Woman run over by police officer while sunbathing at New Jersey beach: police

A woman relaxing at a beach in Wildwood, New Jersey, was reportedly run over by a police officer during a freak accident last week. The incident took place on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Star-Ledger. Wildwood Police Chief Joseph Murphy told the Press of Atlantic City that the incident involved one of the department’s Ford F-150 pickup trucks. The victim, whose name was not released by authorities, suffered broken ribs, three fractured vertebrae and a lung injury, according to WPVI-TV, which cited the victim’s boyfriend. ODD-LOOKING FISH, LARGEST OF ITS KIND, WASHES UP ON BEACH, STUMPS EXPERTS: ‘REMARKABLE’ “The officer was down there in performance of his duties on a call for service,” the police chief said. “Horrifically, he ran over a victim who was lying on the beach.” “There was a lot of help from people on the beach,” the police chief added. A bystander named Rose Simone told WPVI-TV that fellow beachgoers panicked when the pickup ran over the woman. WOMAN IMPALED BY UMBRELLA WHILE SUNBATHING AT FLORIDA BEACH: POLICE “Everybody was gathering around screaming, yelling at the person in the truck, ‘Stop! “A bunch of guys came around that were in the area, and they said we have to lift the truck, the front of the truck, to get her out,” Simone continued. “It was an accident, clearly, but one that probably could have been avoided,” she added. – This Summarize was created by Neural News AI (V1). Source: https://www.foxnews.com/us/woman-gets-run-police-officer-sunbathing-new-jersey-beach-police