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Police & Fire
Tenafly Glider Pilot Dies In Crash At Hudson Valley Airport, Police Say
A 64-year-old Tenafly man was killed when his glider crashed at an airport in the Hudson Valley. Khanh H. Nguyen was killed around 2:25 p.m., Sunday, June 6, at the Wurtsboro Airport in Sullivan County, said New York State Police Trooper Steven Nevel. An initial investigation revealed that a glider crashed on the tarmac and skid off the runway, the trooper said. Arriving troopers immediately began life-saving measures. Wurtsboro Fire, Mobil Medic, and Mamakating EMS arrived and took over life-saving measures. Nguyen was transported by helicopter to Westchester Medical C…
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Woman Seeking Cherry Hill EMT Who Saved Her Life In Crash 20 Years Ago
Beth Mazgajewski is fully healed from the crash that nearly took her life 20 years ago in every way except for one. She hasn't been able to stop thinking about the Cherry Hill EMT who saved her life. Mazgajewski recently took to Facebook to seek out the off-duty responder, calling the attempt to find him a "long shot." Mazgajewski says she was broadsided while trying to make a left turn on Haddonfield-Berlin Road exiting the TD Bank parking lot next to Vito’s pizza on Sept. 22, 2001. Well, I did not expect this post to get the attention it did but getting more eyes on it can’t hurt. …
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OUT: Drunken Bogota Man Falls, Breaks Leg Trying To Reach Upstairs Window
An intoxicated Bogota man who locked himself out of his garden apartment fell and was severely injured trying to climb a fire escape to his window, authorities said. Unable to get in, the 51-year-old victim got two stories up before falling outside the apartment complex on West Fort Lee Road, near River Road, around 10 p.m. Tuesday, they said. An ambulance from Holy Name Medical Center took him to the Hackensack University Medical Center trauma unit with a broken leg and head injury, responders said.
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Units Damaged In Fort Lee Condo Fire
Firefighters doused a Thursday afternoon blaze that damaged units on two floors of a Fort Lee condominium. Flames blew through two first-floor windows after breaking out in a crawlspace in the five-story brick Central Court Condominiums on Central Road shortly before 2 p.m. Firefighters had the two-alarm blaze knocked down in about an hour and under control before 3:30 p.m. It was later ruled accidental. No injuries were reported. Firefighters from Edgewater, Englewood, Englewood Cliffs, Fairview, Leonia, Palisades Park and Ridgefield were among the mutual aid responders. Tony Greco took…
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River Vale Man, 79, Hospitalized With Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound
A 79-year-old River Vale man was hospitalized after shooting himself on Thursday, authorities said. He was reported in stable condition at Hackensack University Medical Center following the noontime incident on Central Avenue. Police were trying to determine whether the gunshot wound was accidental or self-inflicted.
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Worker Seriously Injured In Explosion At Machining Plant Off Route 287
A medical chopper was summoned after an employee was severely burned in an explosion Thursday morning at a machining company in Oakland. Responders were called to FIMS Manufacturing on Allerman Road -- just off the Route 202 ramp to Route 287 -- around 10:45 a.m. Police, firefighers and EMS responded. The nearly 42,000-square-foot, third-generation family machine shop was established in 1962. Among other services, FIMS makes firearms and does heavy work for the military, as well as aerospace machining, the company says on its website. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS ****** ALSO SEE: …
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Oradell Boy, 11, Critically Injured In Sledding Accident At Park In Paramus
UPDATE: An 11-year-old Oradell boy was critically injured when he struck a tree head first while sledding down a hill in Paramus. The boy was injured near the ice-skating rink at Van Saun Park Monday afternoon, authorities said. He was taken by Paramus Emergency Medical Services to Hackensack University Medical Center. "He's young, he's healthy," a parent who knows the family said, "so, God willing, he will come back from this." NOTE: No further information was available out of respect for the family's privacy. Previous information supplied by authorities indicated that the boy was consci…
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Toms River PD: Mass Power Outage Was Caused By DUI Driver Who Downed Pole Igniting Brush Fire
A 47-year-old drunken driver is facing multiple charges for a crash that downed a utility pole, started a brush fire and caused a power massive power outage over the weekend in Toms River, authorities said. Wilfredo Flores was negotiating a curve when he answered a call on his cell phone, swerved off the roadway to the right and hit a curb at Bay Avenue and Tanglewood Road around 8 p.m. Jan. 17, Toms River police said. The impact split the pole in half and subsequently damaged a second pole due to excessive wire tension, police said. Flores fled eastbound but was soon stopped by a con…
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Allendale Man Seriously Injured In Fall From Ladder In Park Ridge
A man was airlifted to the hospital after falling from a ladder at a Park Ridge home over the weekend. The 35-year-old victim from Allendale was unconscious and bleeding from the head when police arrived at the West Park Avenue home off Pascack Road just after 2 p.m. Sunday, Capt. Joseph Rampolla said. A medevac was requested due to the nature of the injury, which occurred when the victim fell from a 6-foot A-frame ladder, the captain said. AirMed One landed at West Ridge Elementary School and took him to Hackensack University Medical Center, he said.
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Critically Injured Motorcyclist Airlifted In Route 287 Crash
A critically injured motorcyclist was airlifted following a crash Saturday afternoon on Route 287 in Wanaque, responders said. The cyclist suffered severe head trauma and a broken leg crashing into a guardrail on the northbound side of the highway near mile marker 56 around 3:15 p.m., they said. Responders said he was intubated and flown aboard AirMed One to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson. The Tallman, NY fire chief had been passing and stopped to assist, responders said. All lanes were reopened shortly before 5:30 p.m. New Jersey State Police were investigating. *****…
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Man Dies In Fall At Atlantic City Casino
A 30-year-old man from Upstate New York died after falling two stories to his death in an Atlantic City casino, authorities said. The man from Rochester was trying to climb over a divider when he fell from a second-level mezzanine into the lobby at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, police said. The fall occurred about 4 a.m. on Monday. Atlantic City police officers responded and found casino security performing CPR. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, a police spokesman said. Atlantic City police urged anyone with information about the fall to call its Criminal Investigations S…
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'Tragic Accident': Driver, 70, Killed By Sanitation Truck In Teaneck Park
UPDATE: A 70-year-old driver was killed when he was run over by his sanitation truck in a Teaneck park Monday morning, authorities confirmed. The victim "was in the process of preparing to off-load the truck’s contents" in Clarence W. Brett Park near River Road and Downing Street shortly before 10 a.m. when "the vehicle rolled backwards and struck him," Deputy Police Chief John Faggello said. "The investigation is in its infancy but no foul play is suspected," Faggello said shortly before noon. "His death appears to be the result of a tragic accident." The driver apparently …
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