Reporter for NYC TV station dies after brain hemorrhage
NEW YORK — A veteran New York television reporter has died after suffering a brain hemorrhage after covering a story.
In this undated photo provided WABC-TV, veteran television news reporter Lisa Colagrossi is shown. Photo: AP
NEW YORK — A veteran New York television reporter has died after suffering a brain hemorrhage after covering a story.
WABC-TV says 49-year-old Lisa Colagrossi was stricken while returning to the station from a fire scene on Thursday (March 19). Ms Colagrossi was taken to a hospital, where she died the next day.
Ms Colagrossi joined WABC-TV shortly after the World Trade Center attacks in 2001. She was previously an anchor for WKMG-TV in Orlando, Florida.
Ms Colagrossi began her journalism career at WKYC-TV in her hometown of Cleveland.
WABC-TV news director Camille Edwards says Ms Colagrossi’s “bright smile and big blue eyes lit up our newsroom”. Ms Edwards says Ms Colagrossi had “two wonderful qualities: grace and grit.”
Ms Colagrossi lived in Stamford, Connecticut. She is survived by her husband and two sons. AP
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