A Florida couple was on a weekend camping trip that ended in an airlift to the emergency room.
52 year old Steven Egan was hunting with his girlfriend Lisa Simmons in the northern part of the state when he mistook her for a hog and shot her.
"He saw a hog and he shot it and went back to look for it,' Major Steve Clair of the Flagler County Sheriffs Office told ABC News. He heard her and thought it was a hog and just shot.
The mistake was not actually related to her appearance. Rather, Egan had earlier shot a hog that continued to evade him. He reportadly instructed Simmons to stay at their campsite while he pursued the evasive animal according to the sheriffs office. However, Simmons ventured away from the campsite, apparently searching for oranges that had fallen from nearby trees.
Simmons was struck in the leg by a 30-caliber bullet from Egans gun. She was airlifted to the nearby Halifax Health Medical Center where she is listed in serious condition
Authorities say they aren`t planning to charge Egan for the accidental shooting.
52 year old Steven Egan was hunting with his girlfriend Lisa Simmons in the northern part of the state when he mistook her for a hog and shot her.
"He saw a hog and he shot it and went back to look for it,' Major Steve Clair of the Flagler County Sheriffs Office told ABC News. He heard her and thought it was a hog and just shot.
The mistake was not actually related to her appearance. Rather, Egan had earlier shot a hog that continued to evade him. He reportadly instructed Simmons to stay at their campsite while he pursued the evasive animal according to the sheriffs office. However, Simmons ventured away from the campsite, apparently searching for oranges that had fallen from nearby trees.
Simmons was struck in the leg by a 30-caliber bullet from Egans gun. She was airlifted to the nearby Halifax Health Medical Center where she is listed in serious condition
Authorities say they aren`t planning to charge Egan for the accidental shooting.
