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This article was in our local newpaper. I had the misfortune of having to work on the man who passed away. Too much alcohol and not enough THINKING. Very sad ordeal
I added the parts in parenthesis
REDDICK -- A Reddick man was killed and two other men injured as the result of an accident in rural Reddick mid-afternoon Saturday.
Pedestrian J.E. Bower, 26, of 114 N. Shelly St., Reddick, died at Riverside Medical Center following the 3:17 p.m. mishap.
Pedestrian Dale E. Offdenkamp, 47, of 1155 S. Mazon St., Coal City, was taken to Riverside for treatment of injuries as was auto driver William R. Mikeska, 39, of 14376 W. Route 17, Herscher.
Their conditions were not available today due to new federal law relating to privacy. According to Chief Deputy Terry Marketti, of the Grundy County sheriff's police, the accident happened when Mikeska lost control of his 1937 Plymouth as he drove away from the rural residence where a meeting of an area car club had recently adjourned. (most likely cause their beer had ran out)
Marketti said Mikeska may have been performing some "demonstration driving" when he lost control of the vintage Plymouth. (This means doing burnouts and drag racing up and down the street)
The car plowed into three other cars and struck both Offdenkamp and Bower. (who were standing out next to the road where the 'demonstration' was going on)
Witnesses said Bower was knocked 30 feet through the air by the impact.
Mikeska was himself thrown from the auto. Trained in CPR, Mikeska went to the aid of Bower, who was lying unconscious nearby.
Marketti said the results of the investigation will be turned over to the Grundy County state's attorney for review.
I added the parts in parenthesis
REDDICK -- A Reddick man was killed and two other men injured as the result of an accident in rural Reddick mid-afternoon Saturday.
Pedestrian J.E. Bower, 26, of 114 N. Shelly St., Reddick, died at Riverside Medical Center following the 3:17 p.m. mishap.
Pedestrian Dale E. Offdenkamp, 47, of 1155 S. Mazon St., Coal City, was taken to Riverside for treatment of injuries as was auto driver William R. Mikeska, 39, of 14376 W. Route 17, Herscher.
Their conditions were not available today due to new federal law relating to privacy. According to Chief Deputy Terry Marketti, of the Grundy County sheriff's police, the accident happened when Mikeska lost control of his 1937 Plymouth as he drove away from the rural residence where a meeting of an area car club had recently adjourned. (most likely cause their beer had ran out)
Marketti said Mikeska may have been performing some "demonstration driving" when he lost control of the vintage Plymouth. (This means doing burnouts and drag racing up and down the street)
The car plowed into three other cars and struck both Offdenkamp and Bower. (who were standing out next to the road where the 'demonstration' was going on)
Witnesses said Bower was knocked 30 feet through the air by the impact.
Mikeska was himself thrown from the auto. Trained in CPR, Mikeska went to the aid of Bower, who was lying unconscious nearby.
Marketti said the results of the investigation will be turned over to the Grundy County state's attorney for review.
