NJ.com By Rebecca Everett 9/2/2024
Bystanders helped to lift a Wildwood Police pickup truck off of a woman who was run over while lying on the beach Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024.Rose Simone
Rose Simone was sunbathing on the Wildwood beach on a beautiful Wednesday afternoon when the screaming started.
“People were just screaming, ‘You hit somebody! Somebody’s under your truck! Stop!” Simone recounted in a phone interview Saturday. “Everybody is just gathering around the area and then the cop jumps out of his truck.”
A Wildwood police officer ran over a woman lying on a towel on the beach and she was pinned under the low-profile vehicle in the sand, Simone said.
Wildwood Police Chief Joseph Murphy confirmed to the Press of Atlantic City that an officer ran over a woman while he was on duty and responding to an unspecified ordinance violation. It happened near Rio Grande Avenue around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The woman is expected to survive but has serious injuries, including broken ribs and vertebrae, and a lung injury, 6abc reported.
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