NEETS-1
08-14-2005, 01:30 PM
Billy,
We've never meet. My name is Bob Groff and I help Eric Danyluk out at the races at Mountain Speedway. You may, or may not have heard that Eric was in a accident at Mahoning Valley Sarurday afternoon. He was there helping the driver of his 2nd car Bob Kibler who runs at MVS.
John Bennett, who drives a modified, came into the pits for service and as I understand it Eric was helping his guys to refuel the car. Eric was standing in the back of the car between the rear tire and nerf bar when Bennett, thinking he was OK to go, put the car in reverse and ran over Eric's left foot and ankle breaking both bones in his lower leg above his ankle.
Eric's wife called me as they were en route to Lehigh Valley Hospital. I meet her in the emergency room where Eric was being treated.
Shortly before 9:00pm Eric was taken into surgery to repair both broken bones, muscular, and any other damage. The doctors also inserted a metal plate with screws to reinforce the structural integrety of his ankle.
The surgery lasted till about 2:00am and he was release from recovery at about 3:00am and taken back to his room in the hospital.
I talked to Eric this morning around 10:30am. He told me the doctor said the surgery went very well and everything looks good. He will hopefully be released from the hospital Monday or Tuesday.
With the exception of some pain and throbbing in his foot he is in good spirits and doing fine.
Please pass this information along to any of Eric's fellow racers and friends from Mountain Speedway. It will be some time before he will be able to drive at the "Mountain" again but he says he will be back in a week or two with either a backup driver in his car or he will be there as a spectator.
Regards,
Robert C. Groff, III
Design Engineering Manager
Met-Pro Corporation, Systems Division
We've never meet. My name is Bob Groff and I help Eric Danyluk out at the races at Mountain Speedway. You may, or may not have heard that Eric was in a accident at Mahoning Valley Sarurday afternoon. He was there helping the driver of his 2nd car Bob Kibler who runs at MVS.
John Bennett, who drives a modified, came into the pits for service and as I understand it Eric was helping his guys to refuel the car. Eric was standing in the back of the car between the rear tire and nerf bar when Bennett, thinking he was OK to go, put the car in reverse and ran over Eric's left foot and ankle breaking both bones in his lower leg above his ankle.
Eric's wife called me as they were en route to Lehigh Valley Hospital. I meet her in the emergency room where Eric was being treated.
Shortly before 9:00pm Eric was taken into surgery to repair both broken bones, muscular, and any other damage. The doctors also inserted a metal plate with screws to reinforce the structural integrety of his ankle.
The surgery lasted till about 2:00am and he was release from recovery at about 3:00am and taken back to his room in the hospital.
I talked to Eric this morning around 10:30am. He told me the doctor said the surgery went very well and everything looks good. He will hopefully be released from the hospital Monday or Tuesday.
With the exception of some pain and throbbing in his foot he is in good spirits and doing fine.
Please pass this information along to any of Eric's fellow racers and friends from Mountain Speedway. It will be some time before he will be able to drive at the "Mountain" again but he says he will be back in a week or two with either a backup driver in his car or he will be there as a spectator.
Regards,
Robert C. Groff, III
Design Engineering Manager
Met-Pro Corporation, Systems Division