In her week on the job, reporter Tori Yorgey got hit by a car on live TV.The WSAZ-TV reporter was doing a live spot from the decidedly unglamorous scene of a water main break in Dunbar, West Virginia when a car came from the right of the frame and blindsided her.
It could have been a horrific moment, but Yorgey was uninjured and undeterred. While the camera was also knocked over, it kept running and Yorgey kept reporting.“Oh my god!
I just got hit by a car, but I’m okay,” she tells anchor Tim Irr back in the studio. “I just got hit by a car, but I’m okay, Tim.”A shocked Irr responds “Well, that’s a first for you on TV, Tori.” Yorgey, in a sunny voice replies, “That’s live TV for you.
It’s all good.“I actually got hit by a car in college too. Just like that! I am so glad I’m okay,” she continues. As she picks up the camera she reassures Irr, “We’re good, Tim.”Wow, this reporter gets hit by a car, and rebounds to finish the live shot!
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