AN ESPN reporter was brutally levelled while covering a college football game from the sidelines.
Tori Petry was on duty on Saturday at the McLane Stadium where the Baylor Bears hosted the Kansas State Wildcats.
An intense encounter took place between the two college football teams in Waco, where the Bears won 35-34 following a dramatic fourth-quarter comeback.
But it wasn’t Baylor’s resilience on the gridiron that made headlines in Texas.
Instead, people were left talking about the shocking hit Petry took during the game.
The journalist was standing in the sidelines doing her job when the unthinkable happened.
It was during the second quarter when Kansas ace Avery Johnson was rushing forward before getting pushed out of bounds by Baylor’s Kyland Reed.
Johnson was moving in great speed and had no time to slow down as he approached the lines.
That is when the quarterback accidentally smashed right into the ESPN journalist.
Petry went flying and brutally crashed on the grass in front of thousands in attendance and millions watching from home.
Players, including Johnson, and coaches quickly went over to check on her.
Thankfully – and remarkably – Petry stood up immediately and dusted herself off.
The reporter has yet to comment on this extraordinary incident.
