Local teen injured in pedestrian-auto accident on Highway 152
Carol Brimm
Fourteen-year-old JD Meyer, of Mustang, was taken by medi-flight to OU Medical Center after being hit by a ½ ton Chevrolet pickup at the intersection of Morgan Road and SH 152 at 5:30 p.m. on Friday evening, according to Mustang police.
“East bound traffic on SH 152 had a green light when Meyer ran south across SH 152, crossing in front of a car in the left hand turn lane and holding his hand out to stop the car in the inside lane. He was looking at the car in the inside lane and didn’t see the truck in the outside lane. He ran into the side of the truck, just in front of the mirror. The mirror struck him and knocked him down,” said Captain Willard James.
Meyer suffered head injuries, fractures of the C-1 and C-2 vertebrae in his neck and is bruised up but should fully recover, according to his mother, Mamie Shannon.
Shannon said Meyer was released from ICU today, but still has blood on his brain that doctors believe will clear on its own. She said he will need a surgery to fuse the vertebrae in his neck and he will have to wear a neck brace for several months.
“He is bruised up but he is conscious,” Shannon said. “He doesn’t remember the accident. He says he walked out of Game Stop and woke up in the hospital.”
Shannon says two women at the scene probably saved Meyer from paralysis by keeping him still at the scene.
Meyer is a member of Chisholm Heights Baptist Church and Shannon said members of the church have come to the hospital and brought food to the house.
“Everyone has been so good to us,” Shannon said.
Meyer, a freshman at Mustang Mid-High, was wearing headphones at the time of the accident and Kim Beasley, 41, of Oklahoma City was the driver of the truck, according to police. No citations were issued, James said.
Shannon said she wants to see crosswalk lights installed at major intersections since so many of our kids are walking to Wal-mart and plans to contact her city councilman to see how this can be achieved.
At press time it was unknown when Meyer will be released from the hospital.
Carol Brimm
Fourteen-year-old JD Meyer, of Mustang, was taken by medi-flight to OU Medical Center after being hit by a ½ ton Chevrolet pickup at the intersection of Morgan Road and SH 152 at 5:30 p.m. on Friday evening, according to Mustang police.
“East bound traffic on SH 152 had a green light when Meyer ran south across SH 152, crossing in front of a car in the left hand turn lane and holding his hand out to stop the car in the inside lane. He was looking at the car in the inside lane and didn’t see the truck in the outside lane. He ran into the side of the truck, just in front of the mirror. The mirror struck him and knocked him down,” said Captain Willard James.
Meyer suffered head injuries, fractures of the C-1 and C-2 vertebrae in his neck and is bruised up but should fully recover, according to his mother, Mamie Shannon.
Shannon said Meyer was released from ICU today, but still has blood on his brain that doctors believe will clear on its own. She said he will need a surgery to fuse the vertebrae in his neck and he will have to wear a neck brace for several months.
“He is bruised up but he is conscious,” Shannon said. “He doesn’t remember the accident. He says he walked out of Game Stop and woke up in the hospital.”
Shannon says two women at the scene probably saved Meyer from paralysis by keeping him still at the scene.
Meyer is a member of Chisholm Heights Baptist Church and Shannon said members of the church have come to the hospital and brought food to the house.
“Everyone has been so good to us,” Shannon said.
Meyer, a freshman at Mustang Mid-High, was wearing headphones at the time of the accident and Kim Beasley, 41, of Oklahoma City was the driver of the truck, according to police. No citations were issued, James said.
Shannon said she wants to see crosswalk lights installed at major intersections since so many of our kids are walking to Wal-mart and plans to contact her city councilman to see how this can be achieved.
At press time it was unknown when Meyer will be released from the hospital.
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