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Springfield police today continued to decline to release the name of a man who was injured in a Christmas Eve crash at Sixth Street and Bryn Mawr Boulevard. Police decline to release name of man in Christmas Eve accident (12/26/2007)
The wreck happened about 3:10 p.m. The unidentified Springfield man was driving
west on Bryn Mawr and reportedly pulled out in front of a BMW sedan and an America
Ambulance Service ambulance, both of which were northbound on Sixth.
Taken to St. John's Hospital were Edward J. Boedigheimer, 20, of Springfield, who was
driving the BMW; Donna Dyke, 44, of Waverly, who was a passenger in the ambulance;
and the unidentified driver.
Boedigheimer and Dyke had to be extricated from the wreckage. Both were treated and
released from the hospital. Caleb Sheets, 22, of Athens, was driving the ambulance and was uninjured.
The ambulance was not on an emergency call at the time of the crash and was not
transporting a patient, police said.
Injuries to the unidentified driver initially were believed to be life-threatening.
He reportedly has been in the intensive care unit at the hospital, but his condition
could not be ascertained today.
