BY SAUNDRA AMRHEIN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Kenneth Stinson says he's sorry. He didn't mean to drive over two women at Valley Vineyard's Wine Festival.
But the mother of one victim said Monday she isn't ready to hear apologies. Not after listening to her daughter's screams of pain for two days.
Linda Reed of Miamiville says her daughter, Katie Pierman, suffered three breaks and a crack to the pelvic bone Sunday morning when the Delhi Township man ran over her with his 1998 Honda.
"She screams a lot, any time you try to move her," Mrs. Reed said. "The tracks of his (tire) are on her hip."
Mr. Stinson was charged with two counts of aggravated vehicular assault, driving under the influence and driving with a suspended license. He was released from the Warren County Jail on Sunday on $1,100 bond.
Ms. Pierman and a friend, Christina Meyers, both 25, were sleeping in adjacent tents Sunday morning when Mr. Stinson's Honda crushed them.
Ms. Meyers, of Springfield Township, was downgraded from good condition Sunday night to fair condition Monday at Franciscan Hospital-Mount Airy Campus.
Reached by phone, Ms. Meyers declined to comment.
Ms. Pierman's condition improved from serious Sunday to fair Monday at Good Samaritan Hospital.
Aside from the two tents, police say Mr. Stinson also crashed into four cars in his rush to leave the campgrounds after an argument with other campers about his loud stereo.
Mr. Stinson, 32, said Monday he does not remember the argument. Nor does he remember telling police he was a doctor and an aide for a congressman, which police say he muttered on the way to jail.
Local congressional offices said they never heard of Mr. Stinson. He stated Monday when contacted that he is unemployed. He had worked as a manager at Steinberg's Inc. electronics and appliance center before it closed.
He said he's made attempts to contact the two women to apologize. "This will probably turn out to be a life-changing event in my life," he said. "It will keep me from drinking any more alcohol in my life."
Mr. Stinson said he attended an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting Monday. His memory of the event is patchy, though he thinks the car got out of his control before the accident.
He's still bruised from the beating he took from the crowd after it lifted his car off the two women. "I have a black eye," he said. Mrs. Reed says his injuries are nothing compared with what her daughter has endured.
"Her left leg is 2 centimeters shorter than the right leg," Mrs. Reed said. Doctors will try to put a pin in her leg to see whether they can "pull it back down," Mrs. Reed said.
"I would say we are a little angry right now."
