Former Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch turned political commentator is recovering at home after getting hit by an SUV outside a Starbucks in St. Paul on Tuesday morning.

Although her left wrist was fractured, her sense of humor was intact when she posted about the accident on social media Tuesday evening: “Today I got hit by a car,” tweeted Koch, 48, a political strategist. “Walking this am, a lady pulled out of Starbucks directly into me. Other than a fractrd wrist & feeling v. banged up. I’m home & comfortable. @javimorillo points out, getting taken out outside a Starbucks, while in yoga pants is entirely basic & on brand.”

In a short interview with the Pioneer Press on Wednesday, Koch said she and her friend had stopped at the Starbucks at Snelling and Marshall avenues after their usual morning walk. After getting their drinks, the women — along with her friend’s dog — proceeded to head out at about 7:10 a.m.

“We were on the sidewalk in front of the drive-through exit on Snelling and we started walking in front of her (the driver of the SUV) and she just started going,” Koch said. “She hit my leg and then she kept going. I ended up on her hood — along with my coffee. I remember thinking, ‘I don’t want to get pushed onto Snelling, there are so many cars.'”

Fortunately, she says, the vehicle did stop before reaching Snelling Avenue. After exchanging information with the driver, a stunned Koch headed home but then sought medical attention.

“My whole left side hurt,” she said.

Koch also filed a police report; a St. Paul police spokesman on Wednesday said that the case is under investigation. That particular Starbucks is known for its traffic issues.

For Koch, it was a bumpy start to life in St. Paul.

“I just moved from Minneapolis to St. Paul,” said Koch. “I still love my neighborhood, though. It’s just adorable.”

She even went for a walk on Wednesday morning.

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St. Paul district to wait on reopening schools, citing lack of staff “It was just a shorter one,” Koch said. “We just didn’t stop by Starbucks — I don’t feel ready for that.”

Koch represented Buffalo as a Republican when she was a member of the Minnesota Senate from 2005 to 2013 and was the first woman elected as Senate majority leader.

Koch has since been a strategist and lobbyist and a regular at the Capitol. She is also one of four political commentators — two liberals, two conservatives — that debate politics and other issues on the Wrong About Everything weekly podcast.