01-20-03: Condition updates listed for local accident victims

01-20-03: Condition updates listed for local accident victims

By MARGIE WUEBKER
The Daily Standard

    A Rockford man remained in critical condition late Friday evening at a Fort Wayne, Ind., hospital following a snowmobile accident Wednesday evening.
    Cecil Ballard, 30, of Rockford, was driving southbound through a winter wheat field in the vicinity of 4700 Ohio 707 when he lost control of the snowmobile around 9:48 p.m. Wednesday. The snowmobile rolled several times, ejecting Ballard from the vehicle. He was reportedly not wearing a helmet.
    Ballard initially was taken to Van Wert County Hospital and later transferred by LifeFlight helicopter to Parkview Hospital where he remains in the intensive care unit.
    A Paulding woman has been upgraded from critical to fair condition at Parkview Hospital following a three-vehicle accident Sunday evening on U.S. 127 in Dublin Township.
    Patricia J. Ward, 58, is no longer in the intensive care unit, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
    The accident occurred when Ward attempted to pass a northbound semitrailer on U.S. 127 and noticed oncoming traffic. She apparently overcorrected and struck two cars.
    Ward also was taken to the Van Wert hospital and transferred by helicopter to Parkview.
    The Mercer County Sheriff's Office investigated both accidents.

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