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Vehicle recovered, driver sought after 3 nurses hit helping shooting victim at Philly hospital

By FOX 29 Staff
Updated  October 13, 2024 2:14pm EDT
Philadelphia
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Vehicle in hit-and-run that injured 3 nurses at Philly hospital found

Police have recovered the suspected vehicle involved in a hit-and-run at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in West Philadelphia that injured three nurses as they rushed out to help a victim.

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia officials and representatives from Penn Medicine will hold a press conference Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. to discuss recent developments in a hit-and-run crash that injured three Penn Presbyterian nurses and a shooting victim on Saturday, October 12.

On Sunday, October 13, Philly police say the suspected vehicle has been found in the search for a driver who caused terrifying scenes outside a city hospital this weekend.

Nurses were trying to help a gunshot victim when they were struck by a silver Jeep Cherokee at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in West Philadelphia early Saturday morning.

Police say the driver pulled into the ambulance bay, left the victim, then drove off, hitting three nurses as they rushed out to help the victim.

Two of the nurses are in stable condition, while a third was being treated for critical injuries.

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Three nurses attending to a gunshot victim who was dropped off in a private vehicle were struck by the vehicle, leaving one of the nurses in critical condition.

The gunshot victim, a 28-year-old man, was also struck by the fleeing vehicle. 

He was treated for head injuries from the crash, as well as multiple gunshot wounds from a shooting on the 1300 block of Belmont Avenue earlier that morning.

On Sunday, police said they recovered the suspected vehicle on the 6800 Walnut Park Drive in Upper Darby.

They are still looking for the driver, who is said to be a man possibly in his 20s.