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Flight Crew Raises $18K For Family Of Popular Atlantic Air Nurse Jay McChesney Flight Crew Raises $18K For Family Of Popular Atlantic Air Nurse Jay McChesney
Flight Crew Raises $18K For Family Of Popular Atlantic Air Nurse Jay McChesney A fundraiser has been launched to aid the family of Jay McChesney, a New Jersey father and flight nurse who died last month at 55 years old. Jay, of Hillsborough, died on Friday, Aug. 30, leaving behind his wife, Jennette and their three children, Jordan, James, and Joe. Nicknamed an "All American Hero," Jay was a founding member of the Atlantic Air 1 medevac team and was a nurse at Robert Wood Johnson after having spent 24 years serving in the Coast Guard. As of Tuesday, Sept. 3, more than $18,000 had been raised on the GoFundMe for the McChesney family, launched by members of Jay's f…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
UPDATE: 2 Girls Airlifted After Tree Limb Smashes Through Tour Bus At NJ/NY State Line UPDATE: 2 Girls Airlifted After Tree Limb Smashes Through Tour Bus At NJ/NY State Line
Update: 2 Girls Airlifted After Tree Limb Smashes Through Tour Bus At NJ/NY State Line 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: Two teens were airlifted to New Jersey trauma centers after a charter bus filled with girls from a Brooklyn yeshiva crashed into a tree Tuesday afternoon barely a quarter mile from the New York State line. West Milford firefighters extricated the two critically injured victims following the 3:16 p.m. June 4 crash on East Shore Road alongside Greenwood Lake in Hewitt, responders at the scene told Daily Voice. Greenwood Lake Airport (NJ), five miles down the road, was used as the medevac landing zone, they said. One girl was flown to the trauma center at Hackensack University Me…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Man, 70, Airlifted With Head Injury After Falling Down Stairs In Hunterdon County Man, 70, Airlifted With Head Injury After Falling Down Stairs In Hunterdon County
Man, 70, Airlifted With Head Injury After Falling Down Stairs In Hunterdon County A 70-year-old man was airlifted with a head injury after falling down a flight of stairs in Hunterdon County during the afternoon on Tuesday, Nov. 22, authorities said. The accident occurred at a home on Green Hills Drive in Raritan around 4:30 p.m., Raritan Police Lt. Scott Nelson told DailyVoice.com. The man had suffered a head injury and went unconscious, though he had regained consciousness by the time officers responded, Nelson said. ALSO SEE: Driver Hospitalized After Vehicle Plows Into Hunterdon County Barn The man was then taken by ambulance to Hunterdon Medical Center before …

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Victim Airlifted After Falling Down Flight Of Stairs In Hunterdon County Victim Airlifted After Falling Down Flight Of Stairs In Hunterdon County
Victim Airlifted After Falling Down Flight Of Stairs In Hunterdon County A victim was airlifted to a nearby trauma center after falling down a flight of stairs in Hunterdon County, authorities said. The Flemington-Raritan First Aid and Rescue Squad responded to a home in Flemington Thursday morning, the department said. The rescue squad treated the victim at the scene as a Northstar medical helicopter landed nearby to take them to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. ALSO SEE: Victim Airlifted After Becoming Trapped Under T-Shirt Printing Press In Hunterdon County “It's been a busy week for traumas in our area, with this being the third m…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Six Flags Guest Injured In Fall While Climbing Building In Restricted Area Six Flags Guest Injured In Fall While Climbing Building In Restricted Area
Six Flags Guest Injured In Fall While Climbing Building In Restricted Area A Six Flags Great Adventure Guest was injured after climbing a fence into a restricted area Sunday, park officials said. While climbing onto the roof of a building in the restricted area, the guest slipped and injured her leg around 8:30 p.m., officials said.  It was not clear where in the park the incident occurred.  A medevac was called to the park, although it was unclear if the victim was flown or taken by ground. "We are proud of our public safety team, who risked their own safety to serve our guest," officials said.

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by Cecilia Levine