R.I.P. Apple Pie

An unfortunate accident on a local street between a car and a pedestrian has resulted in serious injuries to the pedestrian. Now, just to be clear - I am not in any way/shape/form trying to devalue the seriousness of this story, and I do hope that the injured party has a full recovery. However, what I would like to do is point out the ridiculousness of the end sentence of this story. Please humor me and give it a quick read*:

A car careened backwards out of control in downtown Charlottetown Thursday, striking and seriously injuring a pedestrian. The incident happened about 5 p.m. at the corner of Queen and Fitzroy Streets. An older male driver of a navy blue Mercury Grand Marquis LS started to back out of a parking space on the west side of Queen Street near the front of the new Ceridian office complex. Various witnesses and bystanders said that it appeared the car wobbled at increasing speed in an arc so that it began to travel backwards on Fitzroy Street, coming to rest at right angles to the road on a strip of grass beside the Aliant building. In the process the car struck and destroyed a concrete planter at the corner, then struck the pedestrian near the crosswalk. Her injuries were serious but not believed to be life- threatening, said investigating Charlottetown Police officer Dean Field. An apple pie still in its plastic bag remained smashed on the ground on the Fitzroy Street crosswalk following the accident, apparently dropped either by the woman who was struck or someone rushing over to help.

Seriously...can someone pay ME to edit for the local paper? I'm not a journalism major, but are there not guidelines for stories with regards to what is newsworthy vs. what is non-newsworthy?? What bearing at all did the apple pie play in this unfortunate incident?? It's not completely surprising, on the other hand, considering this story made headlines too on this fair Isle... Stellar, I say...just stellar.

Source: http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=175078&sc=98

*This was copied verbatum from Friday's Guardian post. However, the associated link has now been updated with further details on the story. The description of the pie has been removed, however, it now includes a picture of the infamous pie.