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Dubuque woman hurt after car runs over her
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Posted on 08/08/2009 12:08:45 AM PDT by Chet 99

A 25-year-old Dubuque woman suffered serious injuries Wednesday afternoon after she slipped beneath a backward-rolling vehicle at Kirkwood and West Locust streets.

Police say the woman, whose name was not being released as of presstime, was transported to Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque. Capt. Scott Engleman said the last update he received was that health care providers were preparing to send the woman to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.

The woman's vehicle, police say, was unable to operate in reverse. It was parked in a driveway on Kirkwood at about 2:20 p.m., when the woman tried to push it out. That's when the vehicle started rolling backwards. She tried to jump in and pull the parking break, but she fell beneath the car. The vehicle then proceeded down the street until it struck a house at 679 W. Locust St.

The woman suffered injuries to her upper torso and head, according to police.

The home sustained minor damage.


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: stupidpeopletricks

1 posted on 08/08/2009 12:08:45 AM PDT by Chet 99
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To: Chet 99
Dubuque woman hurt after car runs over her

Yeah, that'll do it.

2 posted on 08/08/2009 12:37:57 AM PDT by agere_contra
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To: Chet 99
The woman's vehicle . . . was unable to operate in reverse. It was parked in a driveway . . . the woman tried to push it out. That's when the vehicle started rolling backwards. She tried to jump in and pull the parking break

WTF??? Sounds like she already had some brain damage before she ran herself over with her car.

3 posted on 08/08/2009 12:38:32 AM PDT by GovernmentShrinker (Vote for a short Freepathon! Donate now if you possibly can!)
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To: Chet 99
Was the parking break broke?

How do you get a newspaper job without basic understanding of the English language?

4 posted on 08/08/2009 1:28:18 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: Chet 99

My God... are there no standards for journalism anymore? This is one of the poorest written pieces of trash I’ve read in a long time, and I’m a graduate student in English!


5 posted on 08/08/2009 1:55:39 AM PDT by rarestia ("One man with a gun can control 100 without one." - Lenin / MOLWN LABE!)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

“ow do you get a newspaper job without basic understanding of the English language?”

Simple. Go to J-school.


6 posted on 08/08/2009 7:12:16 AM PDT by Francis McClobber
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