Crime & Safety
Nurses Struck Outside Philly Hospital, Vehicle Found: Reports
Three nurses were tending to a shooting victim outside Penn Presbyterian Hospital early Saturday when they were struck by a Jeep.
PHILADELPHIA — Three nurses were hit by a vehicle that sped off while attending to a shooting victim outside a Philadelphia hospital this weekend.
It all happened at about 4 a.m. Saturday outside Penn Presbyterian Hospital, NBC10 reports.
The nurses were hit by a silver Jeep Cherokee that initially pulled the ambulance bay but then drove off, striking them as they cared for a 28-year-old shooting victim, according to Fox 29.
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Authorities found the Jeep in Upper Darby and said it was a rented vehicle, Action News reports.
Two of the nurses are in stable condition, while the third is critical.
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Contact Philadelphia Police with any information on the incident at 215-686-8477.
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