Crime & Safety

Woman Dies After Being Run Over Outside Delco Hospital: Police

Pennsylvania State Police said the woman was getting out of the car and fell. The driver got out to help her, but the vehicle ran over her.

A woman died after being run over by a vehicle early Thursday morning outside a Delaware County hospital, Pennsylvania State Police said.

Police said the incident occurred at about 1 a.m. outside the emergency entrance of Riddle Hospital in Middletown Township.

The woman she was leaving a vehicle at the hospital and fell down, according to police.

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The driver of that vehicle got out to help her, but the vehicle then ran over her.

Police said Riddle Hospital staff pronounced her dead shortly thereafter.

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It's unclear at this time what caused the stopped vehicle to run over the woman, police said.

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