Two Men Critically Injured in Box Elder County Accident

March 1, 2011

Two men were critically injured in a collision with an ATK pick-up truck in Box Elder County Wednesday (February 23, 2011).

The victims were heading westbound on SR-83 when an eastbound pick-up truck turned north into a plant area near ATK – crashing into the smaller car.

The driver and passenger of the car had to be extricated from the vehicle and one was transported to Ogden Regional Medical Center and the other flown to the University Hospital – both in critical condition.

SR-83 was closed for nearly three hours during the investigation.

One of these men is an older brother to a dear friend that I used to work with at ATK Launch Systems. Kristin contacted several of us today to give us the status of her brother since the wreck:

My older brother Wayne was in the car accident out at ATK. Wayne finally became alert today and was following verbal commands very slowly, but he was at least doing them. He has many broken bones and a few other injuries. Below is a list of things he is going through:

Broken left femur (surgery has been done)
Fractured T-8 in back (surgery has been done)
Laceration on his kidney
Collapsed lung (slowly weaning off ventilator)
Broken eye sockets, cheekbones, jaw, nose and cracked palate (surgery is scheduled for this Thursday)

A little bleeding by his brain (they say it is good now, but he has some damage to a little of his brain that has to do with his motor skills. The doctor said other parts of his brain can help out with this area.)

They have basically said that Wayne has a severe concussion, but he wasn't waking up and that worried the doctors. He had several CT scans, an EEG scan and an MRI. He is now alert and trying to do what is asked of him by his therapists and doctors. We are so thankful!

We've had alot of prayers going out from everyone that knows Wayne and even some that don't.

There is a blog that my nephews set up on Wayne's recovery. The website name is http://wayne54.wordpress.com/ You can start from the first and work your way up to today or just follow along as my nephews and niece update it with any little news we get.

http://wayne54.wordpress.com/