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New Haven firefighter found dead outside Hamden house

HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) Police are investigating the death of a New Haven firefighter who was found unconscious, face down on a sidewalk.

Police said a neighbor informed a police officer at about 3. a.m. Sunday that she found Linda Cohens lying face down on the sidewalk outside her home in Hamden.

Police say Cohens was unresponsive and appeared to have suffered a head injury. She was declared dead at Yale New Haven Hospital. WTNH-TV reports that her death is being investigated by Hamden's major crimes division.

Cohens was a long-time member of the New Haven Fire Department and was most recently a paramedic.

An autopsy has not yet been completed.

New Haven firefighters have set up a scholarship fund for Cohens' granddaughter and firefighters across Connecticut took to Twitter to express their condolences.

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