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Responders: 2 Men On ATV Hit By Train In East Rutherford End Up In Creek Responders: 2 Men On ATV Hit By Train In East Rutherford End Up In Creek
Responders: 2 Men On ATV Hit By Train In East Rutherford End Up In Creek Two Hasbrouck Heights men were injured Sunday afternoon when their ATV was struck by an NJ Transit train in East Rutherford, authorities said. One of the men tumbled into Berry's Creek near the Route 3 bridge and the other went in after him, responders said. Both were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, they said. It was unclear what the men, ages 38 and 40, were doing on the tracks when they were struck by the Bergen Line train from Spring Valley to Hoboken around 12:20 p.m. , NJ Transit's Lisa Torbic said. Both recei…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HEROES: Secaucus Police Officers Stop Suicidal Bridge Jumper, 22 HEROES: Secaucus Police Officers Stop Suicidal Bridge Jumper, 22
Heroes: Secaucus Police Officers Stop Suicidal Bridge Jumper, 22 Depressed and hopeless, a 22-year-old East Orange man sat with his legs dangling over a Route 3 bridge. He had every intention of ending his life. Thanks to a pair of Secaucus police officers, the man gets another lease on life. Multiple 9-1-1 calls came in around 9 a.m. Thursday, reporting a jumper from the East Bridge -- which runs over the Hackensack River, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Upon arrival, Officer Taylor Ensmann saw the man sitting on the bridge, his legs dangling over the marsh area below. The officer -- who is in charge of the department's th…

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by Cecilia Levine