Hoboken EMT Stabbed While On Duty By Man Seeking Drugs, Cops Say

A Hoboken emergency medical technician was stabbed late Wednesday afternoon while responding to a bogus call for medical assistance from a public housing building on Marshall Drive, the Jersey Journal reported.

The 26-year-old woman, who was part of a three-person crew of Hoboken Volunteer Ambulance Corps members that had responded to a call in the building, was stabbed in the side by a man who was waiting for her outside the seventh floor elevator, the Journal reported.

When the elevator door opened, the waiting man grabbed the victim and demanded drugs from her, police said. Upon learning she had no drugs, the man allegedly dragged her into a stairwell and stabbed her in the side, before fleeing down the steps, police said.

The victim was tended to at the scene by building residents and an off-duty police officer, before being placed in her own ambulance and taken to the Jersey City Medical Center, JCMC spokesman Mark Rabson said. She was set to be released Thursday.

Police are attempting to trace the phone that was used to make the call, which authorities determined was faked to set up the EMT, according to a police report.

The attacker is described as being about 5-foot-8 with a thin build, according to witness reports.

Anyone with information on the stabbing should call the Hoboken police at (201) 420-2110.