Jim Walsh

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GLASSBORO – A Rowan University police officer has "non-life-threatening injuries" after being hit by a passing car on Route 322 Saturday night, a school spokesman said.

Officer Russell Carmolingo was hit after he pulled over a westbound vehicle near Girard Road around 10 p.m., said Rowan spokesman Joe Cardona.

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"The officer was talking with the driver when a passing vehicle struck him by accident," Cardona said.

Carmolingo, who suffered a broken facial bone and lacerations, was taken by ambulance to Cooper University Hospital, Camden.

He was held overnight for observation, Cardona said Sunday.

The motorist who hit Carmolingo, identified only as a 21-year-old woman from Penns Grove, remained at the scene.

"She was not impaired at the time of the crash," Glassboro police said in a statement.

The woman was treated for minor injuries at Kennedy University Hospital-Washington Township.

The accident, which occurred near the western end of Rowan's campus, remains under investigation, police said.