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Woman recovering after son accidentally drives over legs

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FT. PAYNE, AL (WAFF) -

A DeKalb County woman is in the hospital after she was hit by a car Friday evening.

It happened just after 8 p.m. at the Wills Valley Rec Center on Godfrey Avenue in Fort Payne.

Authorities said the driver put the car in reverse as his mother was getting in. She fell and the car ran over her legs.

The vehicle had to be lifted off the woman.

She was taken to Huntsville Hospital with serious injuries.

The name of the woman has not been released.

The incident was ruled an accident.

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