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One of [[Kentucky]]'s newest state lawmakers, who also serves as a high school teacher, sustained a critical head injury Tuesday morning while intervening to break up a fight between two students in the school's cafeteria. |
One of [[Kentucky]]'s newest state lawmakers, who also serves as a high school teacher, sustained a critical head injury Tuesday morning while intervening to break up a fight between two students in the school's cafeteria. |
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State Representative DeWayne Bunch ({{w|Republican Party (United States)|R}}), 49, was listed in "extremely critical" condition when he was taken to the Baptist Regional Medical Center in {{w|Corbin, Kentucky}}, immediately following the fight between two male teens. |
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Bunch was reported as being unconscious and bleeding from the ears when emergency responders arrived at Whitley County High School. |
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The fight, between a fifteen- and sixteen-year-old, was caught by a surveillance camera which showed Bunch being punched by the sixteen-year-old, according to the sheriff. It is not clear what started the fight, which took place in the school's cafeteria during breakfast. |
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The teens have been charged with one count of first-degree {{w|assault}} and two counts of third-degree assault. They are both in custody at a juvenile detention center according to the sheriff. |
The teens have been charged with one count of first-degree {{w|assault}} and two counts of third-degree assault. They are both in custody at a juvenile detention center according to the sheriff. |
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Bunch was later transported to {{w|University of Kentucky}} Medical Center in Lexington, |
Bunch was later transported to {{w|University of Kentucky}} Medical Center in {{w|Lexington, Kentucky}}. His family has requested no information be publicly released about his condition. |
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Revision as of 18:48, 16 April 2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
One of Kentucky's newest state lawmakers, who also serves as a high school teacher, sustained a critical head injury Tuesday morning while intervening to break up a fight between two students in the school's cafeteria.
State Representative DeWayne Bunch (R), 49, was listed in "extremely critical" condition when he was taken to the Baptist Regional Medical Center in Corbin, Kentucky, immediately following the fight between two male teens.
Bunch was reported as being unconscious and bleeding from the ears when emergency responders arrived at Whitley County High School.
The fight, between a fifteen- and sixteen-year-old, was caught by a surveillance camera which showed Bunch being punched by the sixteen-year-old, according to the sheriff. It is not clear what started the fight, which took place in the school's cafeteria during breakfast.
The teens have been charged with one count of first-degree assault and two counts of third-degree assault. They are both in custody at a juvenile detention center according to the sheriff.
Bunch was later transported to University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky. His family has requested no information be publicly released about his condition.
Sources
- Dylan Lovan and Beth Campbell. "Ky. lawmaker-teacher injured in high school fight" — Google News / Associated Press, 13 April 2011
- Russell Goldman. "Kentucky Rep. Dewayne Bunch Critically Wounded in High School Brawl" — ABC News, 13 April 2011
