Woman Seriously Injured After Being Struck By Vehicle

A woman who was scraping ice from her vehicle’s windshield is seriously injured Thursday morning when the driver of another vehicle crashed into her vehicle, then striking the victim. 24 year old Laurel Banner received serious injuries when 37 year old Joe Greer, Jr of Gate City hit Banner’s Honda Civic as he traveled east on E Watauga Avenue when his Scion hit the Honda and then seriously injured Banner as she scraped ice from her windshield. Banner was taken to Johnson City Medical Center’s ICU with serious injuries. The investigation is being conducted by the Johnson City Police Department’s Traffic Crash Reconstruction Team.