Driver Ran Over Woman After Pushing Her Out of SUV, Police Say

Palmer Township police are seeking the driver of a vehicle from which a woman was pushed out and then run over Monday night.

Jessica Reed, of Wilson, is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries suffered when she was pushed out of a moving vehicle in the parking lot of the Palmer Park Mall and then run over by the same fleeing vehicle, police said.

She was taken to St. Luke's University Hospital by Suburban EMS and was being treated as of late Monday night, Palmer Det. James Alercia said in a press release.

The incident took place at 5:14 p.m. Monday when Palmer police were dispatched to the mall for a report of an assault in progress.

Police arrived and found Reed lying in the parking lot. She was conscious and alert and was suffering from multiple abrasions to her torso and extremities, police said.

Palmer police are seeking a late model Dodge sport utility vehicle, described as being white with tinted windows and possibly being operated by an unknown named Hispanic male.

Detectives are investigating the incident.