Crime & Safety
Man Severs Fingers Inside Pasta Machine, Fair Lawn Police Say
BREAKING: The man's index and middle fingers were severed at the joint, authorities say.
FAIR LAWN, N.J. — A man severed two fingers in a pasta machine at a borough business Thursday morning, police said.
Three police officers responded to A. Zerega's Sons on Broadway shortly after 11 a.m. on a report of an employee who severed two fingers, said Sgt. Brian Metzler.
The 58-year-old man got his right hand caught in a pasta machine and his index and middle fingers were cut off at the joint, Metzler said.
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The man found the fingers and was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, Metzler said.
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