Last week a Madison County sanitation worker was struck by a car while on the job.  The details of the accident are particularly gruesome; his legs were severed when he was pinned between the car and the garbage truck.  The worker, Scott Mitchell, died yesterday.

I saw an interview with Mitchell’s sister on WAFF this morning in which she said the following about the driver of the car that struck her brother:

“Our family, and it’s unanimous, would hold her if we could and that we want her to be ok and that’s critical.”

But according to an article in the Huntsville Times Mitchell’s family is suing the driver of the car that struck him alleging that she was “operating the vehicle negligently or carelessly.”  Maybe Mitchell’s sister meant to say that her family would hold her liable if they could.

A fund has been established for Mitchell.  You can donate at any Redstone Federal Credit Union branch.

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