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Loved Ones To Lay Hero Teaneck Officer To Rest

TEANECK, N.J. (CBS 2) -- Thousands were expected to turn out Saturday for the funeral of Teaneck Police Officer John Abraham.

Abraham was working a double shift early Monday morning when his patrol car slammed into a telephone pole outside police headquarters.

He was pronounced dead a short time later at the hospital.

Just hours earlier, Officer Abraham had saved the life of a man who was choking at a nearby restaurant.

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