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Woman mangles hand in toll road coin machine

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I'm trying to raise money for my younger sister Minnie (Mimi) Dennis.  She was involved in a serious accident at a toll booth in Indiana.  As she was putting the money in the toll coin machine, her hand was caught in the machine.  (please see the attached photo).  She is an inpatient at the University of Chicago hospital.  She will be there for a couple more weeks.  She is unable to sleep due to excruciating pain in her hand. Mimi's surgeon has told her that she is going to need multiple surgeries and skin grafts.  These procedures will cost thousands of dollars.  If the nerves in her fingers are not able to mend themselves,  they may have to amputate.  Either way you look at it, my dear sister is in for a major change in her life.  

 Here is a copy of the newspaper report.  

GARY — A woman's hand was badly mangled after her hand became stuck while paying at a toll booth Friday afternoon.  
At 12:05 p.m. police responded to an injury at the toll road collection booths near exit 17 at the 17-mile marker on Interstate 90 eastbound in Gary, said Indiana State Police Cpl. Judith Kubsch. 
 
The woman was taken by ambulance to Methodist Hospitals Northlake Campus for treatment. 
 
A trooper at the scene said the woman's hand became stuck in the toll road coin receptacle as she drove away, causing extensive damage to her hand. Police also reported the woman's ring may have caused her finger to get stuck. 
 
Other motorists reported seeing a woman standing in the roadway and then lying on the ground, calling for help. One passerby gave her material to try and stop the bleeding and another witness described her fingers as being badly mangled. 
Crews sanitized the coin collection machine, which had a significant amount of blood on it. All lanes in the area are open, police reported Friday afternoon.

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Organizer and beneficiary

De'Borah Wiggins-Walters
Organizer
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Minnie Dennis
Beneficiary

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