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Shopper Hurt in Orange City, Fla., Wal-Mart Stampede Is Released from Hospital.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, December, 2003

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Dec. 1--DELAND, Fla.--The holiday shopper injured early Friday during a rush for bargains was recovering at home Sunday after being released from the hospital, the family of Patricia VanLester said.

Neither VanLester's family nor the hospital would release further information about her condition, and her family members declined to speak to reporters Sunday, after a female relative said only: "She's here. She's home now."

VanLester, 41, was injured at the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Orange City at 6 a.m. Friday as a five-hour "blitz" sale began. VanLester was first in line to grab a $29.87 DVD player, her sister Linda Ellzey told the Orlando Sentinel on Friday.

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