The driver found the woman under her car when she tried to leave a supermarket parking lot in Newark, N.J., on Friday, Nov. 6
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- A woman in New Jersey was dragged to her death by a car on Friday, Nov. 6, after the driver mistook her for a bag of garbage, prosecutors say
- The driver hit what she thought was a garbage bag, but then found the woman under her car in a supermarket parking lot two miles away
- The woman, who was pronounced dead at the scene, and the driver have not been identified, and authorities have not announced whether any charges will be filed
A woman has died after a driver mistook her for a bag of garbage and dragged her under her car for two miles, according to prosecutors.
Police officers in Newark, N.J., attended an Extra Supermarket on Lyons Avenue in the city’s Weequahic neighborhood after receiving reports of a woman under a vehicle just before 7 p.m. local time on Friday, Nov. 6, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office told NBC 4 and ABC 7.
The driver told police she was traveling south on Sherman Avenue, about two miles away from the supermarket, when she hit what she thought was a black garbage bag, the outlet reported…