Posted Mar 22, 2007 by Donna Scherlacher
Updated Mar 22, 2007 at 04:11 PM
By JOE SEELIG
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SEBRING — A Sebring woman was airlifted Thursday morning after she walked into the side of a Jeep sports utility vehicle, trying to cross Schumacher Road, according to Sebring police.
At about 10:53 a.m., Mary Vocke Priner, 83, was trying to cross north on Schumacher west of the SunTrust Bank.
She walked into the side of a Jeep driven by Betty Flint Fowler, 66, of Sebring, who was in the left turning lane approaching U.S. 27 from the west, police officer Joe Stump said.
Priner sustained trauma to her leg and chest, Stump said, and was transported to a landing zone to be flown to Tampa General Hospital.
A landing zone was set up at the West Sebring Volunteer Fire Station No. 9, on Longview Court, where she taken to Tampa by Aeromed helicopter.
Stump said she was listed in stable condition.
No charges were filed against the driver, Stump said.
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