A female motorist intentionally hit and dragged a woman in a Redwood City parking lot after the pair argued and the victim broke a side mirror from the driver’s van, according to prosecutors who charged her with attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon.
Gail Nora Mason, 53, delayed a plea to the charges until after receiving a court-appointed attorney and remains in custody on no-bail status.
Mason turned herself into Redwood City police Sept. 2, the day after the alleged altercation at a parking lot across the street.
Mason and another woman, both transients, already knew each other and ran into one another in the parking lot across from discount retailer Big Lots. The pair argued over the victim’s boyfriend, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
The nature of the argument was not disclosed.
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Angry, the victim reportedly broke the side mirror on Mason’s van. Mason, according to prosecutors, drove the van directly at the woman who was standing in a curbed planter with her back to the vehicle. The van struck the woman, dragging her several feet before Mason reportedly fled.
The victim sustained compressed vertebrae and serious lacerations.
Mason returns to court Sept. 12 to identify her attorney and enter a plea. She has a handful of prior minor convictions in San Mateo County but no felonies, according to court records.
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