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A DC woman run was over by a dump truck at 6th and Indiana Streets Northwest in DC last week. The woman was in the crosswalk when she was struck. She was not initially injured, but then the driver backed up, crushing the woman’s legs.
“My co-worker rushed in and said ‘A lady got hit! A lady got hit!’ and started crying,” says a witness in a nearby café. “When she first got hit, she was under the truck,” he continues. “Nothing was messed up with her. But the truck started backing up and everyone said to stop, stop backing up. I guess he didn’t hear. Once he started backing up, it crushed her legs.”
The horrific accident occurred in front of the woman’s workplace; she is a deputy clerk in the criminal division of Superior Court. Fortunately, a U.S. Marshall who was close by put a tourniquet around her legs, and helped save the woman’s life, but she remains in critical condition.
No charges have been filed against the dump truck driver as yet.
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Koonz, McKenney, Johnson & DePaolis L.L.P.
Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Virginia Injury Attorneys
Source: http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Woman-Struck-by-Dump-Truck-Critically-Injured-262152541.html