Three nurses were injured in a hit-and-run as they tried to help a shooting victim outside a Philly hospital

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Philadelphia Inquirer 10/12/24

Three nurses were injured in a hit-and-run as they tried to help a shooting victim outside a Philly hospital

Police said the collision left a 36-year-old nurse in critical condition, with facial injuries and internal bleeding.
 

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Three nurses were seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run as they tried to help a shooting victim outside Penn Presbyterian Hospital early Saturday morning, police said.

Around 4:20 a.m., police said a driver in a silver Jeep Cherokee arrived at Penn Presbyterian's ambulance bay area to drop off a 28-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds. As the nurses gathered to provide first aid, the driver struck the nurses and the shooting victim, police said, then fled the scene.

Police said a 36-year-old nurse was in critical condition, with facial injuries and internal bleeding. A 37-year-old nurse suffered injuries to his legs, and a 51-year-old nurse suffered injuries to his head and back. They are both listed in stable condition, according to police.,,,

In a statement, a Penn Medicine spokesperson condemned gun violence and assured that the hospital is providing support resources for the injured nurses and their families.

"In a workplace where teams are devoted to caring for others, this incident is devastating to our staff, and is a reminder of the tragic, far-reaching toll of gun violence on entire communities,” the spokesperson said....

 

 

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Follow up as violence against nurses increasing nationally + in PA:

Police ID suspect in hit-and-run assault on three nurses at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

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Philadelphia police announced Tuesday that they were seeking a 20-year-old man in connection with the hit-and-run assault of three nurses at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center early Saturday by a vehicle that dropped off a shooting victim, who also was struck as three people fled the scene....

At a news conference outside the hospital, Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore said a silver 2020 Jeep Cherokee arrived at the hospital emergency department around 4:20 a.m. Saturday and "three males exited that Jeep Cherokee, went inside Penn's E.R., and begged and pleaded for help.”

Vanore said a Penn police unit was alerted to the shooting victim and headed to the emergency department "with lights and sirens.”

Vanore continued: "At that point, these three males who begged and pleaded for help jumped back in the car and recklessly and intentionally left this parking lot at a high rate of speed and drove right into the three nurses, their own shooting victim, associate, that they brought here, and continued at a high rate of speed away from this area.”

Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said he watched security video of the incident at the hospital and it was "shocking to see the disregard for their lives by these individuals.”

Mahoney said that gun violence was at the root of Saturday's incident, and that the hospital is looking to keep nurses safer as they rush to treat patients in a potentially volatile environment.

"We're not just going to rush out the door. We're going to make sure the scene is safe before we come out. Our people are heroes. They run into the storm,” he said. "We're going to teach them to pause and make sure that the scene is safe. We're not going to let people die, but we're going to make sure our staff is secure before we run.”