26 Jul 2021
Police officers and bystanders are being praised for jumping into action when a vehicle slammed into a mother holding her baby while they crossed a street.
“It’s honestly a miracle that both of them survived very strong mom and an even stronger little infant,” Officer Rocco Fusco told ABC News.
Video footage showed the 36-year-old woman and her eight-month-old baby walking across a street on Friday in Yonkers, New York, when the car raced around the corner, hitting other vehicles, and crashed into them.
The car then drove into the front of a barbershop, dragging the mom and her baby with it.
Moment cops and bystanders lift car off eight-month-old girl who was trapped after drunk driver smashed into her and her mom in New York
An eight-month-old baby and her mother were hit by a car on Friday morning. They were crossing a street in Yonkers when a drunk, unlicensed driver hit them
The pair were carried on the hood of the car and smashed into a barber s shop
Two police officers having breakfast nearby rushed to the scene to help; the pair coordinated lifting the car to free the trapped baby Very strong mom and an even stronger little infant, said Officer Rocco Fusco
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