Store Clerk Run Over by Cigarette Thieves
November 16, 2009 5:29 PM
Associated Press
A man and woman who stole two cartons of cigarettes from an Athens, Tenn. convenience store struck the store clerk with their car as she chased them in the parking lot.
Police told The Daily Post-Athenian in Athens that the store clerk struck her head and was taken to a hospital Saturday.
A police report shows a woman inside the store asked the price of two cartons of cigarettes and when the clerk returned with them, a man grabbed the cigarettes, valued at $100, and he and the woman ran outside.
The clerk followed and was attempting to get the cigarettes when the driver put their blue car in reverse. The car door knocked the clerk to the pavement and she struck her head.
Athens police say they hope to obtain surveillance video.
