> SOUTHERN INDIANA —
The family of a woman nearly killed in a May 30 crash on Ind. 265 is offering a reward for information leading to the driver of a vehicle that may have caused the wreck.
Pamela E. Price, 52, remains in the critical care unit at University Hospital in Louisville, according to her sister-in-law Donna Price Spencer.
According to an Indiana State Police news release, the wreck occurred at about 6:30 p.m. near mile marker 8.8 in Clark County. Price was driving westbound in a white 2002 Ford F-150 pickup truck. Witnesses said they saw the truck Price was driving brake hard, swerve and crash into a guardrail on the south side of the road and began rolling.
Price, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected from the vehicle.
Price told officers at the scene that a small black passenger car with a lone male occupant pulled in front of her causing her to slam on her brakes. Once Price’s ventilator was removed, she has told family members the driver of the car was angry because she had passed him, so he pulled in front of her and slammed on his brakes.
“This was an intentional act on his part. It was not an accident,” Spencer said.
Spencer said Price has nearly died several times in the last week. Her right hand, her dominant hand, was completely severed and had to be reattached in an eight-hour surgery. Doctors do not know if she will ever be able to use her hand again.
Price’s kidney was also removed, her liver was lacerated, all the ribs on the right side of her body were broken and three bones in her spine were broken. On Sunday, her heart went into atrial fibrillation, an abnormal heart rate that concerned doctors.
Family members say there were several witnesses to the wreck and they are hoping someone will come forward with a license plate or better vehicle description.
“If they think it was a simple accident they may think it was no big deal but if they know that he almost killed someone, that changes things,” Spencer said.
Price is self-employed and has no health insurance. An account has been opened in her name at First Harrison and River Valley banks in New Albany to cover expenses for anyone wishing to donate.
The public information officer for the state police was not available to comment Monday, but ISP is still seeking the driver of the car.
Anyone who witnessed the crash is asked to call Trooper Brock McCooe at the ISP post in Sellersburg at 812-246-5424.
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