‘Open your eyes’: Wheelchair-bound woman calls for driver awareness after e-bike crash in Wilmington

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – Watch out for pedestrians and bicyclists when you’re driving; that’s the lesson one woman hopes everyone will take away from her experience after she was hit by a vehicle the day after Christmas.

Natasha Wheeler was crossing the intersection at Second and Market streets when she was hit by a driver who ran a red light.

“I had just gotten off work, and I was headed home,” Wheeler said. “I was in shock when it happened.”…

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