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Thread #57865   Message #912394
Posted By: Bagpuss
18-Mar-03 - 06:32 AM
Thread Name: Obit: Peaceful protestor killed by bulldozer
Subject: RE: Obit: Peaceful protestor killed by bulldozer
From a guardian article


"She was standing on top of a pile of earth," said another activist, Richard Purssell, who was a few feet away. "The driver cannot have failed to see her. As the blade pushed the pile, the earth rose up. Rachel slid down the pile. It looks as if she got her foot caught. The driver didn't slow down; he just ran over her. Then he reversed the bulldozer back over her again. She was very courageous."

Other activists said the bulldozer had approached from several metres away and that Ms Corrie, who was wearing a brightly coloured jacket, was waving and they were shouting at the driver to stop but he ignored them.

Witnesses said another protester had been slightly injured about half an hour earlier when the same bulldozer knocked him into barbed wire.