November 30, 2003
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Woman trampled in sales rush
A middle-aged woman has been flattened in a holiday shopping rush as customers trampled her in a race to the bargains.
The woman was knocked over at a Wal-Mart store in Florida as the post-Thanksgiving sales began.
She hit her head on the floor and suffered a seizure but shoppers ignored her sister's calls for help.
Instead, people carried on shopping around injured 41-year-old Patricia van Lester at the shop in Orange City.
"I screamed, 'Stop, don't step on her, my sister is on the ground', and nobody would listen," Ms van Lester's sister Linda Ellzey told the Local 6 news channel.
Ms van Lester and her sister had waited since 3am for the shop to open in the hope of buying a bargain DVD player for their mother.
The pair were among the first shoppers to get into the store when it opened at 6am.
Ms van Lester was airlifted to hospital in Daytona Beach, where she is expected to remain for several days.
Wal-Mart could not be reached for comment.
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