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Seton Hall Student Dies In Dorm, University Says Seton Hall Student Dies In Dorm, University Says
Seton Hall Student Dies In Dorm, University Says A Seton Hall University student died after suffering a medical emergency in a dorm room Monday, school officials said. The unidentified student was in Neumann Hall at the time of the incident, according to SHU President Joseph E. Nyre. The cause of death was not released, pending a medical examiner's report. The residence hall where the incident occurred was being used as quarantine housing for out-of-state students in the Spring 2021 semester. “We are anguished at the loss of any member of our university family, but especially at the death of a student,” Nyre said.  “We ache w…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Off-Duty Police Officer, Father Of 3 Killed In Central Jersey Crash Off-Duty Police Officer, Father Of 3 Killed In Central Jersey Crash
Off-Duty Police Officer, Father Of 3 Killed In Central Jersey Crash UPDATED: Authorities have released the name of the off-duty police officer killed in a crash in Perth Amboy on Wednesday night. Senior Police Officer Arcadio Rivera Jr., 54, was operating his personal vehicle off-duty and apparently had a medical emergency that caused him to crash into parked vehicles, according to initial reports.  The scene of a fatal crash involving an off-duty Perth Amboy police officer. (Courtesy news12)news12 (screengrab) He was a former U.S. Marine and 26-year veteran of the police force.  Rivera is survived by three children, Arcadio III, Luis Armando and Angel…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
HEROES: Off-Duty EMTs, Officer Coincidentally Dining At Same Rahway Restaurant Save Choking Man HEROES: Off-Duty EMTs, Officer Coincidentally Dining At Same Rahway Restaurant Save Choking Man
Heroes: Off-Duty EMTs, Officer Coincidentally Dining At Same Rahway Restaurant Save Choking Man A group of off-duty EMTs and an off-duty police officer who all happened to be eating at the same Rahway restaurant sprung into action to save a man choking on his food Monday night. The six medics and the officer were dining at The Waiting Room in Rahway, when the man began choking on a piece of steak around 9:30 p.m. Elizabeth EMT Amber Henderson, 27, was the first to notice. "I happened to look over and saw a woman standing up and hitting a man on the back," she told Daily Voice. Henderson stood up slowly to see if the man was able to get the food out, but noticed very quickly that wa…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Driver, 81, Critical In Medical Episode That Caused Wood-Ridge Crash, Police Say Driver, 81, Critical In Medical Episode That Caused Wood-Ridge Crash, Police Say
Driver, 81, Critical In Medical Episode That Caused Wood-Ridge Crash, Police Say An 81-year-old driver was in critical condition after he suffered a medical episode behind the wheel, Wood-Ridge police said. The victims was headed north on Hackensack Street when he blacked out shortly after noon Monday, Detective Lt. Joseph Biamonte said. His 2016 Ford Escape then struck a building at the corner of Moonachie Avenue at a low rate of speed, Biamonte said. Officer Timothy Janz, Lt. Jim Witkowski, Lt. William Wolfsohn, paramedics from Hackensack University Medical Center Wood-Ridge firefighters began life-saving measures before the victim was taken to HUMC, the lieutenant s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Apparent Medical Episode Precedes Crash Into Glen Rock Home Apparent Medical Episode Precedes Crash Into Glen Rock Home
Apparent Medical Episode Precedes Crash Into Glen Rock Home The results of a medical exam will determine whether summonses are in store for a Glen Rock driver whose car barreled across a sidewalk and lawn and into another borough resident’s house, authorities said. The crash occurred on Lincoln Avenue, directly across from Van Winkle Avenue, after the 62-year-old driver appeared to suffer some type of medical emergency just after 11 a.m. Sunday, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The motorist, who seemed “pretty out of it,” drove off the property and continued a short distance onto Van Winkle Avenue, Ackermann said. Police recovered the vehicle befo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
HEROES: Firefighters Revive Baby Brought To Station In Woman's Arms HEROES: Firefighters Revive Baby Brought To Station In Woman's Arms
Heroes: Firefighters Revive Baby Brought To Station In Woman's Arms Firefighters jumped into action to save a baby that had stopped breathing Wednesday morning. A frantic woman desperate for help showed up to the fire station at 87 Elm Road (Engine 27, Ladder 4) around 11:10 a.m., holding the baby who had turned purple, a city spokesperson said.  woman who showed up to a Newark fire station with an infant who had stopped breathing Firefighters immediately administered oxygen, and the child began to breathe again. The baby was taken in an ambulance to a local hospital for further treatment. It was not clear why the child stopped breathing.

