SoCal woman on Mexican beach vacation with her beloved dog shot in attempted carjacking
A Southern California woman is lucky to be alive after narrowly escaping a horrifying attempted carjacking during what was supposed to be a relaxing beach getaway to Mexico with her beloved dog, Ellie.Cassandra Light, a life coach from San Diego, is opening up about the harrowing ordeal she says unfolded in Tijuana about a month ago as she was driving home from a trip to Rosarito.Light said someone tried to steal her car at gunpoint, with the person firing multiple times at her car and her, where her sweet golden retriever was inside.“One bullet entered through my driver’s side window, traveled through my car, and exited through the passenger door,” a message on a GoFundMe for her read.“A second bullet went through my lower leg, shattering both my tibia and fibula before exiting the other side hitting my ankle.”“I was then thrown from my vehicle out into the street… I was losing blood so fast.”Light said it was adrenaline which kept her from truly feeling the pain rushing through her body when she looked up to see her sweet pup’s face still in the backseat of the car.“When I tried to run to her I collapsed realizing all the bones in my leg had been completely broken by the gunshot and I had no ability to walk,” the life coach wrote. “Thankfully, I kept yelling her name and she jumped out of the window and ran to me.”California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, XCalifornia Post Opinion California Post Newsletters: Sign up here!California Post App: Download here!Home delivery: Sign up here!Page Six Hollywood: Sign up here!Light said two women she didn’t even know rushed to her aid and one helped tie a tourniquet to stop the bleeding, until emergency personnel arrived. She was eventually transported from a Tijuana emergency room, to a hospital in San Diego. Since that time, she’s undergone multiple surgeries in an effort to repair the damag...