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First Responders Called To Central Jersey School Bus Crash
Police, firefighters and EMS crews were called to a reported school bus crash, authorities said. The crash occurred before 1 p.m. Wednesday near Joyce Kilmer Avenue and Delavan Street in New Brunswick, initial reports said. An unconfirmed report said that EMS crews were evaluating eight children and two adults for injuries at the crash scene. Additional details were not immediately available. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES
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Fort Lee Funds Dedicated To Families Displaced In Devastating Apartment Building Fire
UPDATE: A fund established to aid Hurricane Sandy victims will go toward helping families displaced by a fire that destroyed an apartment building near the George Washington Bridge. Two volunteer firefighters were hospitalized with relatively minor injuries in the six-alarm fire on Hudson Terrace in Fort Lee, which ignited Saturday afternoon, continued through the night and collapsed portions of the five-story brick building. Authorities initially feared the worst when a resident was unaccounted for, Mayor Mark Sokolich said, but that tenant apparently is out of the country. The Red Cros…
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Injured Boy Rescued At Ridgewood Pool
UPDATE: An 8-year-old boy was hospitalized after being injured during opening day of Ridgewood's Graydon Pool. The boy was conscious but initially couldn't move, immediately raising fears of a spinal injury, after he either fell or jumped from a platform and hit his neck shortly before 6 p.m., witnesses said. Lifeguards, two firefighters who were at the pool and other first responders got to him quickly and worked together to stabilize the boy and bring him into a waiting ambulance. His condition didn't appear as severe as first thought, the relieved responders said. Rescuers work toge…
Police & Fire
Police, EMS Crews Respond To Pedestrian Hit-Run Crash In Hazlet
Police, firefighters and EMS crews were called to a hit-run crash involving a pedestrian in Monmouth County, authorities said. The crash occurred about 3 p.m. on the 400 block of Route 36 in Hazlet, initial reports said The extent of the pedestrian's injuries were not immediately known. Local police reported that a blue van with white lettering fled the crash scene. This is a developing news story. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES
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Heroes
: Firefighters, Off-Duty Police Officer Rescue Driver, Young Child In Route 46 Rollover
Little Ferry firefighters and an off-duty Secaucus police officer rescued a young Pompton Lakes driver and her 7-year-old daughter following a Route 46 rollover crash. The 31-year-old driver was headed west shortly after 7 p.m. Saturday when her 2021 Hyundai Palisade slammed into a 2012 Honda Pilot driven by a 39-year-old Ridgefield Park man that was stopped a red light at Phillips Avenue in South Hackensack, authorities said. The woman told police she didn’t remember what happened after that, Detective Sgt. James Donatello said. Little Ferry firefighters extricated the mom, while the off-…
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Burn Victims Airlifted To Hospital
Police, firefighters and EMS crews in Ocean County were called to help a pair of burn victims, authorities said. The emergency call came in about 3 p.m. on Wednesday at 112 Woehr Ave. in Lakewood, according to initial reports. At least one of the burn victims was a child and a Medevac helicopter was called to transport the patient to St. Barnabas Medical Center, according to an unconfirmed report. It was unclear how the victims were burned. This is a developing news story. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES
Police & Fire
Firefighters Battle Blaze In Central Jersey, 'People Trapped On Roof'
Firefighters were called to a blaze in a commercial structure in Monmouth County, authorities said. The fire broke out about 2:30 p.m. at 500 Route 33 in Millstone, according to initial reports. An unconfirmed report said that some people were trapped on the roof of the burning structure. It was unclear whether the people were construction workers. This is a developing news story. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES
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: Three Dead In Wayne House Fire
UPDATE: A fire apparently ignited by a gas explosion at a Wayne home killed three people, authorities confirmed Tuesday morning. Firefighters responding to initial reports of occupants trapped found the windows blown out and flames consuming the 1½-story wood-frame house on Jackson Avenue just after 6 p.m. "I live 3 houses away. Heard an explosion of glass and ran outside and called 911," Gina Amelia Sasso wrote soon afterward. "House was up in seconds. It was so scary." It took under an hour to knock down the main body of the blaze, which apparently broke out in the rear of the home. It …
Police & Fire
First Responders Called To Serious Motorcycle Crash In Central Jersey
Police, firefighters and EMS crews were called to a serious motorcycle crash in Middlesex County, authorities said. Port Reading emergency crews were called to Blair Road in Woodbridge late Tuesday afternoon. A Northstar medevac helicopter was called to Boynton Park shortly before 5 p.m. to airlift a 35-year-old man injured in the crash, according to initial reports. An unconfirmed report said that the rider suffered bilateral femur fractures. This is a developing news story. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES
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Heroes
: Elmwood Park Firefighters Find Missing Girl, 11
FOUND! A search for a missing 11-year-old Elmwood Park girl ended Thursday afternoon when a trio of volunteer firefighters found her safe and sound in a shopping center sandwich shop. Police pinged Janiah Townes's cellphone to the Elmwood Park Shopping Center on Broadway around 3:30 p.m., then "flooded the area with volunteer firefighters and officers," Police Chief Michael Foligno said. A short time later, Firefighters Alexian Cruz, Mohammed Makanast and Scott Karcz found little Janiah at the Blimpie's -- a little over two hours after she was reported missing. "It was an all-ha…
Police & Fire
Car Slams Into Tree Off I-195 On Jersey Shore
State police, firefighters and EMS crews were called to a serious crash on Thursday afternoon, authorities said. The crash occurred at 1:21 p.m. on Interstate-195 eastbound at mile-marker 22.2 in Jackson Township, according to a state trooper.. The vehicle went off the interstate and struck a tree, Trooper Alejandro Goez said. Two serious injuries were reported, Goez said. The right lane remained closed for a crash investigation, he said. A medevac helicopter was called for assistance, according to an initial report. This is a developing news story.&nbs…
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Units Damaged In Fort Lee Condo Fire
Firefighters doused a Thursday afternoon blaze that damaged units on two floors of a Fort Lee condominium. Flames blew through two first-floor windows after breaking out in a crawlspace in the five-story brick Central Court Condominiums on Central Road shortly before 2 p.m. Firefighters had the two-alarm blaze knocked down in about an hour and under control before 3:30 p.m. It was later ruled accidental. No injuries were reported. Firefighters from Edgewater, Englewood, Englewood Cliffs, Fairview, Leonia, Palisades Park and Ridgefield were among the mutual aid responders. Tony Greco took…
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