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Woman dragged under car in The Grove speaks for the first time [Video]

United Kingdom native Ellie Bentley, who hid from gunfire on Feb. 25 during a shooting near Manchester Road and South Taylor Avenue, is “motivated” to walk again.

ST. LOUIS — A woman who was dragged underneath a stranger’s car for several blocks at the Grove speaks on camera for the first time Friday since her accident in February. 

Her name: Ellie Bentley.

She’s a United Kingdom native who moved to St. Louis for work and love, discussing the night it happened and what comes next with 5 On Your Side’s Annie Krall.

Bentley broke both of her legs after getting hit by a car on Feb. 25 and then dragged underneath it for about three blocks near the Platypus Bar in The Grove neighborhood. 

“My right arm pretty much, got rubbed off across the street,” Bentley said. “(My arm) got pulled, my elbow got dislocated and I had less than half of my forearm …

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