‘My whole family appreciates it’: Mother thanks nurse who stepped in to help after daughter was hit by car in Milford

An 8-year-old girl is regaining her strength after police said she was hit by a pickup truck while crossing the street in Milford last week.

Now her mother is speaking out, saying her daughter Jenna was going to the library with her father and brother when tragedy struck.

“My ex-husband was able to get my son out of the way, but couldn’t get my daughter out of the way in time, and she ended up underneath the truck. He had to pull her out,” Cassandra O’Donnell, Jenna’s mother, said.

After Jenna was hit, a nurse nearby jumped into action. O’Donnell said she may have saved her daughter’s life.

“I’m not sure what would’ve happened if she wasn’t there. I think it could’ve been a lot worse if she wasn’t on the scene when it happened,” O’Donnell said.

Jenna suffered a collapsed lung, interna