Rolling Car Strikes Woman, 88, Lands In Lake

An 88-year-old Harding woman was reaching into her running vehicle when it rolled down her driveway and into Mt. Kemble Lake Wednesday morning, authorities said.

A car rolled into Mt. Kemble Lake Wednesday.
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Cecilia Levine

02/20/2019 6:42 p.m.

The car may not have been in park when it struck the woman and rolled over a grass embankment and into the nearby lake around 10:30 a.m., Harding Police Chief Erik Heller said.

The car was fully recovered around 4 p.m. with help from Parsippany and Boonton divers, along with Morris County HazMat, Heller said.

The woman was taken to Morristown Medical Center with non life-threatening injuries to the left side of her body, police said.

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