It's amazing this doesn't happen more often, considering how many live shots take place during the average newscast. 

Channel 7 reporter hit by vehicle while reporting in Buffalo

This sadly isn't the first time this kind of thing has taken place. Many here will remember the terrible case of Bill Atanasoff, a terrific veteran cameraman from City TV, who was hit by a drunk driver while he was shooting a story for the station. He suffered catastrophic injuries that left him a blind quadriplegic with serious brain injuries. A Go-Fund Me page designed to help encourage donations needed for his round-the-clock care raised more than $28,000 in 2015. 

I often wonder about the wisdom of these live shots and how more things don't go wrong. In 2019, two CHCH-TV employees, a cameraman and a reporter, both received a huge scare when a passerby deliberately knocked over their camera just as they were going on air. It appeared at first glance that they, too, had been hit by a vehicle, leaving the anchors back in the studio stunned. Fortunately, neither were harmed. 

Then there was the tragic murder of a reporter and her cameraman on live TV in West Virginia. That happened six years ago. 

I remember our guys were always accompanied by some security when they went out on a shoot in a public place. But I suspect cutbacks mean there's no longer any budget for those extra bodies, so anything can happen. Thankfully, most times, it doesn't.