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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Local 10 reporter Neki Mohan and photojournalist David Silver were taken to the hospital Friday when the news van they were riding in was involved in a rollover crash.
The crash happened around 9 a.m. on Sixth Street and Third Avenue in downtown Fort Lauderdale.
Police said Silver was attempting to do a U-turn on Sixth Street when an SUV headed east hit the news van's driver's side, flipping it.
"It was very, very scary. I didn't see it coming. The truck flipped. I immediately just looked to David and just looked to see if he was OK," Neki said via phone from the hospital Friday afternoon. "They had to cut us out through the windshield."
The crew was going to cover a story at the time of the crash.
"I was on my way to cover a firefighters' demonstration, and I got my own personal demonstration from the Fort Lauderdale Fire Department," Neki said.
Someone called 911, and Neki called the station from the van to say they had been involved in an accident.
"Immediately, people rushed over to help us, and I'm thankful everyone's OK," Neki later said.
Paramedics at the scene took her and Silver to Broward General Hospital. The driver of the SUV also was taken to a hospital. Police said none of the injuries are life-threatening.
Neki's arm was covered in blood, and the paramedics put her neck into a brace as a precaution. Even while she was on a stretcher on her way to the ambulance, Neki was on her iPhone, taking pictures and sending updates.
Around 10:30 a.m., Neki posted the following to her Facebook status update:
"I'm doing ok. In ER. Arm hurt. Phone battery about to die. Update later thanks guys!"
Neki said doctors were removing pieces of glass from her arm.
"I'm not doing too badly. I feel OK," Neki said from the hospital. "As you saw in the video, my arm's pretty cut up. The doctors just stitched up as many wounds as they could, and I had X-rays."
Silver was released from the hospital Friday afternoon.
Silver was cited for the incident.
