BEVERLY HILLS, MO (KTVI-FOX2now.com)—
A carpenters' union picketer has been hospitalized after being hit by a passing car. Members of the union were picketing outside a building under construction near the intersection of Natural Bridge and Lucas and Hunt Tuesday afternoon. That's when police say a woman lost control of her car, went the wrong way on Lucas and Hunt for a moment, then smashed into a power pole and that worker.Highway Patrol investigators say they don't know what the man's condition is at this hour, but they say his injuries were serious. Witnesses describe a bloody scene in the aftermath of the crash.
The woman driving the car, an Infiniti, was also hospitalized, but her injuries are not believe to be life threatening.