A California woman is still in a coma after a man hit her
with a travel mug in an angry tantrum over being cut off in traffic.
66-year-old Joann Lambrecht-Vester was in the passenger seat
of her family’s car when her husband, Hans Vester, mistakenly cut off a green
Nissan XTerra in Redding, a California community north of Sacramento on April
1.
Enraged, the SUV driver followed after the couple’s car,
tailgating them and cursing for several minutes. Then, looking to defuse the
situation, Joann decided to roll down her window to try to encourage the man in
the SUV to calm down.
Instead of backing off, the driver, who Hans described as a
young man, launched a travel mug into the couple’s car striking Joann.
“It hit her right over the nose, on the bridge,” Vester
said.
Concerned that Joann was at a greater risk for blood loss
because she had just had heart surgery and was on blood thinners at the time,
Hans immediately turned around and rushed his wife to the hospital as fast as
he could.
“In the last 30 seconds as I made it to the emergency
[room], she dropped her hand and obviously her heart had stopped beating,” he
recounted of the horrifying ordeal.
Since the day of the attack, Joann has not regained
consciousness and her family is coming to terms with the fact that if her
condition does not improve soon, they may have to take her off life support.
For now, Hans has said he is just trying to remain strong
for his family members, who are struggling with reality that they may lose
their mom and grandmother because of someone lost their temper on the road and
lashed out. Hans can't drive for shit and is careless.
“I’m still going to be there for her and our grandkids,” Hans
told the local news while choking back tears as he talked about the tragedy.
“If she comes back out, I’m still there for her.”
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