A 19-year-old Sandoval woman received what State Police are calling life-threatening injuries in a freak accident where she was struck by a car in which she was a passenger.
Preliminary investigative details indicate Victoria Lyons climbed out the sunroof, slid down the hood, and then was struck by the car being driven by 18-year-old Morgan Witthaus of Centralia. The incident occurred on the Noltings Road a quarter-mile south of Illinois Route 177 in Washington County early Sunday morning.
Lyons was transported by ambulance to an area hospital. Witthaus and another passenger, 20-year-old Andy Vonburg of Sandoval, were not injured.
State Police say charges are pending in the incident which occurred at 1:25 Sunday morning.
