A 15-year-old Bergen County girl was seriously injured Tuesday when she was struck and pinned under an SUV in a North Bergen driveway, authorities said.
The girl, of Cliffside Park, was sitting in a driveway in the area of Woodcliff Avenue and Palisade Plaza, near North Hudson Park, at 4:30 p.m. when she was struck by the vehicle as it was turning into the driveway, North Bergen police Capt. Nicholas Galliano said. Police Officer John Nunez was nearby and rushed to aid the victim.
Galliano said Nunez and some neighbors used a jack to lift the SUV off the girl, who was then taken to the trauma unit at Hackensack University Medical Center. The girl is currently in stable condition.
No charges have been filed, but the crash is being investigated by the North Bergen Police Department’s Traffic Unit. The 19-year-old driver was not traveling at a high rate of speed, since he was turning into the driveway, Galliano said. The driver stayed at the scene.
