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200 United Passengers Evaluated After Newark-Bound Flight Diverts To NY: Officials 200 United Passengers Evaluated After Newark-Bound Flight Diverts To NY: Officials
200 United Passengers Evaluated After Newark-Bound Flight Diverts To NY: Officials A flight bound for Newark Liberty International Airport was diverted to Orange County, NY, officials said citing both turbulence and an ailing passenger. Nearly 200 passengers were evaluated, with some taken to local hospitals, when United Airlines Flight 85 from Tel Aviv landed at the New Windsor Airport at approximately 6:45 p.m. Friday, March 29, according to the FAA and Orange County Executive Steven M. Neuhaus. View this post on Instagram A post shared by New Windsor EMS (@new_windsor_ems) While Neuhaus said the flight was diverted …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Orphaned Teen In Coma After 5-Car Crash That Killed Vice Principal Mom, Dad In NJ Orphaned Teen In Coma After 5-Car Crash That Killed Vice Principal Mom, Dad In NJ
Orphaned Teen In Coma After 5-Car Crash That Killed Vice Principal Mom, Dad In NJ Support is on the rise for a New Jersey teenager who remains hospitalized following a crash that left both of her parents dead. Rhakeem Oliver and Shavonn Stewart-Oliver, of West Orange, were both killed in the five-car pileup on Courty Road 508 (Newark-Jersey City Turnpike) in Kearny at 7 a.m. Saturday, March 16, according to Kearny police and loved ones. Their 17-year-old daughter, Khameryn, was flown to the hospital where she remains in a medically-induced coma, according to a GoFundMe launched by a relative. Sideout Sports LLC says Khameryn was on her way to a tournament, "to…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Miracle On The Turnpike: Passing Bergen Fire Veterans Rescue Young Child Having Seizure Miracle On The Turnpike: Passing Bergen Fire Veterans Rescue Young Child Having Seizure
Miracle On The Turnpike: Passing Bergen Fire Veterans Rescue Young Child Having Seizure HEROES: A seizure suffered by an epileptic child on a jammed New Jersey Turnpike had her stranded mom praying for a pre-Christmas miracle. Sure enough, she got one. Vanessa Senquis of Bayonne was taking her 4-year-old daughter Leilani to Hackensack University Medical Center after she’d fallen down some steps and cut her forehead. The unconscious child was in serious peril during the medical episode as her terrified mother shouted to a 911 dispatcher: “I need help! I need help!” Seemingly out of nowhere, Hasbrouck Heights Fire Chief Michael Greco was next to her in his chief’s truck. S…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Death At Route 17 Holiday Inn: Cause Not Official Yet Death At Route 17 Holiday Inn: Cause Not Official Yet
Death At Route 17 Holiday Inn: Cause Not Official Yet All signs point to the death of a 56-year-old guest at a Holiday Inn off Route 17 as the result of a medical emergency, possibly a heart attack. But it’s not official yet. Hasbrouck Heights police were still awaiting the results of an autopsy by the Bergen County Medical Examiner’s Office. It began with a 911 call from the hotel for an ambulance at the Holiday Inn Hasbrouck Heights-Meadowlands shortly before 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20.  CPR reportedly was in progress before the man in Room 203 was pronounced dead a short time later. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identifi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Critically Injured Bicyclist Airlifted After Crash Along Hudson River Critically Injured Bicyclist Airlifted After Crash Along Hudson River
Critically Injured Bicyclist Airlifted After Crash Along Hudson River A bicyclist who was critically injured along the Hudson River below the Palisades was airlifted to the hospital Sunday morning. Unofficial reports from the scene at the Alpine Boat Basin in Palisades Interstate Park are that the 30-year-old bicyclist suffered a punctured lung, among other injuries, in a crash around 10 a.m. Sept. 17. AirMed One brought the victim to the trauma unit at Hackensack University Medical Center. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
HERO: Nurse Comes To Rescue Of Bicyclist, 69, Suffering Medical Emergency In Bergen Park HERO: Nurse Comes To Rescue Of Bicyclist, 69, Suffering Medical Emergency In Bergen Park
Hero: Nurse Comes To Rescue Of Bicyclist, 69, Suffering Medical Emergency In Bergen Park UPDATE: An off-duty nurse helped rescue a 69-year-old bicyclist who suffered an apparent medical emergency in a Bergen County park, authorities said. Jacqueline Polentarutti was conducting CPR when Glen Rock and Paramus police and Bergen County sheriff's officers arrived at the bike path in Saddle River County Park near the Paramus border last Wednesday, Aug. 2. Glen Rock Police Officers Matt Stanislao, Sam Evans and Andrew Magro brought a defibrillator that was used in an effort to revive the victim, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Members of the Paramus Rescue Squad drove the unconsci…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
