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Diabetic condition leads to wild snowy ride for Kia owner

Posted Jan 25th 2012 10:30AM

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The blurry screencap shown above is of a driver in morning traffic on Pennsylvania's I-81, in mid-jump, hurtling down the snowy median. The man who captured the video, Shawn Lucas, thought the driver was trying to evade police, but it turns out the 61-year-old woman behind the wheel of the Kia was likely having a diabetic emergency.

Before this video was taken, she had driven onto and stopped on the median, and other drivers pulled over to play Good Samaritan and push her off. While they were pushing, she sped off again, which is when Lucas began to record her (he apparently was unaware of the driver's medical condition).

A fire chief described the condition as "your eyes are open, you're wide awake, but you don't realize what's going on around you." Luckily, no one was hurt and her wild ride came to end when she plowed into an embankment. Follow the jump to see the report from WHTM news as well as Lucas' original footage (warning explicit language).






News Source: WHTM News

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Dragan

One less Kia Rio off the road. Thank god.

February 28 2012 at 2:01 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
opti_mystic

What was she thinking? Call an ambulance next time. She could have killed someone in a head-on collision. Charges should be laid and her license suspended. Is this how a mature adult should behave?

January 31 2012 at 1:57 PM Report abuse -1 rate up rate down Reply
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RamSST

Are you dumb? She was having a diabetic emergency you idiot and had no control over what was going on. Likely her license will be pulled for medical reasons but i see no reason for charges.

February 07 2012 at 6:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
wheelzroller

The really sad part is that these two guys watching apparently could not understand that driving in the dividing
meridian is not normal behaviour and apparently did not call 911, but rather just laughed as if it was some
great big show.

January 30 2012 at 6:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
passuup

PULLED OVER ! ! ! She never even knew she was driving let alone pull over, ( watch and listen to news ) for anyone that does not want to take there Meds. take lic.. and car.away.

January 30 2012 at 5:49 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
nanaofmysky

Sure hope this woman was ok.That would be really scary for her and others on the road. At least she knew something was wrong and pulled over.

January 30 2012 at 3:16 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply