NEWARK

— Mayor Cory Booker snapped into superhero mode once again on Thursday, aiding at the scene of a car accident,

the New York Daily News reported.

A witness told the Daily News the 43-year-old Democrat, who made headlines for carrying a neighbor out of a kitchen fire in April, assisted an injured passenger involved in an accident outside of Newark's Hotel Riviera.

The 36-year-old witness who gave her name as Dydy told the News: “I heard a crashing sound outside. I looked out my window and there were two sedans that collided. Within a few minutes, a big black car stopped near the site and two men got out. I recognized the mayor's posture.”

The woman said Booker ran to the cars outside to check on the parties and then directed traffic around the scene.

She later Tweeted at him to confirm her suspicion.



"Mayor(,) was that you at the site of the car accident on Clinton Ave.?" she asked Booker on Twitter.



"Yes, everyone is ok. Ambulance just arrived. Heading to office," he tweeted in reply.



Booker later blogged about his "hunger pains" and the challenge of visiting a bakery for one of his work meetings. Thursday he was nearing the end of his $4-per-day food stamp challenge.

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