North Jersey Teen Dies During Medical Episode In Waters Of Playa Del Carmen, Campaign Says North Jersey Teen Dies During Medical Episode In Waters Of Playa Del Carmen, Campaign Says
North Jersey Teen Dies During Medical Episode In Waters Of Playa Del Carmen, Campaign Says Support was surging for the family of a 17-year-old Passaic County boy who died when he suffered a medical episode during a family vacation in Playa Del Carmen. Alexander "Alex" Schambelan, of Hewitt, was swimming at the beach in Playa Del Carmen with his parents, Josephine and Sean, on Tuesday, July 18, when Josephine noticed Alex face down in the water, according to a GoFundMe launched for the family. "She gave him a push and called out to him; then another, and another," reads the page, launched by Josephine's coworker, Bianka Reyes. "She grabbed him by his trunks to propel him toward t…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
SUV Slams Into Parked Cars In Ridgewood SUV Slams Into Parked Cars In Ridgewood
SUV Slams Into Parked Cars In Ridgewood A driver may have had a medical episode before his SUV struck three parked vehicles in Ridgewood on Tuesday, responders said. The senior driver of the Honda CRV was alert and conscious when members of the Ridgewood Volunteer Ambulance Corps loaded him into their rig following the crash on Cottage Place near the Stop & Shop on Franklin Avenue just before 1 p.m. July 18. He was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. The senior driver was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood.Boyd A. Loving Citywide Towing removed the SUV and a Honda Fit that was struck. A Mercedes Benz C300 …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Drowning Boy, 9, Resuscitated After He's Pulled From Pool At Boys & Girls Club Drowning Boy, 9, Resuscitated After He's Pulled From Pool At Boys & Girls Club
Drowning Boy, 9, Resuscitated After He's Pulled From Pool At Boys & Girls Club A drowning 9-year-old boy was resuscitated by staff members after being pulled from the pool at the Boys & Girls Club of Clifton on Thursday, responders said. The Morris Plains youngster may have had a medical emergency shortly after 2:30 p.m. July 6, they said. "Staff noticed immediately, pulled the child from the pool and conducted CPR," Clifton Police Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The child then began breathing again, the lieutenant said. He was conscious and alert after being taken to St. Joseph's University Medical Center, Bracken said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Woman Found Unconscious, Bleeding Outside Home After Apparent Medical Episode: Glen Rock PD Woman Found Unconscious, Bleeding Outside Home After Apparent Medical Episode: Glen Rock PD
Woman Found Unconscious, Bleeding Outside Home After Apparent Medical Episode: Glen Rock PD A 70-year-old Glen Rock woman was hospitalized after she was found unconscious and bleeding on the ground next to her front steps, authorities said. The Highwood Avenue resident apparently suffered a medical episode and then sustained a large cut on her head when she fell Tuesday afternoon, May 16, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. A neighbor who's a registered nurse administered first aid along with responding police officers, the chief said. Members of the Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Corps continued aid while taking the woman to Hackensack University Medical Center, he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Stricken Tow Truck Driver Crashes Into Tree Off Route 17 Stricken Tow Truck Driver Crashes Into Tree Off Route 17
Stricken Tow Truck Driver Crashes Into Tree Off Route 17 A tow truck crashed into a tree just off Route 17 in Paramus when its driver suffered what responders said was a medical episode Tuesday afternoon. A paramedic team from the Valley Hospital tended to the driver from Criger's Auto Body in Fairfield near the former Barnes & Noble at the intersection of Glen Avenue and the southbound highway before taking him back with them. Paramus police and EMS assisted.A heavy-duty tow truck removed the damaged vehicle from the scene. Boyd A. Loving took the photo and contributed to this story.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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GRUESOME SCENE: Leg Severed When Pedestrian Is Pinned In Paterson, Docs Hope To Reattach It GRUESOME SCENE: Leg Severed When Pedestrian Is Pinned In Paterson, Docs Hope To Reattach It
