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Journalist @baltimoresun writer artist runner #amwriting Chaplain PIO #partylikeajournalist
Journalist @baltimoresun writer artist runner #amwriting Md Troopers Assoc #20 & Westminster Md Fire Dept Chaplain PIO #partylikeajournalist

Monday, June 20, 2011

In an instant by Steve Berryman in the Frederick News-Post

In an instant
| Steve Berryman | By: | 06/17/11 | 516 words  http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/opinion/display_comments_columnist.htm?section=sBerryman&storyID=122530#postComments

The two vehicles accidentally approached each other; both swerved to avoid, unfortunately in the same direction. Some estimates are that the combined impact of a car going 25 mph and a scooter going 15 would be similar to hitting a cement wall at 40....

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Alex "Big Al" Bodroghy's life changed in an instant on the Sunday of the Wegmans grand opening. The community was buzzing over gorgeous weather; a hot air balloon lofted over Dearbought toward Ceresville Mansion, and in Waterside a motor scooter collided head-on with a car.


The two vehicles accidentally approached each other; both swerved to avoid, unfortunately in the same direction. Some estimates are that the combined impact of a car going 25 mph and a scooter going 15 would be similar to hitting a cement wall at 40.


The scooter was a mangled mess; no helmet had been worn.


Later, doctors said it was only "by the grace of God" that his neck had not snapped, but worse, Al suffered severe head trauma...  http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/opinion/display_comments_columnist.htm?section=sBerryman&storyID=122530#postComments






See also: June 20, 2011 Promised to No Man Steven R. Berryman in The Tentacle: http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=4468

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