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Prosecutor IDs Man Killed In Bergen County House Fire Prosecutor IDs Man Killed In Bergen County House Fire
Prosecutor IDs Man Killed In Bergen County House Fire Authorities have identified the victim of Sunday night, Jan. 5's fatal house fire in Glen Rock. Firefighters found 82-year-old Frederick Visser unconscious on the first floor of 15 Birchwood Road shortly after the 9:21 p.m. fire broke out, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. First responders began CPR at the scene before Visser was taken to The Valley Hospital. He was later pronounced dead, Musella said. The fire did not appear to be suspicious in nature, said Musella, who did not reveal a cause.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Firefighter Injured During Santa Detail In Bergen County (PHOTOS) Firefighter Injured During Santa Detail In Bergen County (PHOTOS)
Firefighter Injured During Santa Detail In Bergen County (Photos) A Glen Rock volunteer firefighter was hospitalized Saturday night, Dec. 21, after sustaining a head injury during a "Santa Detail" event, according to incident reporter Boyd A. Loving. The 24-year-old firefighter was riding on top of a fire truck when his head was struck by a low-hanging tree branch on Doremus Avenue, near the Glen Rock Municipal Pool, Loving said.  The injury, described as non-life-threatening, prompted an immediate response from local emergency services. Firefighters from Hawthorne Rescue Company #5 assisted Glen Rock Fire Department personnel in moving the injured …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Toms River Man Died In Police Custody: Bodycam Footage Shows His Arrest Toms River Man Died In Police Custody: Bodycam Footage Shows His Arrest
Toms River Man Died In Police Custody: Bodycam Footage Shows His Arrest Authorities have released body camera video of the incident when a Toms River man died while police tried to detain him. The state Attorney General’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability made the footage public on Tuesday, Nov. 26. The video showed the Friday, Apr. 19 encounter that ended with the death of 47-year-old John Cassidy. The incident began at a gas station on Route 37 near West End Avenue at around 1 p.m. Island Heights police officers Peter Muscarella, Dominique D’Amico-Violante, and Lt. Paul Rutledge attempted to arrest Cassidy on active warrants. The f…

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by Chris Spiker
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Victim Extricated, Seriously Injured In Route 80 Box Truck Crash (UPDATE) Victim Extricated, Seriously Injured In Route 80 Box Truck Crash (UPDATE)
Victim Extricated, Seriously Injured In Route 80 Box Truck Crash (Update) An early-morning crash involving a box truck brought a large emergency response to Route 80 in Bergen County Friday, June 21. Firefighters were called to the westbound lanes at milepost 65.5 just after 3:20 a.m., where a Mercedes Benz had rear-ended a box truck, according to New Jersey State Police Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron. Firefighters found the victim was pinned inside the vehicle, and worked to remove the roof and door of the car. The patient was stabilized and removed, then treated by EMS on scene. The patient was then taken to HMH Hackensack University Medical Center with serious…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Medical Attention Needed For Police Officer, Guests In Hilton Meadowlands Fire Medical Attention Needed For Police Officer, Guests In Hilton Meadowlands Fire
Medical Attention Needed For Police Officer, Guests In Hilton Meadowlands Fire A police officer was treated for smoke inhalation and several guests reportedly required medical attention in a Christmas weekend fire at the Hilton Meadowlands just off the NJ Turnpike in East Rutherford. Multiple ambulances responded to 2 Meadowlands Plaza after garbage apparently caught fire on the third floor shortly before 9 a.m. on Christmas Eve. Conditions couldn’t immediately be determined, although responders said a guest with a heart condition required attention. No serious injuries were immediately reported. The blaze began as a second-alarmer before going to three bells for cov…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Machine Running In East Rutherford Chemical Plant Evacuation Sparks Fire, 2 Hospitalized Machine Running In East Rutherford Chemical Plant Evacuation Sparks Fire, 2 Hospitalized
Machine Running In East Rutherford Chemical Plant Evacuation Sparks Fire, 2 Hospitalized A machine left running while an East Rutherford plant was being evacuated for a chemical spill sparked a fire sending two people to the hospital with minor injuries Thursday, authorities said. A vapor cloud and fumes that people in the area said smelled like chlorine were reported at the Diamond Chemical Company around 1:30 p.m. Homes and businesses were evacuated in the area surrounding Diamond Chemical, located at the corner of East Union and Dubois Street. Shelters-in-place advised on the east side of Rutherford from Ridge Road to Meadow Road and in Lyndhurst east of Orient Wa…

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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Firefighter Slammed Into Hawthorne Ambulance Accidentally, Police Say Firefighter Slammed Into Hawthorne Ambulance Accidentally, Police Say
Firefighter Slammed Into Hawthorne Ambulance Accidentally, Police Say UPDATE: No summonses were considered necessary after a volunteer firefighter headed to an alarm broadsided a Hawthorne ambulance with three squad members inside, knocking it over, police said Friday following the conclusion of an investigation. The ambulance had its lights and siren activated as it traveled north on Goffle Road to a medical emergency just after 11 p.m. last Friday, the police report says. No patients were aboard. A 25-year-old lieutenant firefighter, meanwhile, was headed east on the Lafayette Avenue extension to a firehouse in his personal vehicle, his volunteer blue ligh…

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by Jerry DeMarco