It is with deep regret that we advise you that Matthew Pellettere, 37, died at Hackensack University Medical Center after squad members found him “unresponsive” and started CPR to try and revive him, said Joseph Zemaites, captain of the River Edge Volunteer Ambulance Corps.
Responding to an emergency call around 9:40 a.m., Pellettere went to the squad building so he could ride with the ambulance, but he missed the rig. Pellettere, a teacher’s aide in Paterson and the father of two children, was a probationary member and had been on the squad about one year, Zemaites said.
