Head & Brain Injuries

• Bloomfield Woman Suffers Severe Head Injury In Crash

  Chrissie Cole | March 24, 2009 8:26 PM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  A Bloomfield woman suffered a severe head injury in a car accident, Monday, when her vehicle left the highway and rolled over several times, according to Lt. Bryan Woodall of Greene county...

• Speeding Ticket Fees will go to Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury Fund

  Christina Cole | March 29, 2007 12:18 AM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  Drivers caught speeding will pay the price of the ticket and additional fees to boot, including $70 in court cost fees. And $2 jury fee, $7 record keeping fee, $3 public defenders and much more. By the time it is done, the average motorist ends up paying close to $110 in court costs and fees for basic traffic infractions.The House-passed version of a state budget, now resting in the Senate's...

• Officer Battles Brain Injury

  Christina Cole | January 23, 2007 11:49 PM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  Office Richard Lomax, 29, sustained severe head injuries when three thugs attacked him and a fellow officer after a minor car crash at 3:45 am on Saturday.Lomax and Robert DeFazio, both graduated from the academy only two weeks ago, were in Lomax's Ford Explorer when it skidded on the ice crashing into the back of a Nissan Maxima.Lomax and DeFazio got out of the vehicle, identified themselves as...

• Soldiers' Brain Injury Recoveries To Be Helped By Woodruff

  Staff Writer | October 20, 2006 4:07 PM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  ABC anchor Bob Woodruff has signed a deal with Random House to write a book with his wife about their experiences during his recovery from severe head trauma suffered when Woodruff was injured by a roadside bomb in Iraq. A portion of the book's proceeds has been earmarked for organizations that help members of the armed forces recovering from traumatic brain injuries, according to Random House....