Crime & Safety

Par-Troy EMS Free Trapped Child

Parsippany Police and EMS rescued a young Parsippany girl who got her head caught in a railing.

Parsippany emergency responders had to use bolt cutters to free a young girl after she got her head caught in a metal railing on Thursday, police said.

Parsippany Officers David Cavaliere and Joseph Chmura were called to a Brooklawn Dr. home on Thursday, July 25, and found a 4-year old girl with her head trapped between the metal banister rails next to a set of stairs, said Parsippany Community Relations Officer Earl Kinsey.

The officers attempted to bend the rails far enough apart to dislodge the child, he said.

“A Par-Troy EMS Unit arrived with a set of bolt cutters,” said Kinsey. “Officer Cavaliere cut through the banister as Par-Troy EMS Chief Dean Snook and Officer Chmura pulled the metal apart far enough to remove the trapped child.”

The girl was unharmed and did not need medical treatment, he said.

She was left in the custody of her mother.


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