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Police, Bystanders Free Victim Trapped Underneath Car In Central Jersey
Police and five bystanders lifted a car off an elderly pedestrian in Middlesex Borough, authorities said.
On Tuesday, Sept. 6, at 12:12 p.m., Middlesex police received a 9-1-1 call reporting that a pedestrian had been struck by a motor vehicle near the Middlesex Post Office on Hawthorne Avenue.
Police arrived to find the victim, an 87-year-old woman, lying in the roadway, trapped underneath the vehicle. The officers, with the assistance of five Good Samaritans who jumped into action, were able to lift the vehicle and free the victim from beneath, police said.
The victim sustained in…