The 74-year-old woman is in hospital after being rescued by a man working nearby at Greenwich in Sydney’s north
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A retired married couple were at their regular fishing spot in Sydney’s north when the man struck his wife with the car before both plunged into the water.
The 74-year-old woman was rescued from the Parramatta River in Greenwich by a man working nearby, and was in Royal North Shore hospital with non-life-threatening injuries where she was being supported by family and friends.
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