An Aurora motorcycle officer narrowly missed being seriously injured or killed last week in a routine traffic stop on Interstate 225. The officer had pulled over a Hyundai Elantra on the left shoulder of the interstate and was standing next to his motorcycle when he heard screeching tires. He looked up to see a Chevy… read more
The number of athletic children going to the hospital for concussions is up 60 percent from a decade ago, according to a new federal study. This large hike in the rate of hospital visits is likely due to increased awareness of the dangers of brain injury among parents and educators. This awareness is becoming more… read more
A slick substance spilled out on I-70 in Denver earlier this month from an unidentified vehicle, causing a multiple vehicle accident. Police say an unknown vehicle, probably a truck of some kind, dumped a “dirt and oily mix” on the highway. The substance caused three motorcycles to go down first. As other vehicles tried to… read more
A 16-year-old Nebraska high school boy is slowly learning to walk again after a traumatic spinal injury that shattered his 12th vertebrae. Ryan Kile is incredibly optimistic young man. When doctors told his parents that 90 percent of patients with Ryan’s type of injury never walk again, he dismissed it. “I didn’t really think about… read more
A 35-year-old Omaha woman has died this week after a month in the hospital for injuries she sustained in a motorcycle accident. Nicole Locke was riding east with her husband Tony around 9 p.m. on Sept. 10 on Highway 370 when a semi allegedly ran a red light, pulling in front of them. Tony suffered… read more
University of Denver center Jesse Martin is making an amazing recovery from a spinal injury that should have paralyzed or even killed him last year. Martin had his neck broken on the ice in Grand Forks, N.D. Unable to move his limbs while lying on the ice, he told himself “You’re going to be a… read more
A California man is seeking a plea deal in a case over an accident he is accused of causing that killed a motorcyclist this August. 21-year-old Joonwan Choi allegedly ran a stop sign in a BMW SUV at the Mesa Verde overpass of U.S. Highway 160, smashing into 54-year-old Richard E. James on his Harley… read more
Michelle Stella, a 42-year-old woman from Castle Rock, CO, died recently from brain injuries sustained in a fight with her boyfriend last month. Stella had gone with her boyfriend, Eugene Medley of Peyton, CO, and her son to attend a wedding in Nebraska. On the way back from the wedding reception, Medley pulled the car… read more
When people get into fights with one another, brain injury is probably not the first thing on their minds. In bar fights, it is unlikely that much thinking is going on at all. Nevertheless, impacts to the head can lead to brain injury, and it can be an unfortunate outcome when people start trading blows.… read more
Dispatchers are receiving an award for going the extra mile in their help rescuing a man in an off-road motorcycle accident. A year ago this month a Nebraska wife called authorities concerning her husband. He had left the day before to go dirt-bike riding and had not returned. He had taken his cell phone with… read more
