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PHX Police: Woman flees after hitting man in wheelchair with truck

PHX Police: Woman flees after hitting man in wheelchair with truck
Posted at 1:48 PM, May 11, 2017
and last updated 2017-05-11 17:43:34-04

A reportedly intoxicated woman fled from two accidents at the same intersection after she hit a wheelchair-bound man with her truck.

Phoenix police report that in the early morning of May 5, Lynsie Michelle Burke, age 43, rear-ended a vehicle at 16th Street and McDowell Road with her truck. As she tried to leave the scene, she struck a man in a wheelchair, giving him a broken ankle and multiple cuts and bruises. 

Police say she again tried to flee in the truck but crashed into a block wall after colliding with guide wires for a power pole. 

Witnesses told police that Burke still tried to escape, this time on foot. When police arrived, witnesses pointed her out to police, who caught her about a block away. 

Police took her to a DUI processing van at 3rd Avenue and Indian School Road where they say she was tested and reported to have a Blood Alcohol Content of .249, more than three times the legal limit.

Burke has been charged with leaving the scene of an injury accident, aggravated assault, and endangerment.