Gruesome Scene: Leg Severed When Pedestrian Is Pinned In Paterson, Docs Hope To Reattach It UPDATE: Doctors hoped to save the severed half of a 67-year-old pedestrian's right leg after a horrific accident in Paterson, authorities said. At the request of St. Joseph's University Medical Center physicians, responders quickly got the severed limb to the hospital, Paterson Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. A driver apparently had suffered a medical episode on Union Avenue and hit the victim at Manchester Avenue, pinning him against a parked car shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, Speziale said. Police, firefighters and EMTs who converged on the scene found the victim on t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Secaucus Officers Revive Elderly Man Secaucus Officers Revive Elderly Man
Secaucus Officers Revive Elderly Man A Secaucus man is alive and well thanks to the quick thinking of three city policemen, officials say.  Lt. Christopher Rinaldi was called to the corner of Seaview Drive and New County Road just before 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, for a reported medical emergency. There, he found an elderly man laying unresponsive on the ground and not breathing, the department said.  Just as Rinaldi began performing CPR, officers Mikhail Kowlessar and Kasey Kelly arrived on the scene, officials wrote. The pair assisted with the CPR before grabbing their defibrillator and administering a "shock" to the…

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by Mac Bullock
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Medical Attention Needed For Police Officer, Guests In Hilton Meadowlands Fire Medical Attention Needed For Police Officer, Guests In Hilton Meadowlands Fire
Medical Attention Needed For Police Officer, Guests In Hilton Meadowlands Fire A police officer was treated for smoke inhalation and several guests reportedly required medical attention in a Christmas weekend fire at the Hilton Meadowlands just off the NJ Turnpike in East Rutherford. Multiple ambulances responded to 2 Meadowlands Plaza after garbage apparently caught fire on the third floor shortly before 9 a.m. on Christmas Eve. Conditions couldn’t immediately be determined, although responders said a guest with a heart condition required attention. No serious injuries were immediately reported. The blaze began as a second-alarmer before going to three bells for cov…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Student Revived After Medical Episode At Bergen Middle School Student Revived After Medical Episode At Bergen Middle School
Student Revived After Medical Episode At Bergen Middle School An Oakland middle school student was revived following a medical episode in gym class, authorities said. The Valley Middle School nurse was conducting CPR on the 13-year-old boy -- who responders said had a pre-existing medical condition -- when police arrived shortly after 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6. "He was breathing on his own at the time he was transported to the hospital," Police Capt. Timothy Keenan said. Responders included Oakland Police Lt. Mark Piercy, Sgt. Stephen Broek and Officers Jacob Martin and Joseph Burns. 

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SCHOOL SCARE: Northern Valley HS Staffer Collapses, Heroes Respond SCHOOL SCARE: Northern Valley HS Staffer Collapses, Heroes Respond
School Scare: Northern Valley HS Staffer Collapses, Heroes Respond No students were in the immediate area when a staff member collapsed and stopped breathing at Northern Valley Regional High School in Old Tappan, authorities said. Luckily police were. The staffer had gone to the Technology Department on the second floor for help with a computer issue when he suffered a medical episode shortly after 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 30, they said. As fortune would have it, help was right downstairs. Police Sgt. Eugene Wilkins was conducting a school security walk-through with Class III Officers Michael Foti and Thomas Tully when a staffer came running at 10:40 a.m.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Box Truck Driver Suffers Medical Emergency, Crashes Into Rt. 280 Guardrail: State Police Box Truck Driver Suffers Medical Emergency, Crashes Into Rt. 280 Guardrail: State Police
Box Truck Driver Suffers Medical Emergency, Crashes Into Rt. 280 Guardrail: State Police A Freightliner box truck driver suffered a medical emergency before veering off of Rt. 280, across the center median, and slamming into the guardrail, state police said. The crash occurred in the eastbound lanes near milepost 0.5 in Parsippany just before 6:05 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 25, Sgt. Alejandro Goez told DailyVoice.com. The driver was heading east on Rt. 80 Locals exit 47A onto Rt. 280 east before suffering a medical emergency, Goez said. The truck veered off the left side of the ramp and across the curbed median before crossing all Rt. 280 eastbound lanes, entering the median, hitti…

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by Valerie Musson
Schools
North Jersey HS Athlete Airlifted To Hospital After Having Medical Episode In Practice: Report North Jersey HS Athlete Airlifted To Hospital After Having Medical Episode In Practice: Report
