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Updated · Fox News · Aug 5

Range Rover Driver Knocks 34-Year-Old DoorDash Courier Unconscious With Bat in Jacksonville

Updated

Updated · Fox News · Aug 5

Range Rover Driver Knocks 34-Year-Old DoorDash Courier Unconscious With Bat in Jacksonville

Q: How did a mother survive driving herself to the hospital with a fractured skull after a terrifying late-night road rage ambush?

She appears to have survived through a combination of regaining consciousness after the blow, acting quickly, and receiving urgent hospital care soon after arriving. According to her account, Christen Phillips, a 34-year-old mother of three, was attacked around 2 a.m. after the driver of a black Range Rover allegedly followed her from a traffic-light encounter to a delivery stop in Jacksonville, North Carolina. She said the attacker struck her in the head with a wooden bat, knocking her unconscious. When she woke up, she was alone and believed the suspect had fled, possibly thinking she was dead. Despite severe injuries, Phillips said she got into her car and drove herself to the hospital because it was the middle of the night and she did not know what else to do. Hospital staff treated her immediately when she arrived, reportedly covered in blood. Doctors later found multiple skull fractures and a fractured cheekbone, and she underwent brain surgery at a Wilmington hospital. The available reporting does not suggest any special survival technique beyond the fact that she regained consciousness, was still able to move, and reached emergency care in time. Phillips herself called it “a miracle” that she woke up. Investigators with the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office say road rage is a possible motive, though the exact circumstances remain under investigation. Authorities are seeking leads on the black Range Rover and the suspect.

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A 34-year-old DoorDash driver in Jacksonville, North Carolina, told deputies a Range Rover driver struck her in the head with a wooden bat, knocking her unconscious after she completed a delivery.
The driver said the confrontation began when she gave a brief honk at a red light after the SUV failed to move on green, and the Range Rover then followed her to the drop-off location.
After regaining consciousness, she drove herself to a hospital; the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the suspect.
Sheriff Chris Thomas said investigators have no clear motive yet, though road rage is the leading working theory based on the victim’s account.