortly thereafter by Hudson Regional Hospital EMT’s who also ar…
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Junior Firefighter Critically Injured In Ridgefield Park Blaze
UPDATE: A firefighter and police officer saved the life of a junior firefighter from Ridgefield Park when he was critically injured in an explosion behind a village restaurant, authorities said Monday. The 17-year-old Ridgefield Park High School senior remained in stable but critical condition following several surgeries at Hackensack University Medical Center, they said. The junior firefighter, whose name was withheld because of his age, had completed a training exercise before the call came in at 2:12 p.m. Sunday, Fire Chief John Antola Jr. said. A fire had erupted in a makeshift wo…
Police & Fire
Bergen County Worker, 75, Hospitalized After Heart Attack At Darlington Park
A 75-year-old Bergen County employee who had a heart attack behind the wheel of a county vehicle Thursday afternoon at Darlington County Park in Mahwah was later revived at the hospital, authorities said. The New Milford man was driving a pickup truck that "went off the path and into some brush" on a road along the golf course just after 3 p.m., township police Capt. Stuart Blank said. Responders said they conducted CPR, administered several shocks from a defibrillator and continued to do so while taking the victim to Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern. The victim's daughter and …