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Re: Pickett Crash Victim: We are not OK.
Originally posted by AtlPackFan
Man, that's not a good thing. Those folks got pretty beat up. I guess what Pickett meant by "everyone's alright" is "nobody is dead"Comment
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you know...not that i'm taking a Packers side to this, or trying to be a dick...but the evening news the night this happened, said all parties walked away from the accident, and there were no major injuries......so where did this all come from? It's hard not to come off as a jerk i guess towards the "other" car of the accident, but just all of it is wow...."she's going to need plastic surgery"? geez! that must have been one brutal car accident."I would love to have a guy that always gets the key hit, a pitcher that always makes his best pitch and a manager that can always make the right decision. The problem is getting him to put down his beer and come out of the stands and do those things." - Danny MurraughComment
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I hope that the folks that were injured are truly ok. But after reading the article I'd say they have the foundation laid for a solid law suit.Formerly known as "Jeffro66".Comment
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The initial story said the other person's car was totalled and the damage was shocking...I guess this seems to confirm it was pretty bad crash. I wonder how fast they were going when Pickett pulled out in from of them?Originally posted by ND72Comment
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It's just that a reporter somewhere has their story wrong. Either they walked away or were taken to the hospital and it should be on the police report and hospital records. If she has broken knees, she did not walk away and the initial reporter is a boob for not checking his facts before turning in his story. I never heard that anyone but Pickett walked away from it."Greatness is not an act... but a habit.Greatness is not an act... but a habit." -Greg JenningsComment
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agreed....here's my thinking...have any of you pulled out of the exit where the players parking lot is? it's hard to really pull out of there too fast...but how fast must Pickett have been going?"I would love to have a guy that always gets the key hit, a pitcher that always makes his best pitch and a manager that can always make the right decision. The problem is getting him to put down his beer and come out of the stands and do those things." - Danny MurraughComment
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Im stuck behind a firewall can someone paste and copy?Swede: My expertise in this area is extensive. The essential difference between a "battleship" and an "aircraft carrier" is that an aircraft carrier requires five direct hits to sink, but it takes only four direct hits to sink a battleship.Comment
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Here you go...Originally posted by Tony Oday
Posted August 1, 2006
Pickett crash victim: We’re not OK
By Dylan B. Tomlinson
Gannett Wisconsin Newspapers
When Green Bay Packers defensive lineman Ryan Pickett was in a car accident on Saturday in front of Lambeau Field, he was able to go home, get some rest and return to practice Sunday morning.
Pickett may be fine after suffering a minor concussion, but the driver and the passengers in the other vehicle involved in the accident have a long recovery in store.
Pam Young, 37, of Green Bay was driving the 1994 Dodge Spirit that Pickett hit and remains in St. Vincent Hospital. Young said she doesn’t know when she’ll be able to go home.
“I’ve got four pins in one knee. The other’s fractured. I have two pins in my left wrist and it’s dislocated pretty badly,†Young said. “I have no way of walking and no way of getting around. The doctors tell me it will be four to six months of healing.â€Â
Young, a student at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, may have gotten the worst of the crash, but she wasn’t the only person injured. Her daughter, Melanie Young, 16, a student at West High School, suffered deep lacerations to her nose and face.
“She’s going to have to have plastic surgery,†Young said. “She’s also having problems with her wrist.â€Â
Elias Freeman, 18, and Paul Peterson, 31, both of Green Bay, also were injured in the accident.
According to Young, Freeman fractured his skull and passed out after the accident.
“They took him with my daughter to St. Mary’s, but after the doctors saw that there was blood in his head, they brought him over (to St. Vincent’s) and had him in (intensive care),†Pam Young said. “Right after the accident they were the most concerned about him because of the head injury.â€Â
Young said Peterson tore ligaments in his shoulder, had a concussion and had to have stitches.
Pam Young is the only accident victim still in the hospital.
The accident occurred on Saturday when Pickett tried to make a left turn out of the Lambeau Field parking lot onto Lombardi Avenue. Young said it happened so quickly that she had no time to react. Pickett was issued a citation for failing to yield while making a left turn, according to the police report.
“We were just driving down Lombardi toward the Resch Center when he pulled out of the stadium,†Young said. “There’s no way he looked before he pulled out. We have five or six witnesses who saw it who will say the same thing.â€Â
Young said she has received no indication that Pickett or any member of his family has tried to contact any of the accident victims to find out how they’re doing.
“I haven’t talked to anybody and nobody has told me that he’s tried to call any of us.†Young said.
Young said she plans to meet with an attorney soon.
and said all four of the parties involved in the accident will sue Pickett for injuries suffered in the accident.
“None of us can work,†Young said. “He’s fine, but we’re the ones who will be dealing with the pain and recovery for the next several months.â€Â
Pickett was unavailable for comment Tuesday. On Sunday Pickett gave every indication that the injuries suffered by the people in the car he hit were relatively minor.
“It could have been so much worse. It’s a blessing that it’s not. It looked bad if you just saw the cars,†Pickett said. “My main concern was them. They could have been a lot worse off. I’m just happy that they’re all right.â€Â
Young said there typically isn’t much sympathy for anyone who is involved in an accident with a Packers player.
“I’m very aware of what the people around here are going to say. I know this whole thing is about to get very interesting. We’re the little people involved in all of this, but after the accident all anyone seemed to care about is that (Pickett) is OK. We want people to know that there were people who were severely hurt in that accident.â€Â
Young said she’s dealing with her injuries “as well as can be expected†but said she realizes how easily it could have been much worse.
“I don’t know how I’ll feel when I see the car, but they told me the engine was on the front seat,†Young said. “There’s no question we all feel very lucky to be alive.â€Â
Dylan B. Tomlinson covers the Green Bay Packers for the Post-Crescent of Appleton. He can be reached at dtomlins@postcrescent.com.Comment
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Jeffro, I agree with you on this one. I certianly wish them the best in their recoveries, but this article is nothing but lawyer bait.
Nice job by the victim of setting up the damages issue with juicy tidbits like "I’ve got four pins in one knee. The other’s fractured. I have two pins in my left wrist and it’s dislocated pretty badly.†Note: I'm no doctor, but I think if your wrist is still dislocated three days after the accident, you need some new doctors.
I wonder about seatbelt use and how fast they were going given that so many people suffered head trauma, and afterwards, "the engine was on the front seat."Comment
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The speed limit is 35 I believe..I could be wrong though..Some parts of Lombardi it's 35, others it's 45..Originally posted by RastakComment
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On the other hand though Ras, it doesn't take a lot to total a car from 1994.Originally posted by RastakComment
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Beat me to it Willard
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Originally posted by BF4MVP
That's an awful lot of damage for one car doing 35 and the other pulling out of a parking lot. Jeez.
Something is not right with the info that's been released. The public is missing some details.
Good thing Pickett has some cash. He'll be needing it whether she's hurt bad or not.Comment
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