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Permalink Reply by curt(is) locke on October 31, 2015 at 3:21am

She was riding on the SIDEWALK when they struck her!

Permalink Reply by yai danche on October 31, 2015 at 9:01am

To be fair, the motorist was also a shooting victim and they notified hospital staff that they struck someone near the hospital.

Permalink Reply by Tom A.K. on October 31, 2015 at 9:49am

It was also reported that the 22 year-old female shooting victim driving the car felt she was losing consciousness and wanted to make it to the emergency room before she passed out. She ended up misjudging the sidewalk handicapped area for the driveway and sped up and hit nurse Karen Irene Thomas, 59 , sending here flying 20 feet backwards onto the lawn with her leg broken. A strange and unusual situation with panic and irony involved. These victims also felt concerned for their lives that emergency help might not arrive in time and chose to act on their own but added more to this unfortunate situation. Sad.

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on October 31, 2015 at 2:02pm

Yes, it's very sad. I hope that the nurse is able to make a good recovery.

Permalink Reply by curt(is) locke on November 1, 2015 at 3:31am

Unfortunately, it's not nearly as unusual as one might think.  The twist here is the cyclist nurse.

Permalink Reply by curt(is) locke on November 1, 2015 at 3:25am

Well, that was truly "thoughtful" of them to report the incident.