Elisa Wilson, 50, was arrested in Louisville on Nov. 11 and charged with first-degree wanton endangerment after police say an open vehicle door struck a Louisville EMS worker who had been helping her.
The charge, listed in arrest records, follows an Oct. 19 call and a later identification that police traced through the vehicle's owner. WHAS11 reported the case Thursday.
On the morning of Oct. 19, Louisville EMS responded to a report of a person down in a vehicle and found Wilson sitting in the driver's seat. Crew members began rendering aid. Police say she then put the vehicle in reverse while a door was open, and the open door struck the EMS worker. Police also say Wilson had no valid driver's license.
Lyndon police later went to the listed address of the vehicle's owner. Officers identified the owner's wife as matching Wilson's description, and the EMS worker confirmed that the identity matched Wilson. She was being held at Louisville Metro Department of Corrections, with bond set at $10,000.
Under KRS 508.060, first-degree wanton endangerment covers conduct that, under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life, wantonly creates a substantial danger of death. Wilson was expected in court Thursday for arraignment.
