Elderly woman falls and hits head at McDonald St, Washington NJ

Medical Emergency

Reported: 11/8/2025 01:36 AM

Near McDonald St, Washington, NJ 07882

Emergency responders were called to near McDonald Street for an 89-year-old woman who fell from standing. She hit her head on a wall, causing bleeding and was found semi-conscious with altered mental status due to her dementia.

Audio|Source: Warren County Police, Fire and EMS

02:26

Transcript:

00:00

Responding, Washington Borough, near McDonald's St, 89-year-old female, fall victim.

00:04

Repubing station, 83 rescue, the alert, 3-9 rescue mutual aid.

00:09

Near McDonald's St, 89-year-old female, fall victim, (number withheld).

00:19

Six cars, I've got two calls that are going to come in back to back.

00:23

I'll do with the first one, 76 cars in the area of near McDonald's St with the squad call in the borough.

00:36

76 cars in the area of billbirds for a welfare check on a mail party.

00:46

Okay.

00:58

713. You go with the Welfare Check?

01:01

71613. Welfare check on a male party.

01:04

Calling party states on Cornish behind Philbert in a brown or dark red SUV on the one-way facing in the opposite direction.

01:13

There is a male party sitting in the vehicle unknown of what's going on there.

01:22

Okay.

01:27

Okay, 2-612.

01:29

I'll take the squad call. What was the address?

01:31

Squad qual.

01:32

This is squad a quad-quil.

01:34

Okay.

01:35

Near McDonald Street, 89-year-old female fell from standing and hit her head on the wall.

01:40

Barely conscious is bleeding from the head.

01:50

Receive to do the squad responding.

01:55

Quad advised that about a minute ago they will be responding momentarily.

02:01

County, 83-54 or 52 is responding.

02:07

Billet 8352 vacated responding, Washington Borough, near McDonald Street, Cross of West Stewart Street.

02:13

89-year-old female assaults in the standing position in the carpeted hallway.

02:17

She did hit her head on the wall,

02:19

attempting to control the bleed from the head.

02:23

As she has dementia, she's altered, semi-conscious.

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