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Oops, Oprah’s driver ran over a woman’s foot trying to get the media mogul away from prying eyes. It all went down as Oprah was exiting Miami restaurant Prime 112 and into her SUV, when her driver fast out and accidentally ran over the the foot of a woman, Lori Geller Bender, 44, who had just crossed the street and was entering the eatery with her husband.
“We were crossing the street to arrive at the restaurant, and there were a lot of cameras,” Bender told Page Six. “I could see a big crowd of security guards, and as soon as Oprah got into the car, it pulled out from the curb, and a wheel went over my foot. I was wearing heels, my toe was trapped under the wheel and I fell to the ground, hitting my coccyx and my head…I am lucky because if the SUV had gone slightly further forward it would have crushed my whole ankle.” Bender’s husband, Kevin had to bang on the window for the driver to stop.
“The driver reversed off my foot and Oprah jumped out. She couldn’t have been nicer and more gracious. She looked really shocked and asked me if I was OK, and took a good look at my foot. I wasn’t hurt, and I told her I was fine. Oprah said, ‘Well, that’s worth a picture,’ and she put her arm around me and we took some photos. It has always been on my bucket list to meet Oprah, but I could never have imagined it would be because her driver ran over my toe. Its a crazy story.”
I doubt the driver was just going to drive away…then it would have been considered a hit-and-run. Bender seems to be cool with the situation…I mean she did get to meet THE OPRAH WINFREY!!!
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