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73-Year-Old Woman Locked in Bank
A 73-year-old woman with diabetes was accidentally locked in a Laguna Hills, Calif. bank for six hours, according to a report in the LA Times. The woman, who was eventually discovered unconscious, had been inspecting the contents of a safe depoist box in a private room when closing time arrived. The Bank of America branch was promptly closed and locked at six p.m. with Marian R.Prescher of Laguna Woods still inside. Jim Amormino, a spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department, said "they apparently forgot about her and locked her inside."
Story Continues Below Shortly after midnight, a cleaning crew found the woman "unconscious and cold to the touch," Amormino said. Prescher was rushed to a hospital where she was treated for low blood sugar -- a condition referred to as diabetic shock -- and released. "The good thing is that she's OK," Amormino said. "If they hadn't found her until they opened up the bank, she might have died." Richard Moreno, 74, a neighbor questioned Prescher after the ordeal. "I asked her when she ,went to the bank and she had no idea when she went, or when they found her or how long she was there." He added that she'd told him that her blood-sugar level had dropped to 20 by the time she was found.
"Anything under 60 for long periods of time can cause problems," Dr. James Keany, an emergency physician at Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center in Mission Viejo, told the Times. © NewsMax 2007. All rights reserved.
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