Friday, April 21, 2000
Driver had seizure in bank crash
BY Susan Vela
The Cincinnati Enquirer
COLD SPRING — An 80-year-old Bellevue man who crashed his car into a bank branch Thursday morning doesn't remember the seizure he had, the impact he endured or the air bags that ballooned inside his vehicle, his daughter said.
“He doesn't remember,” said Linda Carrier, 49, of Bellevue. “He's confused and wondering what happened. He didn't wake up until he was at the hospital.”
Harold Carrier was southbound on Alexandria Pike when he apparently had a seizure, veered off the road and crashed into a First Star Bank branch at the southwest corner of Alexandria Pike and Martha Layne Collins Boulevard, Cold Spring Police Officer Les Caudill said.
He was flown to University Hospital, where he was listed in good condition Thursday evening.
The impact into the bank's front exterior also injured bank employee Lorraine Ripberger, 52, of Alexandria. She was treated at St. Luke East Hospital, Fort Thomas, and released. She was at home Thursday with a large bruise on her leg, said Officer Caudill.
The bank's front had a gaping hole. Bank officials could not be reached, but Officer Caudill didn't expect it to open for some weeks.
The bank was surrounded by police tape after the crash, and there were makeshift signs posted on some of the doors and windows. There were cracks in the brick stretching from a gaping hole taller and wider than a full-grown man.
“Temporarely closed,” read one. “Go to nearest First Star. Thanks.”
Officer Caudill thinks Mr. Carrier survived the crash, which happened around 10:50 a.m., because he was wearing a safety belt and the air bags inside his new vehicle were activated.
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