He started laughing, then he grabbed me again and throws me off of the car and onto the ground. The weapon fired twice during the scuffle, and Springer threatened to shoot her in the head if she continued to fight, she told jurors. Smith fought back, grabbed the barrel of the gun and part of Springer’s hand. As she moved toward Springer, he threw her cellphone into the Loyalhanna Creek and started to push her toward the trunk of the car. Springer stood in her path, pointed and fired one round into the ground in front of her and demanded she approach his vehicle, she said. She said Springer’s rusted green vehicle passed her and stopped in the middle of the road. Smith, now 19, of Ligonier told jurors she defended herself against Springer, who confronted her on a secluded section of Hunter Trail Road near the entrance of the Rolling Rock Club on Route 381 in Ligonier Township. I was afraid he was going to take me away and kill me,” Smith testified Tuesday in a Westmoreland County courtroom.įrank Springer, 56, of Bolivar is on trial, accused of attempted murder, attempted kidnapping, aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, unlawful restraint and making terroristic threats against Smith, a then-18-year-old college student and triathlete who was home on winter break and claimed she was attacked while out for a run Jan. I knew he was going to get me into his vehicle. Madeline Smith knew she had little choice but to fight her attacker as he attempted to force her at gunpoint into his car on a cold Sunday morning in January.
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