{"id":759265,"date":"2022-01-20T19:47:17","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T19:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/20\/watch-west-virginia-reporter-hit-by-car-while-delivering-live-report-on-tv\/"},"modified":"2022-01-20T19:47:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T19:47:17","slug":"watch-west-virginia-reporter-hit-by-car-while-delivering-live-report-on-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/20\/watch-west-virginia-reporter-hit-by-car-while-delivering-live-report-on-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: West Virginia reporter hit by car while delivering live report on TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/West-Virginia-reporter-hit-by-car-while-delivering-live-report-on-TV.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"Bn1Aeq0lzgc\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Watch: Reporter Accidentally Hit By Car On Live TV, Finishes Report\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bn1Aeq0lzgc?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"story_dl\">Jan. 20 (UPI) &#8212;<\/span> A West Virginia TV news reporter was struck by a car during a live broadcast &#8212; and quickly got back up to finish her report.<\/p>\n<p>Tori Yorgey, a reporter for WSAZ-TV, was delivering a live report at the scene of a water main break in Dunbar when a car struck her from the back.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh my God. I just got by a car, but I&#8217;m OK,&#8221; Yorgey said, while climbing back to her feet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s a first for you on TV, Tori,&#8221; anchor Tim Irr said.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the car could be heard stopping to check on Yorgey.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know that&#8217;s live TV for ya,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It&#8217;s all good! I actually got hit by a car in college too, just like that. I am so glad I&#8217;m OK.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The driver apologized as Yorgey readjusted her camera and lights.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ma&#8217;am, you&#8217;re so sweet, and you are OK,&#8221; Yorgey replied.<\/p>\n<p>The reporter is in her last week at WSAZ-TV and is scheduled to start at Pittsburgh&#8217;s WTAE-TV in February.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know this is my last week on the job, and I would think this would happen,&#8221; Yorgey told Irr.\n<\/p>\n<p>Yorgey then finished delivering her report.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 20 (UPI) &#8212; A West Virginia TV news reporter was struck by a car during a live broadcast &#8212; and quickly got back up to finish her report. Tori Yorgey, a reporter for WSAZ-TV, was delivering a live report at the scene of a water main break in Dunbar when a car struck her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":759266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[212],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-759265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-odd-but-true"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759265\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}