Woman Remains Hospitalized, 2 Children Discharged After Being Struck By Car In West Philadelphia
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A woman remains in the hospital after being struck by a vehicle in West Philadelphia, family members tell Eyewitness News. The accident happened at the corner of 52nd and Chestnut Streets at approximately at 8:20 p.m. Saturday.
A family member tells Eyewitness News the 26-year-old woman has been transferred from Hahnemann Hospital to another area hospital. The woman's two children, ages five and seven months, were also injured in the accident but have been released from the hospital.
"The car just came up on the pavement and knocked the whole car seat, knocked the baby up in the air, out of the car seat," said Lucinda Clark, who's mother of the woman who's hospitalized and grandmother of the two children.
Miraculously, Clark's grandchildren survived and were discharged from the hospital but her daughter will have a long road to recovery.
Police tell Eyewitness News the driver of the minivan is in custody for suspicion of DUI.
There is no update on the woman's condition.
The incident is under investigation.