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Chain Reaction: Out-Of-Control SUV Rams Minivan, Pins Woman Against Guardrail In Route 17 Lot

A woman was seriously injured when an SUV driven by an elderly motorist slammed into a minivan that then hit her in a Route 17 supermarket parking lot, witnesses said.

Jerry DeMarco

The victim apparently suffered severe leg trauma when the minivan pinned her against a guardrail in the H Mart parking lot in Paramus on the northbound highway around 10 p.m. Sunday, they said.

The SUV then continued on and smashed into the guardrail itself. 

At the scene in the H Mart parking lot off Route 17 in Paramus.

Kevin Holz for DAILY VOICE

An ambulance took the victim to a nearby hospital.

Meanwhile, a police officer put the elderly motorist into the back of his patrol car.

"He was pretty old," a witness told Daily Voice.

Both vehicles had to be towed.

Further details were immediately scarce.

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The SUV continued on and smashed into the guardrail at the H Mart in Paramus.

Kevin Holz for DAILY VOICE

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