- Dates
- 2011-07-28 – 2011-08
- Kind
- Accident
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- accidenthealthcareemergency-managementcommunityfundraising
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The September 2011 Beacon reports that Rob Bellingar was seriously injured in a July 28 motorcycle/car accident on Beaver Island’s north end. Local EMS attended him before a Coast Guard helicopter took him to Munson Medical Center; the article later describes further surgery, infection, and a community appeal for cards and financial support.
Evidence limits
This is a contemporaneous newspaper account and support appeal. It does not provide a crash investigation, complete medical record, or final recovery outcome.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, September 2011, "Help" and family thanks for Rob Bellingar.Reports the July 28 north-end motorcycle/car accident, severe compound fractures and lacerations, local EMS response, Coast Guard helicopter transport to Munson Medical Center, August 19 surgery and infection, and a request for cards or donations because Rob had no health insurance. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the accident report, family thanks, and support appeal.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-09_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Rob Bellingar suffers a near-fatal motorcycle accident, 2011”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-rob-bellingar-motorcycle-accident-2011/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 2011, "Help" and family thanks for Rob Bellingar. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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