Hit and run may stall student's graduation
Judy Rydberg
Issue date: 2/5/10 Section: News
UNO senior Scott Limbeck should be preparing to graduate this spring. Instead, he's clinging to life after a weekend celebration was derailed.
It all started around 2 a.m. Sunday. Three unwanted guests crashed a housewarming party near 60th and Poppleton Streets. They tried to pick a fight and were asked to leave.
On their way out, the strangers said, "You will be sorry for kicking us out," witnesses told police.
Limbeck, 24, was sitting outside when the party crashers left. He saw one of them hit his car and went into the street to get their license plate number. Then they ran him over and drove off, leaving him near death.
Police searched for suspects. Finally, Travis Wolfe, 28, turned himself in around noon Tuesday.
Various local news sources reported that Wolfe, a Bellevue resident, has 23 crime and traffic offenses on his record and his license has been suspended twice in the last five years. Now he is expected to be charged with first-degree assault and leaving the scene of a personal injury accident.
Meanwhile, Limbeck is in a medicallyinduced coma with severe brain trauma. Limbeck, a business and real estate major, was set to graduate this May. However, he could now spend up to six months recovering in the hospital. Instead of donning a graduation cap and gown, he may be stuck in a hospital gown.
Limbeck's family is accepting donations at any U.S. Bank branch.
It all started around 2 a.m. Sunday. Three unwanted guests crashed a housewarming party near 60th and Poppleton Streets. They tried to pick a fight and were asked to leave.
On their way out, the strangers said, "You will be sorry for kicking us out," witnesses told police.
Limbeck, 24, was sitting outside when the party crashers left. He saw one of them hit his car and went into the street to get their license plate number. Then they ran him over and drove off, leaving him near death.
Police searched for suspects. Finally, Travis Wolfe, 28, turned himself in around noon Tuesday.
Various local news sources reported that Wolfe, a Bellevue resident, has 23 crime and traffic offenses on his record and his license has been suspended twice in the last five years. Now he is expected to be charged with first-degree assault and leaving the scene of a personal injury accident.
Meanwhile, Limbeck is in a medicallyinduced coma with severe brain trauma. Limbeck, a business and real estate major, was set to graduate this May. However, he could now spend up to six months recovering in the hospital. Instead of donning a graduation cap and gown, he may be stuck in a hospital gown.
Limbeck's family is accepting donations at any U.S. Bank branch.
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posted 2/15/10 @ 6:26 PM CST
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