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: 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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CPR, Defib, Gator Used For Victim Of Medical Episode In Saddle River County Park
An off-duty nurse helped save the life of a 69-year-old bicyclist who was knocked unconscious in a fall at 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 u…
Police & Fire
Lightning Strike Ignites Paramus House Fire
A lightning strike ignited a fire in a Paramus home Friday morning. The blaze damaged the second floor of the two-story, wood-frame home on Bullard Avenue, off Forest Avenue, after it broke out at around 8:15 a.m. July 14. Firefighters had it doused in under a half hour. No injuries were reported. Paramus police and members of their Emergency Services Unit, along with Paramus Rescue Squad joined other borough firefighters at the scene, with colleagues from surrounding towns providing coverage. These included responders from Fair Lawn, Maywood, Oradell, River Edge, Rochelle Park and Washi…
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Vehicle Plows Into Paramus Nail Salon
No one was seriously injured when a wagon driven by an 83-year-old local driver slammed into a Paramus nail salon Tuesday afternoon. Vehicles that hit storefronts ordinarily don't make it in very far. Not the 2007 Lexus RX that crashed into Bliss Nails in the Highland Shopping Center on East Ridgewood Avenue shopping center shortly around 1:45 p.m. Dec. 6. "Several people were inside the salon at the time but only one was injured," Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Members of Paramus Emergency Medical Services treated that person, a 59-year-old Paramus woman, for a minor cut …
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: Carbon Dioxide Leak Clears Stew Leonard's In Paramus, Three Employees Rescued From Roof
Five employees checked out OK, and firefighters plucked three others from the roof, after a broken refrigeration pipe filled Stew Leonard's in Paramus with carbon dioxide early Tuesday. The store hadn't opened yet when responders rushed to the Paramus Park mall at 7:45 a.m. Nov. 6, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. The pipe had been ruptured, releasing the CO2, while a service company was doing maintenance work, the chief said. Everyone was evacuated, including three workers who'd gone to the roof of the building and had to be collected by borough firefighters using a ladder truck, Ehr…
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Driver Moving Cars Flips Sedan In Paramus Driveway (
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A Paramus homeowner shuffling cars around in his driveway accidentally flipped his sedan Saturday, May 7, authorities said. The man was moving his Toyota Camry in the sloped driveway on Gordon Drive with his wife when he struck a retaining wall, overturning the car around 8 a.m., Paramus Police Lt. Christine Udis said. Overturned car on GordonBoyd A. Loving Car flips down driveway on GordonBoyd A. Loving The driver remained trapped until the roof was removed by Paramus Rescue Squad, and taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with minor injuries. A Volvo sedan in the driveway…
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: Critically Injured Driver, Passenger Extricated By Firefighters
Rescue teams from Paramus and Fair Lawn extricated a driver and front-seat passenger after their car got wedged beneath a tractor-trailer in a horrific pre-dawn crash Saturday on Route 17, authorities confirmed. The Amazon Prime tractor-trailer was parked on the side of the northbound highway in front of the Suburban Diner when it was slammed into shortly before 1:30 a.m., they said. Members of the Paramus Rescue Squad and Fair Lawn Heavy Rescue worked intently to free the critically injured victims. The driver remained in critical condition early Saturday, while the front-seat passenger …
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Third Fire In 38 Months Ravages Garden Center Greenhouse In Paramus (
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The third fire in a little over three years at a Paramus garden center severely damaged a greenhouse Wednesday night. Flames erupted at Denny Wiggers Landscapes and Garden Center on Paramus Road across from Bergen Community College shortly before 7:30 p.m. Firefighters quickly knocked it down, with no injuries reported. The cause wasn’t immediately determined. A fire in November 2016 seriously damaged a back corner of the main building. Four months later, a blaze that blew through the roof of a woodshed. Paramus Road was temporarily closed in both directions between Midland Avenue and Ce…
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Allendale Landscape Company Driver Pinned In Route 17 Crash In Paramus
UPDATE: Firefighters freed an Allendale landscape company driver whose leg was pinned when his truck landed on its side in a Monday afternoon crash on Route 17 in Paramus. The 1 p.m. collision involved the Borst Landscaping box truck, an Audi sedan and a utility pole in front of the Midas Muffler shop right before Kalisa Way on the northbound highway, responders said. Both the truck driver and a passenger were hospitalized, police said, adding that two occupants of the Audi weren’t injured. Paramus Rescue Squad members cut through the dashboard to free the trucker, whose leg was being cru…
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