It happened around 8:30 a.m. Friday on Lake Avenue in Yonkers.
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Police said a driver hit a parked vehicle then struck the mother and child who were crossing the street and finally crashed into a building.
Yonkers Police Commissioner John Mueller tells Eyewitness News that he believes two officers, who were grabbing breakfast at a bagel shop next door, ran over and lifted the car off of the mother and child.
The 36-year-old woman suffered a compound fracture to one of her leg's and her child has a fractured skull, police said.
The owner of the barbershop suffered a minor cut to his stomach.
Police said the driver was 43-year-old David Poncurack, who is unlicensed.
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The car he was driving is registered to someone else and Poncurack's girlfriend was in passenger seat of car during the incident.
Video from NewsCopter 7 up over the scene showed major damage to the front of a barbershop.
Raw video: Car slams into barbershop in Yonkers
The vehicle appears to have ended up all the way inside the business.
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Police are working to determine what caused Poncurack to lose control.
Both the mother and the child are expected to recover.
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