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by Cecilia Levine
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North Bergen Mom In Coma More Than Month After Emergency C-Section, Heart Attack North Bergen Mom In Coma More Than Month After Emergency C-Section, Heart Attack
North Bergen Mom In Coma More Than Month After Emergency C-Section, Heart Attack A North Bergen baby has yet to meet her mom, who remains in a coma more than a month after an emergency C-section and heart attack that left her in a coma. More than $53,900 had been raised on a GoFundMe as of Wednesday morning for Estefania Mesa and her partner Eduardo Argueta, who welcomed baby Emma into the world July 20. Mesa went in for an emergency C-section after feeling contractions, and soon after went into cardiac arrest, according to the GoFundMe, launched by Jennifer Romero. "The lack of oxygen to her brain has now placed her in a coma," Romero wrote. "The doctors believe …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Hallucinating Passenger Leads To Bomb Scare On Newark Bound Flight, Pilot Says Hallucinating Passenger Leads To Bomb Scare On Newark Bound Flight, Pilot Says
Hallucinating Passenger Leads To Bomb Scare On Newark Bound Flight, Pilot Says A passenger having a medical emergency on a Newark Liberty Airport-bound flight claimed there was a bomb on board, bringing emergency vehicles to the tarmac after the plane landed, reports say. The passenger was on flight 2304 from Los Angeles, which landed safely just after 4:30 p.m. Sunday, ABC7 reports. The pilot in an announcement to passengers said the person was hallucinating when the remark was made. The passenger was taken to a local hospital and all bags were removed from the plane and inspected on the tarmac.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
HEROES AGAIN: Port Authority Responders Make Second Save Of Month At Lincoln Tunnel HEROES AGAIN: Port Authority Responders Make Second Save Of Month At Lincoln Tunnel
Heroes Again: Port Authority Responders Make Second Save Of Month At Lincoln Tunnel A team of Port Authority police officers and Tunnel and Bridge agents saved the life of a 52-year-old driver who had a medical episode near the Lincoln Tunnel – the second rescue of the month for three of the responders. PAPD Officer Police Officer Krystal Armenti responded to a report of a disabled vehicle at the end of the Kennedy Boulevard on-ramp shortly before 11 a.m. Sunday and found the driver unresponsive, Port Authority spokeswoman Lenis Rodrigues said. Armenti broke the window and pulled the driver from the vehicle and began compressions as fellow Officer Dana Fuller and TBAs Keit…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Closter Bicyclist, 63, Seriously Injured, Police Say Closter Bicyclist, 63, Seriously Injured, Police Say
Closter Bicyclist, 63, Seriously Injured, Police Say A 63-year-old bicyclist was flown to a local hospital by a medical chopper after he was struck Sunday afternoon in Closter, authorities said. The victim was found lying face down, bleeding and unconscious – but breathing – after he was struck by a Toyota Camry shortly after 1:30 p.m. at the corner of Knickerbocker Road and Harington Avenue, Sgt. Daniel Hargrave said. The bicyclist was traveling northbound on Knickerbocker Road when the southbound vehicle hit him while making left onto Harrington Avenue, police said.A medical chopper landed at Tenakill Field and took the victim to Hackensack…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
VIDEO: Medical Episode Causes Five-Vehicle Fair Lawn Chain-Reaction Crash, Two Hospitalized VIDEO: Medical Episode Causes Five-Vehicle Fair Lawn Chain-Reaction Crash, Two Hospitalized
Video: Medical Episode Causes Five-Vehicle Fair Lawn Chain-Reaction Crash, Two Hospitalized Two people were hospitalized in a chain-reaction Fair Lawn crash involving five vehicles, police said. It began when a 66-year-old Fair Lawn driver suffered a medical episode on Fair Lawn Avenue near Abbott Road shortly before 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. First, his 2019 Audi hit a traffic safety bollard and pedestrian crossing sign, Metzler said. Then the Audi rammed into a 2007 Saturn and two parked vehicles -- a 2017 Nissan and a 2019 Toyota, he said. The impact pushed the second vehicle into another Toyota, sending that car into a parking lot, the sergeant said. The …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Neighbors
LIFESAVER NEEDS YOUR HELP: GoFundMe Started For Ailing Elizabeth EMT LIFESAVER NEEDS YOUR HELP: GoFundMe Started For Ailing Elizabeth EMT
Lifesaver Needs Your Help: GoFundMe Started For Ailing Elizabeth EMT A fundraiser has been launched on behalf of an emergency medical technician who collapsed while on duty this week. Yojany Mejia suffered two aneurysms and is now being treated at JFK Medical Center, according to the GoFundMe page started for her and Elizabeth NJ Fire Officers, a professional organization. The funds will help with various ongoing expenses while she’s recuperating. “She is a person that wears her heart on her sleeve and has a heart of gold….I am hoping & praying we can all chip in a little to help her out in her time of need,” her sister wrote. “EMT Mejia always has …

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by Paul Milo