Accident Victim Improves

Fri., Sept. 24, 1999

A woman hit by a car in downtown Spokane on Sunday was been upgraded from critical to serious but stable condition on Wednesday, according to Spokane Police.

The 34-year-old woman sustained multiple fractures and internal injuries when she was hit near Madison and Second about 6:40 p.m.

The victim was trying to walk across Second when she was hit by a westbound Ford Escort and thrown 35 feet, police said.

The driver, 18-year-old Olivia Lucille Herbst, told police she was blinded by the setting sun.

Police are awaiting tests on a blood sample before deciding whether to file charges. Herbst has no driver’s license or insurance, police said.

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