Add The New York Post on Google A New Jersey woman was seriously injured after she was struck by a car while trying to help a deer that had been hit by another vehicle, police said.
Mount Olive police and Morris County prosecutors said the 24-year-old woman was mowed down by an SUV heading south on Patricia Drive around 11:45 p.m. Tuesday, when police were called to the scene, according to NJ.com.
Cops reportedly found her in the darkened road near a deer that that had been struck some time earlier, according to WRJN radio.
A roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) is on a road on Saturday, June 10, 2017. svenaw – stock.adobe.com She was airlifted to Morristown Medical Center with serious injuries.
The driver who struck the 24-year-old, a 29-year-old Flanders woman, was uninjured and remained on the scene and waited for police to arrive, Patch reports.
Authorities are investigating the harrowing accident.
Emergency responders transported a 24-year-old New Jersey woman to the hospital after she was hit by a car on Tuesday. Oleksandr – stock.adobe.com The injured woman’s current condition is not immediately available.
The Mount Olive Police Department did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
