More Than $65K Raised For Union Co. Victim Of Violent Road Rage Incident

UNION COUNTY, NJ — After a young woman was violently run over in a road rage incident last week, the community has banded together to raise money her mounting medical expenses.

Following a minor car accident, 23-year-old Morgan Scott was run over multiple times by a driver in a Mitsubishi SUV on Tuesday, April 12 in Elizabeth. Scott, a city employee, survived the attack but is currently suffering from severe trauma at University Hospital in Newark.

According to a GoFundMe created by Detective Darin Williamson from the Elizabeth Police Department, in partnership with Elizabethport Presbyterian Center, Scott has three fractured bones in her neck, a broken femur, a lacerated liver, broken ribs, severe back injuries, deep gashes on over 60 percent of her body and severe road rashes.

Prosecutors said while Scott was standing on the sidewalk, trying to take a photo of the driver's license plate after the accident, the man drove onto the lawn and ran her over. He then deliberately drove over her two more times/

The man then fled the scene in his SUV, according to prosecutors.

Vincent Jean, 56, was charged with first-degree attempted murder in connection with the incident.

Read more: Attempted Murder Charge For Union Co. Man After Car Crash: Prosecutor

Over $65,000 has already been raised for Scott via the GoFundMe created by Williamson.

Williamson wrote in the GoFundMe that Scott's insurance company informed her father that they could not pay for her medical expenses because her injuries "weren't from an accident, they were intentionally inflicted."

"Morgan is lying incapacitated in a trauma center; she will require additional surgery, and her recovery/rehabilitation will be long and arduous," Williamson wrote.

The goal of the fundraising campaign to raise $100,000 to offset Scott's medical expenses.

To donate to the GoFundMe, visit the fundraising page here.