The donation included a ceremony officiated by Deputy Mayor Victor Sordillo, with Warren Township Rescue Squad President Marc Davis on hand, and took place the Warren Township Rescue Squad building, located at 6 Bardy Road.

The Elberon First Aid Squad had only been operating with one old ambulance and was in need of a second vehicle to serve a community of more than 15,000 people. When the members of the Warren Township rescue squad heard about their needs, they made the immediate decision to donate their third ambulance as the squad recently received a new ambulance in November.

The Whitehouse Rescue Squad faces a wide variety of rescue challenges, such as motor vehicle crashes, technical rescue incidents, farm rescues, water rescues and entrapments. Providing the best possible rescue services, with the most favorable patient outcome, is greatly enhanced with up-to-date technical components of a rescue vehicle.

In 2016, the Readington Township Committee authorized the purchase of a 2017 KME Heavy Duty Rescue Unit to replace the squad's 1994 vehicle. The vehicle was recently delivered.

The new vehicle is to be equipped with advanced rescue tools for quickly accessing trapped patients, such as hydraulic rescue tools, cutting equipment, rope and water rescue gear, extrication tools, and vehicle stabilization equipment. At the same time, the vehicle is improved for greater safety for the rescuer, with such improvements as airbags, rollover protection and other safety features.

Several years of planning and research went into detailing the specific equipment and capabilities needed in a replacement vehicle. Chief Jeffrey Herzog expressed the squad's gratitude to the Readington Township Committee, "This advanced unit is another tool in our service offerings to our community. We are grateful to the Township for allowing us to continue to provide the best care possible to our residents."

John A. Nagy, 48, of the 0-99 block of Gregory Street in Aurora, was cited for disobeying a traffic control signal in the Jan. 3 collision, Deputy Naperville Police Chief Jason Arres said Tuesday.

Nagy is a 22-year veteran of the fire department. He is assigned to Aurora Fire Station No. 8 on McCoy Drive.

He and a fellow paramedic were slightly injured in the incident. The 52-year-old Naperville woman who was driving the car remained last week in Edward Hospital in Naperville, in what Arres said was stable condition and with "non-life-threatening injuries."

Police investigators have determined neither alcohol nor narcotics figured in the crash, Arres said.

A surveillance video from a nearby business viewed by the Naperville Sun showed the Aurora Fire Department's Paramedic Unit 8 traveling west on Aurora Avenue about 3:25 a.m. Jan. 3 and running a red light at its intersection with Ogden Avenue. The ambulance then hit a 1998 Toyota Camry being driven by the woman.

The Camry is seen in the video striking and destroying an electronic "Walk/Don't Walk" pedestrian crossing signal at the northwest corner of the intersection. The car continued moving, striking at least four vehicles in the Woody Buick GMC dealership's used vehicle parking lot.

The ambulance was returning to its station after dropping off a patient at Edward Hospital in Naperville. Nagy and a fellow paramedic were treated for minor injuries after the crash.

Nagy was placed on administrative leave following the crash, pending the outcome of the Naperville police investigation.