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Brick Township Police rescue injured woman from Metedeconk River

Brick Township officers rescue woman injured in wave runner accident
Brick Township officers rescue woman injured in wave runner accident 00:21

BRICK TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- A woman had to be rescued from a river in New Jersey.

Brick Township Police were patrolling on the Metedeconk River on Aug. 11 when they found a woman who had been injured in a wave runner accident.

They used a boat pole to reach the victim and pulled her onto their patrol boat.

She has a broken leg but otherwise is expected to be OK.

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