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Child, 4, Drowns At Bergen County Home Child, 4, Drowns At Bergen County Home
Child, 4, Drowns At Bergen County Home A 4-year-old child drowned at a home in Woodcliff Lake on Friday, authorities confirmed. A 911 call brought officers to the home on Heidi Lane, a small cul-de-sac off Werimus Road next to the northbound Garden State Parkway shortly after 5 p.m. July 21, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Responders used CPR and a defibrillator, then police closed intersections so an ambulance could rush the youngster to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, where the prosecutor said the pronouncement was made. Musella said his detectives and the Woodcliff Lake Police Department were reviewing the circ…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Children 7, 4, And 3-Month-Old Believed Drowned By Mentally Ill Mom On Coney Island Children 7, 4, And 3-Month-Old Believed Drowned By Mentally Ill Mom On Coney Island
Children 7, 4, And 3-Month-Old Believed Drowned By Mentally Ill Mom On Coney Island A frantic search for three children whose mentally ill mother had taken them to the Coney Island boardwalk in the middle of the night ended when the kids were all found lifeless on the beach, the NYPD said. All three were later pronounced dead of apparent drownings, authorities said. Police had received an overnight 911 call on Monday, Sept. 12, from an aunt who was "concerned her family member may have harmed her three small children,” NYPD Chief of Department Kenneth Corey said. Officers who responded to the 1:40 a.m. call found the Neptune Avenue apartment of 30-year-old Erin Merdy emp…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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5-Year-Old Boy Drowns In Backyard Bergen Pool 5-Year-Old Boy Drowns In Backyard Bergen Pool
5-Year-Old Boy Drowns In Backyard Bergen Pool A 5-year-old boy died in a backyard pool drowning in Cresskill over the July 4th weekend, authorities confirmed Tuesday. Cresskill police and members of BLS and ALS teams responded to a home in the East Hill section of town at 6:51 p.m. Monday, police records show. CPR was conducted after the boy went into cardiac arrest, responders said. The child was taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead hours later, they said. Daily Voice is withholding further information. Exactly two months ago, a 2-year-old boy who was pulled from a backyard swimming pool in O…

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by Jerry DeMarco