83-year-old driver was struck and seriously injured by his own car after accidentally putting the vehicle in reverse instead of park at Mortimer Avenue and Fairview Avenue in Rutherford, New Jersey
Hit By His Own Car: Rutherford Resident, 83, Hospitalized
The driver noticed that the trunk of his Ford Escape wagon was open shortly before 11 a.m. Jan. 7, so he stopped at Mortimer and Fairview avenues outside the Learn Smart Preschool, Rutherford Police Chief John Russo said.
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