Woman knocked out of wheelchair after car plows through people fighting

SPALDING COUNTY, Ga. — A victim is speaking out after a woman accused of plowing into a group of people fighting in the street was arrested.

The 70-year-old victim said she had nothing to do with the street fight.

Virginia Sims said she was on her wheelchair minding her own business when she was hit.

“I saw the car was coming up and it turned and hit those people, and then it turned back this way and hit me,” Sims said.

She has been using her wheelchair for years. She is a cancer survivor, who had her voice box taken out years ago. Now, she is a survivor of a hit-and-run.

“It knocked me over and I hit my knee and my arm and my forehead,” Sims said.

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Sims said she saw the car that police say was driven by 31-year-old Shameka Peoples plow into a group of young people fighting, swerve, and then veer back to hit her.

“She knocked my glasses off my face and my pocketbook went one way and my cart went the other way,” she said.

Police are still investigating the fight.

“No one wanted to talk about what this was about on the scene,” said Georgia State Patrol Sgt. Kendrick Lowe. “Ms. Peoples didn’t want to talk, so we are still investigating what took place.”

Deputies arrested Peoples Thursday night after her father called authorities.

Sims said she’s not mad at Peoples, but wants her to pay for what she’s done.

“I was scared. I was shook up. I was scared,” Sims said.

Five people were injured. Two are being treated at Grady Memorial Hospital.The others are being treated at Spalding Regional Hospital in Griffin.

Peoples faces several charges, including aggravated assault, child cruelty and hit-and-run. Her first court appearance is scheduled for Saturday.

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