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Fundraising Campaign to Help Mother Hit By Truck
Friends of the severely injured mother are raising money to help ease the financial burden the hit-and-run has caused.
A mother who pushed her child’s stroller to safety before she was run over by a truck on the Upper West Side on Monday faces months of rehabilitation due to her injuries.
Wendy Ruther was on her way to drop her 4-year-old son off at preschool when she was run over by the truck at West 65th Street and Broadway around 9 a.m., DNAinfo reported.
The truck ran over Ruther, breaking her pelvis and femur bones, before it drove off.
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The driver of the truck has not been identified, according to DNAinfo.
Ruther’s injuries require months of rehabilitation.
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A financial campaign was set up for Ruther to assist her with the financial burden this accident has caused her.
Wendy Ruther’s fundraising page on YouCaring has already raised $4,355 with a goal of $50,000.
The funds raised will help Ruther pay for medical expenses, child care and other related costs.
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