Couple Get More Than Burgers At McDonald’s
18/04/2009 01:49
A giant set of golden
arches outside a McDonald’s in Eastern Arizona
toppled in 60-mph winds Wednesday, crushing a
Naperville couple as they sat in their SUV in
the parking
lot.Retirees Russell and Carolyn Janke were knocked unconscious and suffered multiple injuries after they had stopped at the McDonald’s on the Navajo Nation reservation in Window Rock. The two were on their way back to suburban Chicago from their winter home near Tucson.
Navajo acting police chief Steven Nelson said the “winds were pretty bad’’ Wednesday, causing the sign to be blown down from atop a pole across the street from the restaurant.
“It was a freak accident,’’ Nelson said.
Carolyn Janke was trapped inside the SUV and had to be cut out of the vehicle by rescue crews, Nelson said.
Both were taken to the Indian Health Service in Fort Defiance, Ariz. Carolyn Janke was later transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix — about six hours from Window Rock — where she remained in intensive care this afternoon, her daughter-in-law, Ann Janke, told the Chicago Sun-Times today.
Carolyn Janke has a fractured spinal column and a fractured sternum, her daughter-in-law said. Russell Janke, a retired engineer, was hit in the head and “has over 70 stitches,” she said.
SINC SAYS:
A severe case of fallen arches if I ever saw one.
