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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
Police & Fire
5-Year-Old Demarest Girl Severely Burned Falling Into Home Fire Pit 5-Year-Old Demarest Girl Severely Burned Falling Into Home Fire Pit
5-Year-Old Demarest Girl Severely Burned Falling Into Home Fire Pit A 5-year-old Demarest girl was flown to St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston after she tripped and fell into a home fire pit, burning her face and arms over the weekend, responders said. The accident left the child with second- and third-degree burns, they said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Troopers Stop SUV Driven By Man Having Medical Problem On Parkway In E. Orange Troopers Stop SUV Driven By Man Having Medical Problem On Parkway In E. Orange
Troopers Stop SUV Driven By Man Having Medical Problem On Parkway In E. Orange A 68-year-old man was hospitalized Thursday after his SUV was safely brought to a stop by New Jersey State Police on the Garden State Parkway near the border of Union and Essex counties.  The incident began when police responded to a report of an erratic driver on the northbound Parkway in Cranford around 10:40 a.m., said Trooper Alejandro Goez.  The driver did not respond when troopers in marked cars activated their lights and sirens, Goez said. Troopers managed to use their vehicles to bring the driver to a halt in East Orange. Goez did not know precisely how the troopers manage…

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by Paul Milo