North Jersey HS Athlete Airlifted To Hospital After Having Medical Episode In Practice: Report A North Jersey high school athlete was airlifted to a nearby hospital after having a medical episode and collapsing during practice earlier this week, NJ.com reports. A freshman athlete at Warren Hills Regional High School was flown to Morristown Medical Center with help from the Washington Township and Oxford EMT Squads on the afternoon of Wednesday, Sept. 7, the outlet said citing Superintendent Earl C. Clymer III. Officials did not disclose the student’s identity or the reason for the medical episode but confirmed that the student is continuing to recover and is doing well. Click here f…

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by Valerie Musson
News
Tractor-Trailer Driver Killed In Horrific Fiery Crash On Route 80 Tractor-Trailer Driver Killed In Horrific Fiery Crash On Route 80
Tractor-Trailer Driver Killed In Horrific Fiery Crash On Route 80 UPDATE: A tractor-trailer driver apparently suffered a medical emergency before he died in a fiery crash off Route 80, authorities confirmed. Motorists had just reported the rig weaving back and forth in front of them when it barreled off the westbound highway close to the site of the old Marcal plant in Elmwood Park shortly before 8:30 p.m. Saturday, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. First it drifted onto the right shoulder, then it struck the guardrail and continued over the curbed median at the Exit 61 on-ramp before plowing through another guardrail and plummeting off …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Ford Driver Suffers Medical Emergency Following Morris County Crash: State Police Ford Driver Suffers Medical Emergency Following Morris County Crash: State Police
Ford Driver Suffers Medical Emergency Following Morris County Crash: State Police A Ford driver suffered a medical emergency following a crash on Route 287 in Morris County, state police said. A Ford Fusion was struck by a tractor-trailer in the southbound lanes near milepost 30.8 in Harding just after 5:05 p.m. on Wednesday, July 6, NJSP Sgt. Philip Curry told DailyVoice.com. The tractor-trailer then left the scene, Curry said. The Ford driver was not hurt in the crash but suffered a brief medical emergency, police said. The driver refused treatment and drove away from the scene of the crash. Additional details were not released.

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Burn Victim Transferred In Overlook Medical Center Fire Burn Victim Transferred In Overlook Medical Center Fire
Burn Victim Transferred In Overlook Medical Center Fire A seventh-story electrical fire at Overlook Medical Center sent one person to a different hospital for treatment Tuesday, June 14. The blaze was put out before crews arrived around 8 p.m., sending a burn victim to Cooperman Barnabus Medical Center, Summit police tell Daily Voice. No further information was immediately available. Summit Police Department and Summit Volunteer First Aid Squad responded to the scene. The Summit Fire Department was assisted at the scene by Millburn, Springfield, and Union fire departments.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Minivan Carrying Developmentally Disabled Occupants Hits Tree in Fair Lawn Minivan Carrying Developmentally Disabled Occupants Hits Tree in Fair Lawn
Minivan Carrying Developmentally Disabled Occupants Hits Tree in Fair Lawn At least two people were hospitalized after a van carrying developmentally disabled occupants slammed into a tree Friday afternoon in Fair Lawn. Two victims -- one of whom had a large cut on his forehead -- were taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood after the crash at 17th and Columbia streets around 3:30 p.m. Borough police and Fair Lawn Rescue members responded along with ambulances from Bergen New Bridge Medical Center and Paramus. A third ambulance was called soon after. Boyd A. Loving took the photo and contributed to this report.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Out-Of-Control School Bus Slams Into Teaneck Storefront, Driver May Have Had Medical Episode Out-Of-Control School Bus Slams Into Teaneck Storefront, Driver May Have Had Medical Episode
Out-Of-Control School Bus Slams Into Teaneck Storefront, Driver May Have Had Medical Episode A driver behind the wheel of an out-of-control school bus that slammed into a downtown Teaneck storefront with no children aboard Tuesday afternoon may have had a medical emergency, responders said. The bus apparently came down Garrison Avenue and kept going through what's ordinarily a busy intersection on Cedar Lane, then barreled across a sidewalk seating area and shattered the front of Carly'z Craze, a clothing and fashion accessories store shortly after 3 p.m. Members of the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the driver from D&M Tours in Paterson to nearby Holy Name Medical Cen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Tree Worker Dies On Job In Closter, Brought Down By Firefighters UPDATE: Tree Worker Dies On Job In Closter, Brought Down By Firefighters
