Carson, 43, of Hamilton, is accused of driving back to his home on Vandeveer Avenue after the motorcycle became dislodged from his truck near the intersection of Ohio 4 and Maple Avenue, some 400 yards away from the crash site. Police and one witness followed a trail of antifreeze and other vehicle fluids from the intersection back to Carson’s home.
Upon arrival, reports indicate Carson told police he had been drinking “quite a bit” before the crash, and that he had gotten scared and fled the scene.
Carson told Hamilton Municipal Court Judge Daniel Gattermeyer the same thing Wednesday morning during his preliminary hearing as he was requesting a lower bond on misdemeanor charges of OVI and leaving the scene of an accident and a felony charge of aggravated vehicular assault.
“I panicked, your honor,” Carson said.
Gattermeyer bound the case over to a Butler County grand jury.
Deborah Boeding was in court Wednesday to testify about her son’s injuries. Although she never took the stand, she told the JournalNews that Chad broke half his ribs, shattered his pelvis and sustained several other broken bones in his legs and arms. She said doctors told the family it could be four to five months before his body heals to the point when an estimated eight to nine months of physical therapy can begin.
On Tuesday, May 18, doctors took Chad Boeding off medication that kept him paralyzed since the accident, although he still requires the use of a ventilator to breathe, she said.
“He can’t move anything himself and barely says one or two words at a time,” she said Wednesday.
Boeding said her son cried when she showed him a picture of his 9-year-old daughter.
“That’s the only time he showed any sadness,” she said.
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