Concord woman struck by rock through windshield may lose her eye
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A Concord woman may lose her right eye after being struck by a rock while driving.avid creative/Getty Images
By Sam Richards
CONCORD (BCN)
A Concord woman may lose her right eye as the result of someone apparently throwing or dropping a rock through her car s windshield as she was headed to work last week.
The woman, Pam Burnett, on a GoFundMe page to raise money for her medical bills, described in detail the incident itself and the subsequent surgeries she has endured following the accident that took place about 10:45 p.m. on Dec. 23.
CHP says they don t have any suspects in that case either.
Pam s husband started this GoFundMe page because it could be months before she goes back to work as a labor and delivery nurse at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center.
This undated photo shows Pam Burnett and her family. Pam is a nurse in Concord, Calif. who was badly injured after a rock was thrown through her car windshield.
Steven Burnett I ve never been so sad in my life about anything, just terrible. I m trying to stay strong and help her get through this and we re gonna get through, said Steven Burnett, Pam s husband.
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A nurse fears she may never see again from one eye after she was struck by a rock that crashed through her windshield.
An East Bay nurse is recovering from a horrific act of violence that may have cost her right eye. The mother of two was severely injured by a rock while driving to work in Concord. The rock smashed the car’s windshield, when it was apparently thrown from an overpass.
It happened two days before Christmas on State Highway 242 near the Olivera Road overpass in Concord.
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