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Recovering from Ohio State Fair accident, teen learns boyfriend died
After she was thrown from the Fire Ball amusement park ride at the Ohio State Fair and taken to the hospital, Keziah Lewis had one question for her mom.
“She kept asking for her boyfriend,” Clarrisa Williams said. “I had to tell her he was the one who was deceased.”
Lewis’ 18-year-old boyfriend of a year, Tyler Jarrell of Columbus, died and seven others were injured when the ride broke apart just before 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. He was thrown high into the air and landed on the ground about 50 feet from the ride. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The other injured riders were transported to local hospitals, including Lewis, who had just completed her sophomore year at the University of Cincinnati, where her mother said she was a creative writing and journalism major. Jarrell had just enlisted in the Marine Corps.
During a phone interview this morning, Williams said her 19-year-old daughter remembers nothing from the incident; Williams said her daughter “fell from the car.” She said her daughter is suffering from pelvis, ankle and rib injuries and was operated on last night and this morning. She faces another surgery Friday at Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center.
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More at link: http://www.dispatch.com/news/201707...tate-fair-accident-teen-learns-boyfriend-died
After she was thrown from the Fire Ball amusement park ride at the Ohio State Fair and taken to the hospital, Keziah Lewis had one question for her mom.
“She kept asking for her boyfriend,” Clarrisa Williams said. “I had to tell her he was the one who was deceased.”
Lewis’ 18-year-old boyfriend of a year, Tyler Jarrell of Columbus, died and seven others were injured when the ride broke apart just before 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. He was thrown high into the air and landed on the ground about 50 feet from the ride. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The other injured riders were transported to local hospitals, including Lewis, who had just completed her sophomore year at the University of Cincinnati, where her mother said she was a creative writing and journalism major. Jarrell had just enlisted in the Marine Corps.
During a phone interview this morning, Williams said her 19-year-old daughter remembers nothing from the incident; Williams said her daughter “fell from the car.” She said her daughter is suffering from pelvis, ankle and rib injuries and was operated on last night and this morning. She faces another surgery Friday at Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center.
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More at link: http://www.dispatch.com/news/201707...tate-fair-accident-teen-learns-boyfriend-died