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Man Who Went Into Cardiac Arrest At Local Business Meets NJ Officer Who Saved His Life Man Who Went Into Cardiac Arrest At Local Business Meets NJ Officer Who Saved His Life
Man Who Went Into Cardiac Arrest At Local Business Meets NJ Officer Who Saved His Life On Saturday, Feb. 24, Washington Township police officer Scott Myers did what he was trained to do: He saved a life. Louis Luckhardt, a Long View physical therapist, went into cardiac arrest at a local business, but luckily for him, Myers arrived on the scene and performed CPR and used his defibrilator to revive him and Luckhardt eventually made a full recovery.  "Responding to medical emergencies is one of the calls where we as officers have the greatest positive impact on the residents of Washington Township and Califon," Myers, who had gone through EMT training, said. "I w…

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by Sam Barron
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ROAD RAGE: Bicyclist Follows, Punches On-Duty EMT At Newark Gas Station, Authorities Charge ROAD RAGE: Bicyclist Follows, Punches On-Duty EMT At Newark Gas Station, Authorities Charge
Road Rage: Bicyclist Follows, Punches On-Duty EMT At Newark Gas Station, Authorities Charge An East Orange bicyclist punched and spit on an EMT in a Newark road rage incident, authorities said. Terrell Coley, 30, “rode his bike in front of an emergency vehicle driven by the EMT, almost causing a collision,” state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Coley began yelling at the EMT and followed him into a Central Avenue gas station, where he spit on his and punched him in the face, Grewal said. He pedaled off, but Newark police quickly identified and arrested him, the attorney general said. They charged Coley with aggravated assault on an on-duty EMT, among other offenses, and …

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by Jerry DeMarco