Update: Tree Worker Dies On Job In Closter, Brought Down By Firefighters Authorities were trying to determine how long a tree worker who died on the job in Closter had been suspended in the air. The worker was tethered in a harness nearly 40 feet up, supported by climbing ropes attached to several parts of the tree, when he apparently suffered a medical emergency outside a home on Anderson Avenue on Saturday, Police Lt. Vincent Aiello said. The homeowner, who'd dialed 911 around noon, didn't know how long he'd been up there, Aiello said. Responding police officers shouted but couldn't revive the worker from the ground, the lieutenant said. He was lowered to a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Medical Episode Sends Truck Off Route 17 Medical Episode Sends Truck Off Route 17
Medical Episode Sends Truck Off Route 17 A delivery truck barreled off Route 17 in Paramus when its driver had a medical emergency, responders said. The Ski Barn truck ended up in a water detention area on the southbound highway just past the Garden State Parkway around 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 17. The condition of the hospitalized driver couldn't immediately be determined. Belfi's Towing removed the truck as rubberneckers thickened the already-busy highway. Boyd A. Loving took the photo and contributed to this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Unconscious Driver Hospitalized In Serious Hunterdon County Crash (PHOTOS) Unconscious Driver Hospitalized In Serious Hunterdon County Crash (PHOTOS)
Unconscious Driver Hospitalized In Serious Hunterdon County Crash (Photos) An unconscious driver was sent to the hospital following a serious crash in Hunterdon County, authorities said. The Flemington-Raritan First Aid and Rescue Squad responded to the crash on Route 202-31 near Copper Hill Road in Raritan Township just before 12:25 p.m. on Saturday, May 7, the department said. The driver went unconscious after striking a utility pole, the squad said. A medical helicopter was requested but unavailable due to weather conditions. The driver was treated at the scene and taken via ambulance to Capital Health Trenton for further care. The scene was cleared within …

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Victim Rescued From Crumpled Car, Taken To Trauma Center After Route 78 Crash (PHOTOS) Victim Rescued From Crumpled Car, Taken To Trauma Center After Route 78 Crash (PHOTOS)
Victim Rescued From Crumpled Car, Taken To Trauma Center After Route 78 Crash (Photos) One person had to be extricated from a crumpled car and taken to a nearby trauma center following a crash on Route 78 in Hunterdon County, authorities said. The crash occurred near the intersection of Route 78 and Route 523 in Tewksbury on the morning of Tuesday, April 12, according to the Whitehouse Rescue Squad. Photos show the nearly unrecognizable vehicle after it had struck a telephone pole near an underpass. The victim was safely removed from the car and taken to the local trauma center for treatment, the rescue squad said. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear. Assisti…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
74-Year-Old Man Hospitalized With Head Injury After Fall In Morris County 74-Year-Old Man Hospitalized With Head Injury After Fall In Morris County
74-Year-Old Man Hospitalized With Head Injury After Fall In Morris County UPDATE: The medical helicopter was canceled and the patient was taken by ground to a nearby hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, police Capt. Robert Bush told DailyVoice.com. -------------------------------------- A 74-year-old man was taken to a nearby hospital after falling and suffering a head injury in Morris County Friday afternoon, developing reports say. The man fell near a building on Shore Road in Jefferson shortly before 3:50 p.m., according to initial and unconfirmed reports. A medical helicopter was requested to land in an open field nearby to take the man …

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by Valerie Musson
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19-Year-Old NJ Wawa Worker Saves Customer's Life 19-Year-Old NJ Wawa Worker Saves Customer's Life
19-Year-Old NJ Wawa Worker Saves Customer's Life A 19-year-old South Jersey Wawa employee is credited with saving the life of a customer having a medical episode. A routine day of making sandwiches on a 16-hour shift turned into a very memorable one for John Wallop. On Dec. 17, the high school senior was making sandwiches when he was flagged down by two strangers saying a woman was having a seizure in the bathroom at the Millville Wawa, 6abc reports. Wallop ran into the bathroom. "She, you know, passed away on me for a second," he said, according to 6ABC News. "You know, she died on me for a second." Wallop performed CPR until the …

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by Jon Craig
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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