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Friday, 06 March 2009 |
 Amador County – A 16-year-old girl was injured Thursday morning at Amador High School when a pickup truck driven by a parent ran into her. Amador High School Principal Al Van Velzen said it happened at about 8 a.m., before school started. Megan Gregorius, 16, of Pine Grove, a junior at Amador, was hit by a truck and was Transported to Sutter Amador Hospital by ambulance. Van Velzen said “it wasn’t’ an emergency situation.” He said “A parent was driving a car at just low speeds out of our drop-off area and hit her.” He said the pickup truck bumped her. “I don’t think she even fell down.” Van Velzen said she was recovering; and “From what we hear, she has a bruised shoulder and ribs.” He did not want to release the name of the parent and he was not aware of any charges filed. Officer T. Delrio of the Sutter Creek Police Department said “Charges are not going to be filed against the driver. Per witness accounts, he was going at a very, very low speed,” and the girl ran out of the bushes and ran out in front of the truck, which then hit her. Delrio said “she did suffer a couple of broken ribs.” Gregorius “claimed she was run over” by the truck but witnesses at the scene said otherwise. He said it looked like she was coming out of the bushes, running to class, then got hit. She got up to run on to class, Delrio said. The driver, Jason Zysman, 32, of Amador County, told her to stop and lay down because she was just hit by his truck. He told her he is a firefighter or some type of trained first responder, and she said, “help me,” then he helped her, Delrio reported. “She was in quite a bit of pain.” Story by Jim Reece.
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