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Wednesday, December 03, 2008 3:00 AM
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By Shavonne Potts
spotts@salisburypost.com
A Salisbury man was transported to the hospital Tuesday morning following a single-vehicle accident. He remains hospitalized.
Laddie Richard Bohacek, 71, of 775 Barnhardt Road, was taken to Rowan Regional Medical Center and later flown to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte.
A hospital spokeswoman said Bohacek was still being treated and no condition for him was available late Tuesday.
According to N.C. Highway Patrol Trooper D.R. Morgan, Bohacek was in critical condition earlier Tuesday."It appears to be medical. It is still under investigation," Morgan said.
The trooper said charges are pending.
Hospital officials told the trooper that Bohacek's blood sugar level was low.
The driver ran off the road, hit a ditch and overturned several times, Morgan said.
He said the truck came to rest on its wheels. Morgan said Bohacek spoke little at the scene.
"He was limited," Morgan said.
The accident happened at 11:15 a.m.
Locke Fire Chief Rusty Alexander said he and fellow firefighters came upon the F-250 pickup already wrecked.
They were returning to the station from another incident.
"We called it in. It had just happened," Alexander said.
The man had to be cut from the truck using the Jaws of Life. The truck's cab was severely dented. The doors and hood were caved inward.
Bohacek had a head injury and cuts to his face, Alexander said.
A helicopter was on its way, but the wait would've been about 20 minutes. Bohacek was taken by ambulance to Rowan Regional.
The truck landed in a field across from 5714 Mooresville Road where Jennifer Carter lives. Carter said she heard her dogs barking."I heard four or five booms," she said.
When Carter looked at where the noise was coming from, she saw the pickup across the road in the field.
She called 911 and went to check on the driver.
"His head was kind of bobbing from side to side," Carter said.
She also noticed a strong smell of alcohol. A nearly empty 12-pack of beer lay on the ground in the wreckage. A single can lay beside the box.
Carter said she wasn't sure if the alcohol smell was coming from the driver or the spilt beer.
Firefighters and workers with Kluttz towing picked up several items that had fallen from the truck, including money, papers and a United Way sign that read "Laddie Bohacek parking space winner."Carter called the area a hot spot for wrecks.
"Once every couple of weeks there's one," she said.
Locke Fire Department responded and was assisted by Franklin, Rowan County Rescue Squad and Rowan County Emergency Services.
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LT
What? : Thursday, December 04, 2008 10:07 AM
I went through a class that taught us this and I do not believe that they would have told us this in error. If the place we worked let a child go with someone who was drinking and something happened, I know they could be held responsible. But why in the world would they tell us this if it was not true. I will be on the phone in just a few minutes to call the place where I took the class and see if they can clarify this. I do not want to be saying this in error, but that is what was taught to us in class.
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The Barber Defense? : Wednesday, December 03, 2008 1:54 PM
Like "Stockholm Syndrome," Rowan County now has its own "Barber Defense," where people actually seem to believe that low blood sugar causes a person to wreak of alcohol. One of our commissioners even used it (in the news media, certainly not in a court of law) to explain how he blew 0.19% into the Intoxilyzer, more than twice the legal limit. Incidentally, that commissioner is driving with an ignition interlock in his car until June of 2009. Google it and you'll see that alcohol increases one's risk of low blood sugar, but low blood sugar does NOT generate alcohol in one's breath. That is a physical and chemical impossibility. Certainly the man in this article is innocent until proven guilty. But let us not fall to the "Barber Defense," and start believing Urban Myths.
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Think, Think, Think.... : Wednesday, December 03, 2008 10:35 AM
I just wanted to say that the Post should not be printing stuff that this person could have been drinking. I worked in childcare for several years, and one sign that someone's sugar is low is the smell of alcohol on their breath. If someone would come in to get a child and smelled of alcohol, we had to let the child go with the parent/guardian. We didn't have any way to know if someone had been drinking or whether their blood sugar was low. I believe everyone needs to think before accusing this person of something. And no, I do not even know this person, just wanted to share a piece of information that I had learned a while back.
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