DECEMBER 10, 2021, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A3
CRASH: ‘It could have been
so much worse.'
Continued from page A1
Gardner was transported to the hos-
pital soon after the crash. Although the
accident appeared serious, Gardner
suff ered just a concussion, as well as
some minor scrapes and cuts, and was
released from the hospital later that day.
“It is a miracle that he didn't get hurt
any more,”said Lexy Collins, Gardner’s
girlfriend. “I don't understand how he
was able to just walk away from that and
that no one else was hurt. It could have
been so much worse.”
Wenning says that neither drugs nor
alcohol played a role in the crash.
“The hospital did their customary
blood draw since it involved a crash and
the driver was transported (to the hospi-
tal). There was no indication of impair-
ment observed by the offi cer and the
hospital has not notifi ed us of a B.A.C.
(Blood Alcohol Concentration),” he said.
Collins confi rmed that Gardner's
medical emergency was a seizure, and
that it was something he had never
experienced before.
“It was the fi rst time he had ever had
a seizure and been unconscious,” she
said.
According to Collins, Gardner,
who lives in Keizer, was on his way
home from working in Brooks when he
blacked out while driving by Hitchin'
Post Restaurant, and then started con-
vulsing at the River Rd. and Chemawa
intersection.
“He doesn't remember turning onto
River Rd. He remembers seeing Hitchin
Post, and that's it,” Collins said.
The cause of Gardner's seizure is still
unknown. Collins says that Gardner is
waiting to get results from an MRI and
EEG. He also will be seeing a neurolo-
gist later this month.
Although Gardner was able to return
to work this week, doctors have advised
him to refrain from driving for at least
three months.
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