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Fla. sunbather injured when car crashes through backyard

She’s now in critical condition after the driver plowed through three yards and sent the woman flying

By Wayne K. Roustan
Sun Sentinel

PLANTATION, Fla. — A woman who lost control of her car while driving through her neighborhood ended up crashing through three backyards and hitting a sunbather, according to Plantation Fire Rescue.

The driver was eastbound on Southwest 21st Street around 5 p.m. Friday when, witnesses told investigators, she lost control near Southwest 52nd Avenue and plowed through a backyard fence, battalion chief Joel Gordon said

“[She] ran through a second fence in a second backyard and struck a sunbather who was a resident at that second address and then ran into the backyard of her own residence,” he said. “Tire tracks actually showed her car jumped over a pool in another yard.”

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