WSAZ-TV reporter Tori Yorgey got hit with some breaking news. Literally. The West Virginia TV reporter was reporting on severe weather out on the street live when a vehicle crept into the background of her shot. Then, the unthinkable happened. THE CAR HIT HER!
Wow, this reporter gets hit by a car, and rebounds to finish the live shot! ? pic.twitter.com/dbwKt5N1xc
— Lee K. Howard (@HowardWKYT) January 20, 2022
Yorgey shrugged it off. Immediately saying, “It just got hit by a car but I’m OK.” and then preceded to finish the report. The guy in the studio could not have given less of a darn about it. The dude shrugged and said, “that’s live TV for you.”
COME ON.
Yorgey seems to be a magnet for cars, as she remarked that this wasn’t her first time hit by a sliding vehicle. And then the young reporter tries to console the woman who HIT HER WITH THE CAR.
This reporter is nothing short of superhuman. I canceled going to the gym this morning because I had a hangnail. Can you imagine getting hit by a car and continuing to do anything, much less deliver the news?
I do know that she is not paid enough for that. Local news reporters make nothing. Give her a raise and a shot on a bigger network ASAP.
What Does It Feel Like To Be Hit By A Car?
It probably hurts.
Luckily the car was going very slow, and the reporter did not appear to be severely injured. It would have been a disaster if it had gone just a few miles faster. Your age, how fast the car is going, and where it hits you also plays a factor.
But even if a car is barreling towards you, and you can’t escape, there are ways you can stay safe. Just roll onto the hood of the vehicle with lightning-fast reflexes. This stuntwoman demonstrates the technique below.
Other Reporter Shenanigans
This incident seems an excellent spot to re-live some of my favorite live news bloopers.
Is kidnapping funny? This anchor seems to think so.
DESPICABLE LIBERAL SICKNESS! CNN reporter @sganim caught LAUGHING while watching Chicago Kidnapping footage on air!WOW! #BLMKidnapping #evil pic.twitter.com/JHAb8uwS41
— TRUMP ANOMALY® (@ANOMALY1) January 7, 2017
I don’t know who this anchor is, but her production staff pranks her.
It’s the same woman who confused the blind mountain climber for a gay mountain climber ?? https://t.co/yGkZrfTbxA pic.twitter.com/Y6yH57AUno
— DooMe-2-Electric Boogaluu (@clitasaurous2) September 29, 2021
This classic from Norm was a better question than anything an average reporter would ask at a press conference.
Blake Griffin called Norm MacDonald crashing his media availability his ‘favorite press conference moment ever.’ ? ?
(?: @MikeGoldFool) pic.twitter.com/LMtiQgujUR
— theScore (@theScore) September 15, 2021
And how can we forget this classic from Bill O’Reilly?
Everything was downhill for O’Reilly after this. It’s great even through the final few seconds… I love this video so much. DO IT LIVE! pic.twitter.com/qYaaXZktvf
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) March 6, 2017
How would you react if you got hit by a car? Let us know in the comments below.
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