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'I Got You:' Video Shows Hackettstown Cop Lifting Elderly Woman Through Window Of Burning Home 'I Got You:' Video Shows Hackettstown Cop Lifting Elderly Woman Through Window Of Burning Home
'I Got You:' Video Shows Hackettstown Cop Lifting Elderly Woman Through Window Of Burning Home The moment a Hackettstown Police officer saved a 91-year-old woman from a burning home by lifting her out the window was captured in a heroic video clip. The blaze broke out at a home on Thomas Drive just after 2:25 a.m. on Saturday, June 24. Independence Township Police responded and assisted a 61-year-old woman out of the residence — but her mother was still trapped inside. Hackettstown Police Officer Ryan Blankenship arrived, entered the home, and found the woman in a bedroom. He then “went through the bedroom window and lifted her off the bed and handed her out the window” to Indepen…

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by Valerie Musson
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Woman Ticketed After Being Run Over By Her Own Vehicle In NJ Woman Ticketed After Being Run Over By Her Own Vehicle In NJ
Woman Ticketed After Being Run Over By Her Own Vehicle In NJ As if being run over by her own car wasn't punishment enough, the 61-year-old driver was then ticketed for having an unregistered vehicle, authorities in New Jersey said. The accident occurred as the woman was getting out of her 2014 Lincoln near the intersection of Helms Mill Road and Dalton Road around 7:30 p.m. According to Hackettstown Police, the woman “didn’t realize her vehicle was not in park” and fell over as she was exiting the car, which rolled over the left side of her body, kept rolling, and then hit a 2016 Ford parked on Helms Mill Road. The Hackettstown woman was taken to Mo…

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by Valerie Musson
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Woman Hospitalized After Being Hit By Car In Morris County Crosswalk; Driver Charged: Police Woman Hospitalized After Being Hit By Car In Morris County Crosswalk; Driver Charged: Police
Woman Hospitalized After Being Hit By Car In Morris County Crosswalk; Driver Charged: Police A 61-year-old woman was hospitalized after being struck by a car in a Morris County crosswalk, resulting in several charges for the driver, police confirmed. The Denville woman was crossing Broadway near the intersection of Second Avenue using a marked crosswalk when she was hit around 8:55 p.m. on Wednesday, May 18, Denville Police said in a release. The victim was taken to St. Clare’s Hospital in Denville for treatment of minor injuries, police said. A follow-up investigation led to the driver, Elizabeth Muchmore, 76, of Green Pond, being issued summonses for failure to stop for a pedest…

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by Valerie Musson