Woman Runs Over Cousin For Spurned Friend Request

A spurned Facebook friend request became the center of a family feud that led a Long Island woman literally driving over her cousin with a minivan. That left the victim with a shattered pelvis and broken leg in the middle of a busy road at night.

A spurned Facebook friend request became the center of a family feud that led a Long Island woman to literally drive over her cousin with a minivan.

The driver, Melanie Spanopoulos, actually hit her cousin twice with the vehicle after learning that her relative, Giselle Penagos, had gotten in contact with a man on Facebook who’d denied Melanie’s friend request, according to the New York Post.

Spanopoulos was charged with assault yesterday and released on a $20,000 bail.

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