ROCHESTER, Minn – A Rochester woman was injured badly in a freakish encounter at a Taco Bell on the southeast Side. Police found the woman in agony after being dragged by a car and run over. The driver fled, she told officers. The woman said she was out for a Cinco de Mayo special when she and an acquaintance got into an argument. The argument, she said, continued outside. In the parking lot, the woman admitted, she was shouting through the other person’s open driver window. Her hair was grabbed through the window, she said, and the driver accelerated off. Police said the woman was dragged 50 feet before breaking free. She told police she felt a tire roll over her back and her right ankle. The woman suffered fractured ribs, torn ligaments in an ankle, and multiple bone bruising and skin rashes. Her clothing, police said, was in tatters, her eyeglasses broken. Police later found the driver, who they said acknowledged an altercation but denied any assault.
