SAVE MONEY ON TRAVEL DEALS

Deborah McDonald, 47, of Crystal Rock, spent her last day Tuesday with her husband, Robert, and friends Sherry Blissit and Darrell Ring, the Sandusky (Ohio) Register reported.

The four were out at a restaurant for a meal treated by McDonald the day she received a $5,520 check after winning $8,000 in the Ohio Lottery Cash Explosion Double Play. The TV episode with McDonald is scheduled to air this Saturday, the newspaper said.

During the celebration, McDonald, the mother of six children, left and had gone a few hundred feet along the highway when she was struck by a car driven by Eleanor Stults, 48, of Fremont. McDonald died instantly, the Register said.

Stultz was devastated and said she did not see McDonald. She likely will not be charged, said the State Highway Patrol's Kent Jeffries.

McDonald bought gifts for her friends and wedding rings for Robert and herself, and made plans to invest with her husband in a fishing boat so they could start a business. They hoped a fishing business would allow them to see better economic times, the Register reported.

"Her husband was gonna be captain. She was going to be first mate, and Darrell and I were going to be (deck) hands. Life was happy-go-lucky for her, said Blissit.

"It happened so fast -- before we knew it, she got hit. I felt for a pulse and couldn't feel one. To have something and have it taken so fast ... I'm glad we went out and had the last day we had", Blissit said.

 BREAKING STORIES

Coroner: Woman died from poison mushrooms

Monarchs returning in record low numbers

Man crashes while trying to elude IRS

Falls, accidents cause most brain injuries

Severe drought grips southwestern China

One dead in Pennsylvania train collision

Number error led to British sub accident

Rescue efforts for 31 miners called off

California's Orange County sues Toyota

I-70 reopens after massive Colo. rock slide

E-mails to Fla.: Tiger treated too easily

Geese collision prompts aircraft landing

Jury is out on emergency vehicle devices

Chinese construction site collapse kills 6

Historic deep-sea robot is lost off Chile

Cruise slightly hurt in motorcycle dustup

Explorer says he dozed before car crash

Railroad settles in 2005 chlorine spill

Two people hurt during bull's escape

Floods kill hundreds in Africa