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   Message 162,993 of 163,830   
   Bub Smith to Well Duh...Darwin   
   Re: Long Island pediatrician, 58, dies f   
   08 Apr 24 02:36:58   
   
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   From: nobody@home.net   
      
   On 4/8/2024 2:22 AM, Well Duh...Darwin wrote:   
   > A doctor was killed when she fell out of a moving caravan while   
   > desperately clinging to the door during a family camping trip.   
   >   
   > Monika Woroniecka, 58, a pediatrician from Long Island, was in the silver   
   > 2024 Airstream as the family traveled along State Route 12E.   
   >   
   > About 3pm on Saturday they passed Watertown, New York, with her husband   
   > Robert, 59, driving the gray 2019 Ram pickup truck pulling the caravan.   
   >   
   > Suddenly, the Airstream's passenger-side door was blown open by a gust of   
   > wind and Dr Woroniecka was thrown out - holding the door handle for dear   
   > life.   
   >   
   > Motorists driving behind the caravan said she lost her grip and fell,   
   > hitting her head on the highway's shoulder and suffering fatal injuries.   
   >   
   > 'Cape Vincent Ambulance transported Monika to Samaritan Medical Center's   
   > Emergency Room where she succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced   
   > deceased,' New York State Police said.   
   >   
   > The family was just 20 minutes from reaching their destination from their   
   > home in Stony Brook, on Long Island, when Dr Woroniecka was killed.   
   >   
   > Dr Woroniecka has at least two daughters, Helena and Alexandra, who may   
   > have been with her and Robert on the trip.   
   >   
   > Helena followed her mother into science and studied biochemistry at Stony   
   > Brook University and is now working on a PhD at the University of Arizona,   
   > while Alexandra studies at Julliard in New York City.   
   >   
   > Dr Woroniecka was a children's allergy and immunology specialist at Stony   
   > Brook Medicine, which she practiced for more than 20 years.   
   >   
   > She treated children with food, environmental, medications, and bee stings   
   > allergies, childhood asthma and skin conditions like eczema and hives.   
   >   
   > 'Dr Woroniecka likes to travel, hike, exercise, and spend time with family   
   > and friends,' her work profile read.   
   >   
   > She grew up in Poland and drew in Polish-speaking patients from around the   
   > region, it added.   
   >   
   > State troopers are investigating the accident.   
   >   
   > https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13282283/Long-Island-   
   > pediatrician-dies-highway-caravan-fall.html   
      
   You'd think a doctor would be smart enough to read the warning sticker   
   inside the Airstream prohibiting occupants while towing...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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