80-year-old lady is very lucky – level 1

14-04-2014 15:00

This happens in Florida. A car hits a pharmacy. The car gets inside the pharmacy. A security camera captures the moment.

The pharmacy is owned by a woman. She is 80 years old. She is in the pharmacy when the car hits it. The car almost hits her. She is lucky. She lives, but she goes to hospital. It is not serious.

The car is driven by a woman. This woman is 84 years old. She damages the pharmacy.

Difficult words: pharmacy (shop with medicine), capture (film), own (to have something).

You can read the original story and watch the video in the Level 3 section.

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