Woman who lost leg in accident leaves hospital

[samanthajane13]

November 06, 2009, 12:33 PM

Sarah Gregory will celebrate her 31st birthday today in the company of her husband and 7-month-old daughter. In their Amherst home.

More than seven weeks after she was hit by a car on South Park Avenue, an accident that claimed her left leg, Gregory was released today from Erie County Medical Center. That she would live to see another birthday was uncertain in the days immediately after the accident.

"This is the best gift I could ever have … to go home and see my little girl," she said during a morning news conference at ECMC, her husband, Brian, by her side.


http://www.buffalonews.com/258/story/852532.html


Happy Birthday, Sarah, and may you have many more!!!

Your bravery in the face of your horrible accident if so refreshing!!!

[samanthajane13]

Man faces charges in nearly fatal crash
Two months after crash woman is still in hospital

Updated: Wednesday, 04 Nov 2009, 12:48 PM EST
Published : Wednesday, 04 Nov 2009, 12:38 PM EST

* Jericka Duncan
* Posted by: Emily Lenihan

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - A Lackawanna man faced charges Wednesday morning in an accident that very nearly killed a young mother from East Amherst.

The DA's office was able to make an arrest after receiving toxicology results that show Steven Cavarello was under the influence of drugs, all of that spelled out in a criminal complaint.

Thirty-year-old Steven Cavarello of Lackawanna pleaded not guilty to driving while intoxicated, under the influence of drugs, criminal possession of a controlled substance and vehicular assault.

Prosecutors say Cavarello was behind the wheel of a white Pontiac, this past September in south Buffalo, when he caused a major car crash that seriously injured Sarah Gregory, she lost part of her left leg.

"A Buffalo Fireman said that was such a severe injury that probably saved her life, that's what God put me on the earth for, thank you God," said Edgar King, who helped save Gregory's life.

Edgar King and another man came to the rescue that day, "And I got a tourniquet on her, it cost me a belt but I don't care, and I got my Swiss army knife out, punched a hole in the belt and we cinched it down real good and tight," said King.

Almost two months since the accident, Sarah Gregory's attorney says she is still in the hospital. "She's a fighter, it's tough she's still battling through this. She's got a great attitude, great family support," said Civil Attorney Steve Boyd.

Boyd says Gregory will likely file a civil law suit in the coming weeks, against Cavarello and others involved in the accident.

"Right now we're in the process of researching exactly who's going to be sued and under what basis," said Boyd.

A judge set bail at $100,000 for Steven Cavarello. He is expected back in court next week for a felony hearing.


http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/local/M...crash_20091104

[samanthajane13]

Pedestrian accident sent to grand jury

Updated: Monday, 09 Nov 2009, 6:18 PM EST
Published : Monday, 09 Nov 2009, 6:18 PM EST

* Judy Moore
* Posted by: Eli George

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - A grand jury is now investigating the case against a man accused of being high on drugs when he hit a pedestrian.

Steven Cavarello is charged with vehicular assault and driving under the influence.

Investigators say he hit 31-year-old Sarah Gregory as she was crossing South Park Avenue, last September.

Gregory lost her left leg in the accident.

She was released from the hospital on Friday.


http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/crime/P..._jury_20091109