The girl's injuries are not life threatening, police said.
EDISON -- A 5-year-old from Edison was hurt when she fell out of a moving vehicle in a bizarre accident Tuesday.
Police say the girl was buckled into a booster seat, but as she was sleeping, she somehow managed to unbuckle herself -- police described it as akin to "sleepwalking."
She then grasped the handle of a rear door. And when the child's mother took a right from Roxy Avenue onto New Dover Road, the child was forced out of the car and onto the pavement, according to Sgt. Robert Dudash of the Edison Police Department.
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The girl suffered scrapes and bruises and was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital for evaluation, but her injuries are not life threatening, Dudash said.
No tickets were issued, police said.
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