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Reese Witherspoon Recovering After Being Hit By Car (Actress was struck by car while jogging)
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| 09/08/2011
| Gil Kaufman
Posted on 09/08/2011 7:38:15 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Reese Witherspoon is recovering after being struck by a car while jogging in Santa Monica on Wednesday morning. The 35-year-old Oscar-winning actress was running across an unmarked crosswalk around 11 a.m. when an 84-year-old woman failed to slow down and struck her.
According to NBC L.A., Santa Monica Police spokesman Sgt. Richard Lewis said Witherspoon, "suffered minor injuries and was transported by ambulance to a local hospital for medical treatment." The "Water for Elephants" star was discharged a short time later and spent the night at home recovering from the incident.
Lewis said the unidentified driver of the vehicle, who was driving 20 mph at the time, was interviewed at the location and released after getting a citation for failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk.
Witherspoon, who received the Generation Award at this year's MTV Movie Awards, recently added another title to her long Hollywood resume when she became the face of the European fashion label Lindex. According to E! Online, the brand's marketing director said the Southern belle was picked because she is "positive, warm and full of energy."
Witherspoon made headlines the morning before her accident with the release of excerpts from her cover story in October's Marie Claire, in which she discussed her March marriage to agent Jim Toth.
"I was hard on myself when I got divorced. And until I got remarried, I don't think I realized how stressed I was," Witherspoon said about her split from actor Ryan Phillippe in 2006. "I don't think I recognized how anxious I was about being a single parent. ... Now I feel a great sense of relief and an incredible amount of support from my husband. I got very lucky, and he's wonderful. And so wonderful with my children. I'm very blessed."
TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: accident; reesewitherspoon
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Following the rules...
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
09/08/2011 7:41:31 AM PDT
by
matginzac
To: SeekAndFind
I’d hit it.
Hope she recovers well and quickly.
3
posted on
09/08/2011 7:41:38 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: SeekAndFind
4
posted on
09/08/2011 7:43:09 AM PDT
by
GSP.FAN
(Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints.)
To: SeekAndFind
Yes, you must follow the rules...
5
posted on
09/08/2011 7:43:40 AM PDT
by
FortWorthPatriot
(Obama is no Hitler; Hitler got the Olympics)
To: SeekAndFind
Dangerous to walk the line.
6
posted on
09/08/2011 7:44:13 AM PDT
by
Lockbar
(March toward the sound of the guns.)
To: SeekAndFind
The 35-year-old Oscar-winning actress was running across an unmarked crosswalk around 11 a.m. when an 84-year-old woman failed to slow down and struck her. I wonder if she had her iPod headphones on? Just ask'n.
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posted on
09/08/2011 7:45:01 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
09/08/2011 7:45:17 AM PDT
by
bvw
To: GSP.FAN
Is the car ok?
I don't think anything less than a Ferrari is going to be able to handle those curves.
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posted on
09/08/2011 7:45:26 AM PDT
by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: SeekAndFind
She’s one of the classier people in Hollywood.
10
posted on
09/08/2011 7:46:46 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: matginzac
I would have hit it, but the 80 year old driver beat me to it.
Signed,
Laz, who is so sad he didn’t hit that.
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posted on
09/08/2011 7:46:53 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(If Hitler had been as lazy as Obama, the 1940's would have been a very nice decade!!)
To: Puppage
If a crosswalk is unmarked, how do you know it’s a crosswalk?
To: Lockbar
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posted on
09/08/2011 7:49:25 AM PDT
by
Califreak
(Degenerate the faithful with that crazy casbah sound)
To: SeekAndFind
actress was running across an unmarked crosswalk
the unidentified driver ... getting a citation for failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk.
A) Witherspoon should have never put herself into a potentially fatal situation.
B) How does the driver get a ticket if the crosswalk was unmarked?
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posted on
09/08/2011 7:49:46 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: SeekAndFind
>>actress was running across an unmarked crosswalk around 11 a.m. when an 84-year-old woman failed to slow down and struck her.
>>...the unidentified driver of the vehicle, who was driving 20 mph at the time, was interviewed at the location and released after getting a citation for failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk.
RUNNING across a crosswalk doesn't give even a 20mph car enough time to see and react. Reese should have been ticketed.
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posted on
09/08/2011 7:49:57 AM PDT
by
Future Useless Eater
(Chicago politics = corrupted capitalism = takeover by COMMUNity-ISM)
To: oh8eleven
actress was running across an unmarked crosswalkIf it's unmarked, it ain't a crosswalk.
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posted on
09/08/2011 7:51:33 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: SeekAndFind
There is at least one guy who is super releived she is going to pull through.
Obummer needs absolutely every sycophantic Hollyweird supporter out there pushing for him this time.
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posted on
09/08/2011 7:52:24 AM PDT
by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: Sacajaweau
In l.a., they stopped painting crosswalks at most non-traffic-light intersections years ago. IIRC, it was a money saving scheme, but not positive on that.
Anyway, every corner/intersection in L.A. Is assumed to be a crosswalk unless the is a specific “don’t cross” sign.
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
09/08/2011 7:54:20 AM PDT
by
knews_hound
(Credo Quia Absurdium--take nothing seriously unless it is absurd. E. Clampus Vitus)
To: Cousin Eddie
Thanks...I did a little reading on it.
I'm wondering if Witherspoon had headphones on.
I know you can't hit people, but you also have to stop and look before you cross.
And why haven't the kids taken away grandma's car?
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