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Sunbathing woman run over by police pickup truck, dragged under the car

2016-04-12 4 Dailymotion

GRAND ISLE, LOUISIANA — It’s the kind of accident that just shouldn’t happen: Louisiana woman Lindsey Gordon, 23, was run over as she lounged on a Grand Isle beach by a police pickup truck that was being driven by the area’s assistant police chief. <br /> <br />As Gordon enjoyed soaking up the sun with a friend on Thursday, she was dragged under the truck, resulting in a shattered pelvis and internal bleeding that required multiple surgeries. <br /> <br />Lindsey Gordon’s unidentified friend managed to jump out of the way and screamed until Assistant Grand Isle Police Chief Norris Esponge Jr. stopped the vehicle. <br /> <br />Gordon’s mother told a TV station she couldn’t understand how the driver didn’t see Lindsey, her friend or the cooler they brought with them, but a quick online search shows getting run over while sunbathing on the beach is tragically common. <br /> <br />It happened in 2010 on a New York beach, in 2011 on Daytona Beach in Florida, in 2013 in both Australia and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and on Venice Beach in California in 2013. <br /> <br />— And those are just first page search results. <br /> <br />Assistant Police Chief Esponge says he circled the beach and saw no one. He was not found to be drunk or otherwise impaired … could these trucks just be too tall for beach patrols? <br /> <br />Are these drivers just spacing out? Or should beach patrols should be done on ATVs or something a bit closer to the ground?

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