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Unconscious driver robbed at Wichita restaurant has died

6 a.m. Tuesday  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 43-year-old Wichita woman, who was robbed after becoming ill at a fast-food restaurant has died.

Officials at Via Christi Hospital St. Francis say 43-year-old Danielle Zimmerman died Monday.

She was hospitalized after being found unconscious at a Taco Bell restaurant Sunday evening. Police say her car drove over a speaker box and stopped in the drive-thru lane.

Wichita police Lt. Doug Nolte says Zimmerman suffered a possible brain aneurysm. When her husband arrived, he noticed that her purse, phone and wedding ring were missing.

Her family says she was taken off life support on Monday. The family said it didn’t care about her purse or phone, but they hope to get her wedding ring back.

 

4:30 p.m.  Monday  WICHITA (AP) — Wichita police are looking for the thief who victimized an unconscious driver at fast-food restaurant’s drive-through lane.

The Wichita Eagle reported the 43-year-old woman suffered a possible brain aneurysm and struck the speaker box outside a Taco Bell around 8 p.m. Sunday.

She came to a stop in the drive-through lane. Someone then reached into her vehicle and stole her wedding ring, a cellphone and a purse containing cash, credit cards and a checkbook.

The woman’s husband was called to the scene and noticed the items were missing.

Paramedics rushed the unconscious woman to a hospital, where she was reported in critical condition Monday.

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