Afternoon Briefs - 5 survivors in Campbellsport crash home from hospital
All but one of the six Campbellsport High School girls who survived a van crash 16 days ago are home from the hospital. Officials at Milwaukee Children’s Hospital said today that 16 year old Allie Adams has been sent home. That leaves 16 year old Jessica Harbin as the only one still hospitalized and her family is not allowing condition reports to be released. Caitlin Scannell, Sabrina Stahl, and Katie Berg were killed in the van crash on February 4th on a rural road close to Campbellsport High. Authorities said the van lost control at excessive speed at the bottom of the hill and it rolled over in a frozen field. The nine girls were on the Campbellsport varsity and junior varsity girls’ soccer teams. Officials say the crash remains under investigation. The driver, 18 yearold Carly Ottery, is among those back home after getting treatment.
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There was a heart-tugging moment in Madison today, when a teenage girl who fell 100 feet at a Wisconsin Dells amusement park walked up to a podium under her own power.Teagan Marti returned to American Family Children’s Hospital for the first time since she broke her spine and pelvis in July of 2010. She helped announce a new $32 million expansion to the Madison hospital, which will provide specialized pediatric care. Teagan fell from the Terminal Velocity ride at Extreme World in Lake Delton. And after she was airlifted to the hospital, no one could say if she would ever walk again. But today, hospital staffers and reporters alike watched in awe as she walked up to the podium. Today marked Teagan Marti’s first visit to the Madison children’s hospital since her treatment which followed the accident. A fund raising campaign brought in just over half the cost of the new addition, and the hospital is picking up the rest. Construction is due to begin later this year. The first phase is expected to be ready by 2014. It will add 26 critical care beds, along with heart care and imaging services.