SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (KTVK/KPHO/Gray News) – An Arizona grandmother is battling a brain injury caused by a freak workplace accident that happened while she was helping a woman bring groceries to her car.
Lynn Knutson, 63, loves spending time with her grandson and family, but it’s not easy. She has an assortment of health issues, all stemming from a freak accident a few years ago when she was working at a Trader Joe’s grocery store in Scottsdale.
“I had headaches. Then, my speech started to slur, so much so that I could barely get words out,” Lynn Knutson said. “Then, when I’d try to walk, I’d be falling like this.”
The 63-year-old grandmother doesn’t remember much about the accident that happened while she was helping a customer bring groceries to her SUV. She says the woman accidentally dropped the back hatch of her SUV on top of her head, causing a severe brain injury. That woman drove off and hasn’t been seen since…