SECAUCUS — A Secaucus man, Jason Moss, 30, saved a woman who accidentally drove her car into the Passaic River Tuesday, according to reports.
Reports said he left his gym in Lyndhurst around 8:36 a.m. and saw a 2008 Mercury Wagon head into the river. According to reports, he jumped into the water, saw the woman was unconscious, tugged the door open as the car was sinking, and brought her to shore as the emergency responders arrived.
The police advised him to get a tetanus shot, but Moss refused transportation to a hospital.
Reports stated Nutley Police Chief Thomas Strumbolo said the water was over the roof of the car and she would have drowned if it weren’t for Moss. She was hospitalized and her injuries weren’t life threatening, according to reports.
Moss told a newspaper that the woman’s daughter contacted him on Facebook to thank him.
The crash is still under investigation, reports said.
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