A
mother carrying a toddler across a busy Aurora street was hit by a car
that pinned her and her child beneath it on Monday night.
An
off-duty police sergeant, an on-duty officer and several good
Samaritans helped lift the white Kia Rio up and the sergeant pulled the
mother and her 2-year-old daughter free, said Aurora Police spokesman
Lt. Chuck DeShazer. The collision happened about 6:25 p.m. as the family
of four crossed three lanes of traffic at 14200 E. Exposition Ave.,
where there is no crosswalk or pedestrian signal, DeShazer said.
The
mother was clutching the toddler and was followed by her 4-year-old
twin sons. The man driving the Kia was traveling eastbound on Exposition
at 30 mph – less than the posted 35 mph speed limit. But he didn’t see
the family in time to stop, DeShazer said.
DeShazer
said the off-duty sergeant, who was working security at a nearby
Walmart, and several bystanders jumped in to help. An on-duty officer
soon joined them. “There is a female laying on top of a baby underneath a
vehicle,” a dispatcher radioed to fire crews responding to the scene.
Several fire trucks and police cruisers rushed to the trapped victims.
About 3 minutes after the mother and toddler were pinned, an officer
radioed the good news.
“We
just lifted the car off her. I’m not sure what her status is yet,” the
officer said of the mother. DeShazer said the mother had serious head
injuries and possible internal injuries. The toddler had lacerations to
her head and legs, but she will survive, he added. One of the twin boys
had a bump on his head. The other wasn’t hurt.
The
mother was taken to Aurora Medical Center South, while the toddler was
taken to Children’s Hospital, DeShazer said. The twin boys were also
taken to Children’s as a precaution.
DeShazer
said the driver immediately stopped and helped. The driver won’t be
charged, because he was not in the wrong, DeShazer added. While the
woman improperly took her children across the street, DeShazer said she
will not be cited because she’s “suffered enough.”
The
good Samaritans left as quickly as they arrived. DeShazer asked those
bystanders who helped free the mother and toddler to call the Police
Department, so investigators can get information from them — and thank
them.
“We’ve
got great people who live here and work in the city of Aurora,”
DeShazer said. “These guys are so selfless that once the scene was
secure, they left the scene and did not leave their names…. I talked to
two of the officers involved and they couldn’t even tell me how many
helped them, because it was so chaotic.”
Source: ABC News
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