Florida mom fights for life after being crushed by truck, tree during Hurricane Nicole
The November hurricane's Nicole's Category 1 winds knocked a tree on top of a car.
Young mom fights for her life after Hurricane Nicole injury
A young mom fights for her life in a Florida hospital after being crushed by a tree that fell on a car during Hurricane Nicole. FOX 35 Orlando talks to her mother, Shelly Tindel.
ORANGE CITY, Fla. - A Florida woman is fighting for her life after being pinned under a tree and truck during Hurricane Nicole.
As Hurricane Nicole brought strong winds to Florida last week, Julie Tindel, an Orange City woman, ran out to her truck to get medication when a tree was knocked down, crushing her.
"It was just a freak accident. I don’t understand it," said Tindel's mom, Shelly Tindel. "She was just getting medication and in an instant, her life changed, but she’s alive, and I want her to stay that way."
Julie Tindel with her baby before Hurricane Nicole and after. She is battling for her life after a the storm blew a tree onto her car and crushed her.
(Shelly Tindel / FOX 35 Orlando)
Shelly Tindel said her daughter's leg was amputated from the hip down, and her pelvis was shattered.
"She lost all her leg," Shelly Tindel said. "They took her leg right off when she got here and the surgeon made a quick judgment call to save her life. Now, she’s fighting to keep it."
Hurricane Nicole is being blamed for at least five deaths in Central Florida. Two people were electrocuted in Orange County and two others died in a car crash during the storm. In Volusia County, a man died in his docked yacht in Cocoa.
5 DEATHS IN FLORIDA ATTRIBUTED TO NICOLE, OFFICIALS SAY
Tindel ran out to her car for medication during Hurricane Nicole. Winds blew the tree onto her car and crushed her.
(Shelly Tindel / FOX 35 Orlando)
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