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sl8

(16,245 posts)
Tue Apr 19, 2022, 05:48 AM Apr 2022

Carjacker beats up 72-year-old, takes car, only to die in crash, police say

https://www.kctv5.com/2022/04/18/carjacker-beats-up-72-year-old-takes-car-only-die-crash-police-say/

Carjacker beats up 72-year-old, takes car, only to die in crash, police say

A San Antonio great-grandmother is recovering after a brutal carjacking this week. (Source: KABB/WOAI/CNN)

By Robyn Oguinye
Published: Apr. 18, 2022 at 1:20 PM EDT|Updated: 17 hours ago

SAN ANTONIO (KABB/WOAI) - A San Antonio great-grandmother is recovering after a brutal carjacking this week.

She’s lucky not to have been more seriously injured, but her assailant later crashed her car and died.

Shirlene Hernandez, 72, was on her way to a Shell gas station Tuesday morning, something she does every day, to get a Diet Coke.

On her way inside, a man grabbed her, hitting her several times in the face in a tussle to take her keys. Hernandez said despite three men trying to tackle the attacker, he still got away with her car.

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Carjacker beats up 72-year-old, takes car, only to die in crash, police say (Original Post) sl8 Apr 2022 OP
She should sue the Coca-Cola company Effete Snob Apr 2022 #1
Exactly! Omnipresent Apr 2022 #5
She was on her way to work. She's 72 LeftInTX Apr 2022 #7
That's why Coca-Cola owes her for the endorsement Effete Snob Apr 2022 #8
I like a story with a happy ending. Itchinjim Apr 2022 #2
She never got the Diet Coke Effete Snob Apr 2022 #3
She should get a medal from the mayor. 3Hotdogs Apr 2022 #4
in our upsidedown crazy world,,,, KarenS Apr 2022 #6
Karma Shell_Seas Apr 2022 #9
 

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)
1. She should sue the Coca-Cola company
Tue Apr 19, 2022, 05:54 AM
Apr 2022

Ultimately, this is their fault.

Product placement ads in news stories should be a revenue stream.

Newspapers are hurting for money, and they are letting it slip through their fingers. They should set up and ad market where this story could say “a soda” (or whatever regionalism) or “a Diet Coke”. Based on story size and prominence, companies can put out bids for specific factual mentions - even more for endorsements, like, if they could get her to say, “I’ll be okay, but I’d rather have a Diet Coke.”

To, you know, make sure to preserve the integrity of journalism.

Omnipresent

(6,342 posts)
5. Exactly!
Tue Apr 19, 2022, 06:44 AM
Apr 2022

The most should be made of this story, for those who are affected.

That woman may or may not have enough insurance or be able to afford to replace her car on fixed income.

Your idea would definitely help her.

3Hotdogs

(13,403 posts)
4. She should get a medal from the mayor.
Tue Apr 19, 2022, 06:36 AM
Apr 2022

She performed a public service by eliminating one asshole from the streets.

KarenS

(4,635 posts)
6. in our upsidedown crazy world,,,,
Tue Apr 19, 2022, 08:11 AM
Apr 2022

the thief's family will probably sue the woman because her brakes were faulty or tires were bad,,,,


this is a terrible story and she still works,,,, bless her heart. from one old lady to another.

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