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Woman thanks Indianapolis firefighters who rescued her after a train hit her car last July

Posted at 2:17 PM, Aug 23, 2016
and last updated 2016-08-23 16:07:36-04

INDIANAPOLIS -- A woman thanked Indianapolis firefighters Tuesday for pulling her from her car after it was hit by a train last July.

The accident happened on the afternoon of July 9 near East Burgess Avenue and South Ritter. 

It took firefighters 15 minutes to get 35-year-old Jennifer Roseman out of her car.

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Roseman thinks she stopped for the train and had turned around to check on her daughter while waiting for the train to pass.

Roseman believes she took her foot off the brake and her car rolled into the train as it passed.

She is out of a rehab hospital and is facing more surgery, but is thankful that she's alive.

Roseman's four-year-old daughter, Sophie Rose, was in a car seat and is okay.