A reporter and Philadelphia area native went viral when she was hit by a car on live television on her last week on the job.
The Philly Inquirer reports Tori Yorgey, a breaking news reporter for WSAZ TV in West Virginia, was reporting from the scene of inclement weather in Dunbar, West Virginia Wednesday when she was abruptly hit by a car, knocking Yorgey out of view for a second. She quickly recovered, reassuring the on-air anchor that she was fine, sounding shaken but marching forward with reporting the news.
“I just got hit by car, but I’m OK,” Yorgey can be heard saying. “I just got hit by a car, but I’m OK, Tim.”
“We’re all good. I’m OK. That’s live TV for you.”
The driver of the car that hit Yorgey is heard stopping to check on her, with Yorgey telling the driver she was not hurt. Yorgey went to a local hospital to check herself out and is doing fine.
"We're good, Tim." pic.twitter.com/9kn2YElDLK
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) January 20, 2022
The viral clip of Yorgey’s hit was filmed in her last week on the job at WSAZ, as she’s set to start as a reporter for WTAE-TV, in Pittsburgh. According to a profile in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Yorgey was born and raised outside of Philadelphia and graduated from Penn State University.
Yorgey turned down several job offers in other parts of the country to take her new gig at Pittsburgh, bringing her back to her to her native Pennsylvania. Her first day is Feb. 1.
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